go dark

phrase

1

: to become dark

The room suddenly went dark.

2

a

: to stop operating or functioning : to shut down

Most Salt Lake City restaurants go dark on Sundays …

—Kurt Repanshek

Andy Beal was one of 220 million subscribers to Skype … who saw the service go dark on Aug. 16.

—Stephen Baker

In the end, the heart stops, the cells die, the neurons go dark …

—Joshua Ferris

b

communications : to stop broadcasting or transmitting : to go offline

… Lt. Col. Steve Russell of the Army's 4th Infantry Division ordered his men to "go dark" and roll their Humvees up to the edge of a lone farmhouse here.

—William Booth

Examples of go dark in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Keeping the party going after the final whistle Don’t let the experience end when the scoreboard goes dark. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

The moment a pet bolts past the last tower, the tracker goes dark. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 July 2026

The anchor of my entire day—my money, my messages, my way home—went dark. — Ryan Pettit, Time, 7 July 2026

While the show may have gone dark for good, a piece of its history is lighting up a corner of West Hollywood. — Alys Martinez, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Rhymes for go dark

• ballpark
• benchmark
• birthmark
• daymark
• earmark
• embark
• hallmark
• landmark
• monarch
• postmark
• remark
• skylark