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going off

verb

present participle of go off

as in exploding

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off

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as in progressing

to move forward along a course the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch

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as in departing

to leave a place often for another don't go off without telling us where we can find you

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Recent Examples of going off The semi continued its path, going off the road of C-470 before rolling. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Kanan’s really going off into the deep end because there’s nobody left to help him or protect him. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 31 July 2026 That included a tank chase shot largely on a street in Glasgow, Scotland, on the first day of filming, complete with a rig that let an actor swing with explosions going off behind him. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Commercials showed off sleek and imposing vehicles with four-wheel drive going off-roading through rugged terrain, adding some aspiration to a Tuesday night baseball practice pick-up . — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 July 2026 None of it requires banning a single drug, but just enough friction, at enough points in the system, that staying on treatment becomes harder than going off it. — Sunny Patel, STAT, 17 July 2026 There were fireworks going off over our heads, and Kenny Loggins was singing. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 16 July 2026 BioShocking nonetheless surfaces yet another way to defeat guardrails designed to keep LLMs from going off the rails. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026 Two months after Clint's death, Chelsey started reaching out to government officials to find ways to raise awareness about the dangers of going off-trail. — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for going off

Verb

Those reforms led to huge reduction in poverty, an exploding middle class and a scramble by foreign companies to access the lucrative Chinese market.

— CNN Staff, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
The Tremont fire comes just days after an exploding Tesla in Seattle sent two firefighters to the hospital.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of exploding

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All four semifinalists have qualified for the Women’s World Cup in Brazil next year, while Ghana and South Africa kept their qualification hopes alive by progressing to the World Cup intercontinental playoffs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
The drilling pilot project was progressing but then came a new dispute with the government over a permit—or lack thereof—to recently move drilling equipment to the region.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of progressing

Verb

Trump was secretly shuttled off an Air Force One jet and taken to a smaller, Air Force Boeing C-32A plane via a catering truck just before departing Ankara, Turkey, on July 8 multiple outlets reported.

— Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Advertisement No Democratic lawmakers seeking other office have won their primaries so far, though some departing congressmembers on both sides are still awaiting primaries.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of departing

Verb

Just weeks before her confrontation with Cunningham, Carrington sent shockwaves through the WNBA by publicly detonating her former relationship on social media.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Anvil is a smaller, faster aircraft designed to destroy hostile drones by colliding with them or detonating nearby.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of detonating

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Ranju Das, the athleisure giant’s first-ever chief AI and technology officer, is exiting after less than a year on the job, Bloomberg reports.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Some of those exiting patrons made their way to hotels that saw a 25% revenue bump between the World Cup and Sail Boston.

— Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of exiting

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City leaders have accused Lineage, whose warehouse in Boyle Heights was destroyed by fire, of blowing past the city’s 45-day deadline for removing millions of pounds of rotting food from its property.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Inequality has accelerated at an ever-growing pace, blowing past that of any previous eras, including the Gilded Age.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of blowing

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Remember that the most amount of benefit occurs when going from none or little exercise to just a bit more.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
The new order also puts a focus on Latino voters, with Nevada going second in the line-up, after Democrats lost ground with the key demographic in the 2024 presidential election.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026