GOING OFF Synonyms: 165 Similar and Opposite Words

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 Druski played a nightmare birthday girl in another sketch going off on her friend Tina (Veronika Slowikowska) for eating fajitas and wearing a black bodycon dress. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2026 Next came Wild Horse Nine’s John Malkovich, who won the Best Actor prize at Venice for his performance as a CIA assassin going off the rails. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 Amid the confusion of going off course to get the injured girl to safety and then trying to return to the race, Villarreal got sidetracked. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Equipment is becoming more accessible, but just horror inherently has always been a more accessible genre than something like going off to make a period drama that’s expensive. — William Earl, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026 Most bears stay with their mothers for two to three summers before going off on their own. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2026 Single-Node Contention Under Concurrent Agent Queries A distributed, scale-out architecture spreads those concurrent operations across many nodes, so adding agents means adding capacity rather than going off a cliff. — Gopi Duddi, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Tadej Pogačar continued his impressive run at the Spanish Vuelta on Thursday, winning the sixth stage after going off track and nearly crashing on a quick descent. — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 The robbery was meticulously planned by the thieves; prior to the alarms going off at the museum, an alarm had gone off at the city’s sports center that authorities are calling suspicious. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026

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Verb

But that was scrapped after Barcelo spotted a better deal in solar, where there were only a few domestic manufacturers at a moment when demand was exploding and Chinese firms, who could see a US crackdown coming, were looking to pull up stakes.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2026
It’s imbued in the music and exploding out of the performances, from the gravitas that Ledisi wields to the vulnerability etched in Pfeiffer’s every run.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of exploding

Verb

Proctor missed last week’s game but has been steadily progressing this week.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
Carter recommended resistance training, such as free weights, weight machines, resistance bands or body-weight exercises like push-ups, two to three times weekly, progressing gradually to a higher intensity to build more muscle.

— NBC news, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of progressing

Verb

At Prague's Vaclav Havel Airport, spokesperson Denisa Hejtmánková said a total of nine flights were threatened, including arriving flights from Denmark, Spain and Britain, and departing flights to the Netherlands, Cyprus, Romania, Italy and Britain.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
Departing from Dallas In Porter’s view, departing is the most stressful part of air travel.

— Lauren Harano, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of departing

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Its construction required detonating explosives in the national monument, blasting apart an area called Monument Hill and outraging tribal leaders.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026
Akhtar the author, though, is conducting a stealthy psyop aimed at detonating the certainties of combatants on both sides.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of detonating

Verb

An 18-year-old accused of seriously injuring a pedestrian while allegedly doing car stunts in New Haven over the summer was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Tuesday.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Nov. 2026
Brown said the district is doing a full review of its eligibility process so these mistakes don’t happen again.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of doing

Verb

The deputy and special officer are seen exiting the sheriff’s building before approaching the black SUV, and engaging in what appeared to be a 5-second conversation with the agents inside the vehicle, video released Friday by the department shows.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026
The Slovenian star fell to the court, grasping his right ankle before slowly making his way up to his feet, connecting on his free throw, and exiting with the Lakers ahead 114-90.

— Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of exiting

Verb

Toronto was playing the second game of a back-to-back after blowing a 22-point lead in Wednesday's 98-93 home defeat to the Celtics.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
Complex outdoor robotics exposed to blowing desert sand, or Midwestern sleet and road salt, would face heavy maintenance issues.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of blowing

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Sacred Heart finished 14-19 overall last season while going 8-5 at home.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026
The brand is accelerating on all fronts, expanding to new retail locations globally, growing its wholesale and online business and going deeper in categories such as shoes, handbags, denim and soft accessories.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026