GONE OFF Synonyms: 178 Similar and Opposite Words

gone off

verb

past participle of go off

as in exploded

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 proceeded

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

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as in moved

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 gone off Dawson’s Creek had just gone off the air and the actor, then 26, was eager to talk about his future. —

Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026 The 25-year-old appears to have gone off the boil, and has been jeered by fans at the Bernabeu on more than one occasion this season. —

Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026 Louisville, Kentucky — The power had just gone off and the ground was shaking at Grade A Auto Parts when the owner received a panicked video call from his chief financial officer. —

Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025 Hawkins has been under military occupation due to the rifts that emerged, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) is back in hiding from the government, and the gang is determined to find and destroy Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) since the big bad seems to have gone off the grid. —

Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025 But then Lacey was back with the kids, banging around in the kitchen, and the first of the evening’s friends and acquaintances began to show up and the blessedness passed, as had the roadrunner, hyperactive and vigilant and always on the make, gone off to seek somebody else’s snakes. —

T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025 Ellen could have gone off riding and some of those cattle thieves that Dougal chased off could have come upon her. —

Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Skattebo was turning heads early on in training camp for the Giants, but things have gone off the rails a bit for him. —

Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025

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Butler started WeSchool more recently, when interest in at-home learning exploded during the pandemic.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
The singer stood next to a set of faux power lines onstage, which quickly exploded to illustrate the island's frequent power outages.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026