go off
verb
went off; gone off; going off; goes off
Examples of go off in a Sentence
specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off
the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch
Recent Examples on the Web
The bluffs where trail will be created is where a train went off the tracks and fell to the beach in 1940, Smith said.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
But Cruel World went off without a hitch, with sunny, balmy skies, the requisite amount of fishnet stockings and black leather, and a generally mellow atmosphere.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 13 May 2024
The luck of this feels like a ticking clock, which might, at any time, go off.
—Tessa Fontaine, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
The race went off without major incident amid decent conditions for a car race, if a little hot.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
Nick Gordon led off that inning with a solo home run, his fly ball to the wall in right field going off Andy Pages’ glove as Pages reached over the scoreboard.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 6 May 2024
The lateness of his left forced Hamilton to avoid contact by going off the course.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
The officer’s gun went off at 9:38 p.m., the NYPD said, about 10 minutes after police started pouring into Hamilton Hall.
—Julie Watson, Fortune, 3 May 2024
But with Adebayo on the bench, the Celtics went off for 126.9 points per 100 possessions in the five games.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
But Cruel World went off without a hitch, with sunny, balmy skies, the requisite amount of fishnet stockings and black leather, and a generally mellow atmosphere.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 13 May 2024
The luck of this feels like a ticking clock, which might, at any time, go off.
—Tessa Fontaine, Peoplemag, 7 May 2024
The race went off without major incident amid decent conditions for a car race, if a little hot.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
Nick Gordon led off that inning with a solo home run, his fly ball to the wall in right field going off Andy Pages’ glove as Pages reached over the scoreboard.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 6 May 2024
The lateness of his left forced Hamilton to avoid contact by going off the course.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
The officer’s gun went off at 9:38 p.m., the NYPD said, about 10 minutes after police started pouring into Hamilton Hall.
—Julie Watson, Fortune, 3 May 2024
But with Adebayo on the bench, the Celtics went off for 126.9 points per 100 possessions in the five games.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
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“Go off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20off. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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