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 WebThe bluffs where trail will be created is where a train went off the tracks and fell to the beach in 1940, Smith said.—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 See all Example Sentences for go off
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