1
as in to explode
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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2
as in to progress
to move forward along a course
the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch
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as in to depart
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 go off
Another post says their alarm went off at 5PM when it was supposed to go off at 7AM.
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Umar Shakir, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, Meruelo Group’s KLOS-FM 95.5 radio transmitter controls were disrupted about 2 a.m. Friday and the station went off the air.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
As they barely get settled in a new luxury Manhattan hotel, a smoke alarm goes off.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
El Monte neo-Nazi Joseph Tommasi once ran the whole shebang, but he’d been given the boot by the national HQ, and went off to start his own outfit.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Umar Shakir, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, Meruelo Group’s KLOS-FM 95.5 radio transmitter controls were disrupted about 2 a.m. Friday and the station went off the air.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
As they barely get settled in a new luxury Manhattan hotel, a smoke alarm goes off.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
El Monte neo-Nazi Joseph Tommasi once ran the whole shebang, but he’d been given the boot by the national HQ, and went off to start his own outfit.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for go off
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The Heat never looked back, exploding for 46 points in the third quarter to take a 24-point lead into the fourth quarter.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Trump's net worth was about to explode from an asset that, up to that point, didn't exist.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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As the winter storms progress, more updates are expected from local authorities to guide residents and travelers through potentially dangerous conditions.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
12 Jan. 2025
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But even a successful appeal would take months, if not years, to progress through the courts.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
10 Jan. 2025
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Melvin succeeded Hoda Kotb, who announced her plan to depart last year and had her last day on Friday.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Jan. 2025
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In this scenario, TikTok would die a slow death, as its technology degrades and its social fabric weakens with users departing for other platforms.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
15 Jan. 2025
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Bond squad technicians removed the devices from the vehicle and detonated them in a nearby park, the sheriff's office reported.—
Cara Tabachnick,
CBS News,
4 Jan. 2025
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President Biden revealed in remarks on Thursday that there was found to be a remote detonator in the truck of the deceased suspect, Jabbar, that seemingly was meant to set off those explosives, but again, they were not detonated.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement According to Amika Mota, who worked as a firefighter in California’s Chowchilla prison before her release in 2015, during major fires prisoners do a lot of preventive and protective work, like clearing brush or cutting gaps in the vegetation to slow the spread of flames.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2025
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Amid the devastating ongoing Palisades Fire, actor Sebastian Harrison did everything possible to escape.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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Biden and first lady Jill Biden will exit the Capitol grounds by plane after the transfer of power and return to private life.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
17 Jan. 2025
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But rather confusingly, this fracas appears to have been staged so that duo can exit their top-secret careers as globe-trotting clandestine agents, disappearing together into civilian life.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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As the fires continue to devastate Los Angeles, new fundraisers continue to pop up on GoFundMe: one for a 15-year-old soliciting help for his mother, another for a 94-year-old artist who lost a lifetime’s worth of paintings and writing.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Posting the ground on Rightmove has helped spark plenty of interest among those not used to seeing a sports ground pop up on a website mostly used to buy and sell houses in the United Kingdom.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Behar proceeds with her analogy about Navarro and her husband getting divorced and maintaining contact with him.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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Across the state, hundreds of people were found incapable of proceeding over a recent four-year period, state data show.—
Kallie Cox,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Jan. 2025
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