'go off' definitions:
Definition of 'go off'
(from WordNet)
verb
Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" [syn: abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off]
verb
Be discharged or activated; "the explosive devices went off"
verb
verb
Stop running, functioning, or operating; "Our power went off during the hurricane" [ant: come on, come up, go on]
verb
verb
Synonyms of 'go off'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrate,
- avert,
- backfire,
- bang,
- bark,
- be blooded,
- be found,
- be getting along,
- be met with,
- be realized,
- be successful,
- bear off,
- befall,
- betide,
- blast,
- blow,
- blow out,
- blow up,
- burst,
- bust,
- buzz off,
- catch on,
- click,
- come,
- come about,
- come away,
- come down,
- come off,
- come to pass,
- come true,
- connect,
- crack,
- decline,
- depart,
- deploy,
- detonate,
- die,
- discharge,
- divaricate,
- diverge,
- divide,
- draw aside,
- ease off,
- ebb,
- edge off,
- eventuate,
- exit,
- explode,
- fade,
- fail,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- fan out,
- farewell,
- fire,
- fly off,
- fulminate,
- gang along,
- gee,
- get along,
- get away,
- get off,
- get on,
- get under way,
- glance,
- glance off,
- go,
- go along,
- go away,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- go great guns,
- go on,
- go over,
- go over big,
- go to town,
- graduate,
- hap,
- happen,
- haw,
- head off,
- hit a slump,
- hit rock bottom,
- hit the skids,
- jib,
- lapse,
- leave,
- let off,
- make a hit,
- make way for,
- march off,
- meet with success,
- mosey,
- move aside,
- move away,
- move off,
- move out,
- mushroom,
- occur,
- outspread,
- pass,
- pass off,
- pop,
- prevail,
- prosper,
- pull out,
- qualify,
- reach the depths,
- run down,
- sashay,
- sashay off,
- separate,
- set off,
- sheer off,
- shoot,
- shove aside,
- shunt,
- shy,
- shy off,
- side,
- sidestep,
- sidetrack,
- sidle,
- sink,
- slide,
- slip,
- slump,
- splay,
- spread,
- stagger along,
- steer clear of,
- step aside,
- subside,
- succeed,
- switch,
- take,
- take flight,
- take place,
- take wing,
- toddle along,
- touch bottom,
- touch off,
- transpire,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn back,
- up and go,
- veer off,
- wane,
- wing it,
- work well,
- work wonders
Words containing 'go off'
- Go,
- Go to,
- Going,
- Going out,
- Goings on,
- Goings out,
- No go,
- On the go,
- To go about,
- To go against,
- To go below,
- To go between,
- To go by,
- To go down,
- To go for,
- To go in,
- To go in and out,
- To go in for,
- To go in to,
- To go into,
- To go it,
- To go off,
- To go on,
- To go out,
- To go over,
- To go through,
- To go through with,
- To go under,
- To go up,
- To go with,
- go about,
- go after,
- go against,
- go all out,
- go at,
- go before,
- go between,
- go by,
- go down,
- go down on,
- go for,
- go go,
- go in,
- go in for,
- go in with,
- go into,
- go on,
- go on and on,
- go out,
- go over,
- go through,
- go to it,
- go under,
- go up,
- go with,
- going on,
- going under,
- have a go,
- have a go at it,
- Go-between,
- Go-by,
- Go-out,
- Going barrel,
- Going forth,
- Great go,
- In-going,
- Little go,
- To come and go,
- To go abraod,
- To go against the grain of,
- To go against time,
- To go ahead,
- To go all fours,
- To go and come,
- To go aside,
- To go back on,
- To go bet,
- To go beyond,
- To go by the board,
- To go far,
- To go for nothing,
- To go forth,
- To go halves,
- To go hard with,
- To go ill with,
- To go in unto,
- To go into liquidation,
- To go into particulars,
- To go it alone,
- To go large,
- To go off halfcocked,
- To go off the hooks,
- To go on the road,
- To go on the stump,
- To go over to the majority,
- To go shares,
- To go through the mill,
- To go to ground,
- To go to law,
- To go to loggerheads,
- To go to meat,
- To go to naught,
- To go to pot,
- To go to rack,
- To go to sea,
- To go to the bottom,
- To go to the dogs,
- To go to the wall,
- To go to the world,
- To go to work,
- To go upon,
- To go well with,
- To go without,
- To go wrong,
- To let go,
- To touch and go,
- Touch and go,
- a going business,
- come and go,
- coming and going,
- easy going,
- get going,
- go across,
- go ahead,
- go along,
- go along with,
- go around,
- go astray,
- go away,
- go back,
- go back on,
- go back over,
- go backpacking,
- go bad,
- go ballistic,
- go beyond,
- go board,
- go deep,
- go dutch,
- go far,
- go figure,
- go fish,
- go for broke,
- go forth,
- go forward,
- go game,
- go getter,
- go home,
- go over big,
- go overboard,
- go past,
- go places,
- go slow,
- go slumming,
- go steady,
- go straight,
- go the limit,
- go through the motions,
- go to bed,
- go to extremes,
- go to pieces,
- go to pot,
- go to sleep,
- go to the dogs,
- go to town,
- go to war,
- go together,
- go too far,
- go up in smoke,
- go wrong,
- go-no-further,
- going ashore,
- going away,
- going strong,
- going to jerusalem,
- going-over,
- keep going,
- know what's going on,
- let go,
- let go of,
- let it go,
- letting go,
- no-go,
- on-going,
- sentry go,
- to go bust,
- to go down the drain,
- Go-devil,
- High-go,
- To go a-begging,
- To go cross lots,
- To go heels over head,
- To go long of the market,
- To go one's way,
- To go the way of all the earth,
- To let go by the run,
- To see how the squares go,
- Way-going,
- Woolward-going,
- easy-going,
- get-go,
- get-up-and-go,
- give-and-go,
- go a long way,
- go around in circles,
- go belly-up,
- go off half cocked,
- go one better,
- go to great lengths,
- go to hell in a handbasket,
- go without saying,
- go-ahead,
- go-around,
- go-as-you-please,
- go-cart,
- go-getter,
- go-kart,
- go-slow,
- go-to-meeting,
- hide and go seek,
- no-go area,
- steady-going,
- to go over the head of a person,
- to go the way of all flesh,
- touch-and-go,
- Happy-go-lucky,
- Merry-go-round,
- To go off half-cocked,
- Way-going crop,
- go off at half-cock,
- go off half-cocked,
- going-out-of-business sale,
- sunday-go-to-meeting