if food or drink goes off, it is no longer fresh
if something such as a light or an electricity supply goes off, it stops working or being available
to become worse in quality
to explode, or to be fired
to happen in a particular way
to leave a place, especially for a particular purpose
to start making a noise as a signal or warning
to start to sleep
to stop liking someone or something
to suddenly become angry and start shouting
All the lights in the building suddenly went off.
And if we break up, I can borrow Dad's car and go off on long, moody drives at weekends.
Dave’s gone off to the south of France for the summer.
He just went off on her for no apparent reason.
He used to go off sometimes by himself, that's all I'm saying.
He went off to have lunch in the canteen at one o’clock.
His work has really gone off recently.
I took a lot of flak for letting the two of you go off without first informing the Special Forces Brigade.
I was just lying in bed waiting for the alarm to go off.
I went off the idea of buying a sports car after I found out how much it would cost.
The baby’s just gone off to sleep.
The gun went off while he was cleaning it.
The whole conference went off just as we had planned.
goes off
going off
went off
gone off
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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