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
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State police said the Odyssey went off the road and hit a tree.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2025
The man, identified by Peoples as Charles Jackson, went off the radar for a couple years after the video surfaced in 2022, Peoples said.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2025
Then, DeGuerin says the gun went off one more time and the third shot hit Patricia in the arm.
—Natalie Morales, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2025
After releasing a pair of records in 2013, the country LP Brothers of the 4×4 and the punk project A Fiendish Threat, Williams went off the grid.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2025
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2025
The man, identified by Peoples as Charles Jackson, went off the radar for a couple years after the video surfaced in 2022, Peoples said.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2025
Then, DeGuerin says the gun went off one more time and the third shot hit Patricia in the arm.
—Natalie Morales, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2025
After releasing a pair of records in 2013, the country LP Brothers of the 4×4 and the punk project A Fiendish Threat, Williams went off the grid.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Go off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20off. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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