GO OFF
Dictionary entry overview: What does go off mean?
• GO OFF (verb)
The verb GO OFF has 6 senses:
1. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
2. be discharged or activated
3. go off or discharge
4. stop running, functioning, or operating
5. happen in a particular manner
6. burst inward
Familiarity information: GO OFF used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• GO OFF (verb)
Meaning:
Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
make off; go off; run off; absquatulate; abscond; decamp; bolt
Context examples:
The thief made off with our silver / the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
Hypernyms (to "go off" is one way to...):
flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go off"):
levant (run off without paying a debt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Be discharged or activated
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
the explosive devices went off
Hypernyms (to "go off" is one way to...):
burst; explode (burst outward, usually with noise)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Go off or discharge
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
go off; fire; discharge
Context example:
The gun fired
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Stop running, functioning, or operating
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
Our power went off during the hurricane
Hypernyms (to "go off" is one way to...):
halt; stop (come to a halt, stop moving)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
go on (start running, functioning, or operating)
Meaning:
Happen in a particular manner
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
come off; go over; go off
Context example:
how did your talk go over?
Hypernyms (to "go off" is one way to...):
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s Adjective
Meaning:
Burst inward
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
implode; go off
Context example:
The bottle imploded
Hypernyms (to "go off" is one way to...):
break; cave in; collapse; fall in; founder; give; give way (break down, literally or metaphorically)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
