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View definitions for go off

go off

verb as in explode

verb as in leave

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"It just looked like a bomb had gone off. That's the only way I can describe it," he said.

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Most of my graduating class went off to be management consultants and investment bankers.

There’s nothing more preventative than making sure parents, coaches and administrators understand an alarm goes off when a group of transfers suddenly show up for one sport.

I saw smoke and the car in front of me rocked and the alarm went off.

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Solanke had three goals and two assists in the six games before that, and has the potential to go off against a doomed Southampton side.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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