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go off
verb as in explode
Example Sentences
"It would be a real shame if a supernova went off tomorrow and we missed an opportunity to detect the axion -- it might not come back for another 50 years."
"It depends on the track layout," Verstappen says, echoing the views of other drivers that expansive asphalt run-off areas lead to this sort of racing because there is no penalty for going off track.
“I see a lot of myself in her, especially as somebody who’s disabled, going off to college and finally feeling like you have that freedom for the first time,” said Bode, now 24 years old.
The vibrations caused by the work led to businesses' trembler alarms repeatedly going off.
"It's like we have some hand grenades in the back of a jeep and sometimes they go off when there's a lot of pressure."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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