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  • 41go off — {v.} 1. To leave; to depart. * /Helen s mother told her not to go off without telling her./ 2a. To be fired; explode. * /The firecracker went off and scared Jack s dog./ 2b. To begin to ring or buzz. * /The alarm clock went off at six o clock and …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 42go off — {v.} 1. To leave; to depart. * /Helen s mother told her not to go off without telling her./ 2a. To be fired; explode. * /The firecracker went off and scared Jack s dog./ 2b. To begin to ring or buzz. * /The alarm clock went off at six o clock and …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 43To go off — Go Go, v. i. [imp. {Went} (w[e^]nt); p. p. {Gone} (g[o^]n; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Going}. Went comes from the AS, wendan. See {Wend}, v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. g[=a]n, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g[=e]n, g[=a]n, SW. g[*a], Dan. gaae; cf …

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  • 44go off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you go off someone or something, you stop liking them. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V P n] Why have they gone off him now? It could be something he said. ... [V P n] I started to go off the idea. 2) PHRASAL VERB If an explosive device or… …

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  • 45go\ off — v 1. To leave; to depart. Helen s mother told her not to go off without telling her. 2a. To be fired; explode. The firecracker went off and scared Jack s dog. 2b. To begin to ring or buzz. The alarm clock went off at six o clock and woke Father.… …

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  • 46ˌgo ˈoff — phrasal verb 1) to explode or be fired The gun went off while he was cleaning it.[/ex] 2) to start making a noise as a signal or warning I was lying in bed waiting for the alarm to go off.[/ex] 3) if something such as a light or an electricity… …

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  • 47go off — verb 1. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along (Freq. 4) The thief made off with our silver the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe • Syn: ↑abscond, ↑bolt, ↑absquatulate, ↑decamp, ↑ …

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  • 48go off — 1) leave, depart He went off on a trip and he never even bothered to phone and say good bye. 2) explode, be ignited The firecracker went off in his hand before he had a chance to put it down. 3) begin to ring or buzz The fire alarm started to go… …

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  • 49pass off — verb 1. be accepted as something or somebody in a false character or identity (Freq. 1) She passed off as a Russian agent • Hypernyms: ↑look, ↑appear, ↑seem • Verb Frames: Something is ing PP …

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  • 50go off — verb a) To explode. The bomb went off right after the president left his office. b) To explode metaphorically; to become very angry. When the boss came to know about the scheme, he went off, shouting and throwing everything away …

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