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51go\ off\ like\ clockwork — • go like clockwork • go off like clockwork v. phr. informal To run smoothly and regularly like the workings of a clock; go smoothly and without difficulty; go on time or as planned. The car s motor went like clockwork after Bob fixed it. The… …
52go off with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms go off with : present tense I/you/we/they go off with he/she/it goes off with present participle going off with past tense went off with past participle gone off with 1) go off with someone to start a new… …
53go off on a tangent — go off at/on/a tangent phrase to suddenly start doing, discussing, or thinking about something completely different His mind had gone off at a complete tangent. Thesaurus: to start doing something new or differentsynonym Main entry …
54go off with — 1) PHRASAL VERB If someone goes off with another person, they leave their husband, wife, or lover and have a relationship with that person. [V P P n] I suppose Carolyn went off with some man she d fallen in love with. 2) PHRASAL VERB If someone… …
55go off the boil — 1. to become less successful. After winning their first two matches this season, the French team seem to have gone off the boil. 2. if a situation or feeling goes off the boil, it becomes less urgent or less strong. The housing issue has gone off …
56come off — UK US come off Phrasal Verb with come({{}}/kʌm/ verb INFORMAL ► to happen as planned, or to succeed: »The meeting never came off. »Despite some small problems, the acquisition went off pretty smoothly …
57go off the deep end — in. to do or experience something in the extreme: to fall madly in love, to go crazy, to commit suicide, to fly into a rage, etc. □ John is completely in love with Mary and wants to marry her. I was afraid he would go off the deep end, and he did …
58go off the boil — 1. To stop boiling, fall below boiling point 2. To subside from an active or critical state • • • Main Entry: ↑boil * * * go off the boil british phrase to become less successful than before The team suddenly went off the boil in the final match …
59a light bulb goes off/on — chiefly US informal ◇ When a light bulb goes off/on (in your head), you suddenly understand something or have a great idea. After thinking about the problem for several days, a light bulb went off in her head, and she knew how to solve it. • • •… …
60go off — intransitive verb Date: 1579 1. explode 2. to burst forth or break out suddenly or noisily 3. to go forth, out, or away ; leave 4. to undergo decline or deterioration 5. to follow the expected or desired course ; proceed < the party went off well …
