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  • 61Go off — 1. (of a party, dance party, etc.) be excellent; be successful; fire: It was a great night, it really went off ; the place was going off ; 2. (surfing) produce many good riding waves; really pump; 3. (of an illegal establishment) be raided by the …

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  • 62go off — Australian Slang 1. (of a party, dance party, etc.) be excellent; be successful; fire: It was a great night, it really went off ; the place was going off ; 2. (surfing) produce many good riding waves; really pump; 3. (of an illegal establishment) …

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  • 63go off — vb 1. American to express enthusiasm and/ or excitement, give vent to strong feel ings. An expression used on campus in the USA since around 2000. 2a. to be lively, exciting. Usually referring to a party or dance, the phrase can also denote, e.g …

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  • 64go off the deep end —    A person who goes off the deep end becomes suddenly very angry or emotional.     He started shouting and throwing things around the office. He really went off the deep end …

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  • 65go off the rails — informal to start behaving strangely or in a way that is not acceptable to society. He went off the rails in his twenties and started living on the streets. By the law of probabilities if you have five kids, one of them s going to go off the… …

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  • 66go off — 1) the bomb went off Syn: explode, detonate, blow up 2) Brit. the milk s gone off Syn: go bad, go stale, go sour, turn, spoil, go rancid …

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  • 67go off half-cocked — in. to proceed without knowing all the facts. □ I waited because I didn’t want to go off half cocked. □ The oss went off half cocked and exploded into a rage about the mess …

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  • 68go off on somebody — ˌgo ˈoff (on sb) derived (NAmE, informal) to suddenly become angry with sb • He just went off on her and started yelling. Main entry: ↑goderived …

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  • 69go off with somebody — ˌgo ˈoff with sb derived to leave your husband, wife, partner, etc. in order to have a relationship with sb else • He went off with his best friend s wife. Main entry: ↑goderived …

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  • 70go off with something — ˌgo ˈoff with sth derived to take away from a place sth that does not belong to you • He went off with $10 000 of the company s money. Main entry: ↑goderived …

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