go off

phrasal verb
Word forms "go off":
present tense I/you/we/they go off he/she/it goes off present participle going off past tense went off past participle gone off

1) [intransitive] to explode, or to be fired

The gun went off while he was cleaning it.

2) [intransitive] if something such as a light or an electricity supply goes off, it stops working or being available

All the lights in the building suddenly went off.

3) go off someonesomething

[transitive] British to stop liking someone or something

I went off the idea of buying a sports car after I found out how much it would cost.

4) [intransitive] to leave a place, especially for a particular purpose

go off to:

Dave's gone off to the south of France for the summer.

go off to do something:

He went off to have lunch in the canteen at one o'clock.

5) [intransitive] to start making a noise as a signal or warning

I was just lying in bed waiting for the alarm to go off.

6) [intransitive] British if food or drink goes off, it is no longer fresh

7) [intransitive] British informal to become worse in quality

His work has really gone off recently.

8) [intransitive] to happen in a particular way

The whole conference went off just as we had planned.

9) [intransitive] British spoken to start to sleep

go off to sleep:

The baby's just gone off to sleep.

10) [intransitive] American informal to suddenly become angry and start shouting

go off on:

He just went off on her for no apparent reason.