Synonyms for go off
go off

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1. abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make offverb

   run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

   "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

   Synonyms:
   beetle off, waste, absquatulate, come off, bolt, xerox, break camp, decamp, gobble, chase away, photocopy, go over, vamoose, implode, run off, drive out, discharge, run out, make off, bolt out, drive off, abscond, drive away, skip, dispel, elope, fire, turn back

   Antonyms:
   come up, go on, come on

2. go offverb

   be discharged or activated

   "the explosive devices went off"

   Synonyms:
   discharge, abscond, come off, make off, fire, absquatulate, run off, implode, go over, bolt, decamp

   Antonyms:
   come up, go on, come on

3. fire, discharge, go offverb

   go off or discharge

   "The gun fired"

   Synonyms:
   unload, exhaust, kindle, absquatulate, dispatch, complete, expel, give the axe, burn, assoil, can, provoke, go over, drop off, empty, enkindle, give the sack, sack, set down, decamp, bolt, elicit, fuel, fire, arouse, give notice, open fire, displace, implode, exculpate, abscond, dismiss, release, raise, clear, put down, acquit, burn down, drop, discharge, evoke, exonerate, free, force out, make off, eject, terminate, muster out, send away, come off, run off

   Antonyms:
   come on, come up, go on

4. go offverb

   stop running, functioning, or operating

   "Our power went off during the hurricane"

   Synonyms:
   discharge, abscond, come off, make off, fire, absquatulate, run off, implode, go over, bolt, decamp

   Antonyms:
   go on, come up, come on

5. go off, come off, go oververb

   happen in a particular manner

   "how did your talk go over?"

   Synonyms:
   chip, chip off, implode, bolt, break off, come off, decamp, come away, fall over, look into, go over, run off, check into, discharge, absquatulate, make off, check over, abscond, check out, suss out, check, detach, check up on, survey, review, fire, break away

   Antonyms:
   come on, come up, go on

6. implode, go offverb

   burst inward

   "The bottle imploded"

   Synonyms:
   discharge, abscond, come off, make off, fire, absquatulate, run off, implode, go over, bolt, decamp

   Antonyms:
   go on, come up, come on

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1. • Collapse
   • Explode
   • Flee
   • Happen
   • Stop

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1. go off

   Synonyms:
   depart, go away, be off

2. go off

   Synonyms:
   explode, be discharged

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1. Desiree Ford:

   They’re just terrible people, they make so much money off this, it could be their full-time job.

2. Jackie Georgiou:

   He was smoking crack. Before he went away, he got to the point where he would be shaking, saying, ‘I need it,’ there were parties where he was taking drugs and collapsing and being picked up off the floor.

3. Kyle Lavender:

   These are cars that are parked bumper to bumper, and with the winds we had last night and the heat the cars were giving off, it was spreading quickly.

4. Ray Goulding:

   I pattern my career after his -- certainly in how to view show business, not to take it too seriously, it's a completely different feeling to get off a plane in L.A. and go work, and then to get off a plane here (in Maine) and come home. You suddenly realize: Oh that's why I am doing that -- to raise my family like Dad did his.

5. James Feldkamp:

   Alibaba has talked about getting all the defective stuff off (e-commerce platform) Taobao and that's likely a claim which is way bigger than is possible to be implemented.