go-off
go-off noun: start; beginning; commencement.
Noun
go-off (plural go-offs)
- start; beginning; commencement
- At last, he emerged with his hat very much dented and crushed down over his eyes, and began creaking and limping about the room, as if, not being much accustomed to boots, his pair of damp, wrinkled cowhide ones— probably not made to order either—rather pinched and tormented him at the first go off...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 4”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
- Corley at the first go-off was inclined to suspect it was something to do with Stephen being fired out of his digs for bringing in a bloody tart off the street.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 16
- Synonyms:
- get-go, the get-go
Synonyms of go-off
- get-go
- the get-go
Forms of go-off
| plural | go-offs |
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Questions about go-off
- What does go-off mean?
- Go-off means start; beginning; commencement.
- What part of speech is go-off?
- Go-off is a noun.
- What is the plural of go-off?
- The plural of go-off is go-offs.
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