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go-offs

go-offs is the plural of go-off.

Meaning of go-off

Noun

go-off (plural go-offs)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    get-go, the get-go

Questions about go-offs

What is go-offs the plural of?
Go-offs is the plural of go-off.

Words near go-offs in the dictionary

  1. go-karting
  2. go-karts
  3. go-live
  4. go-lives
  5. go-off
  6. go-offs
  7. go-on
  8. go-out
  9. go-outs
  10. go-ped
  11. go-peds

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