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gone off

gone off is the past participle of go off.

Meaning of go off

Verb

go off (third-person singular simple present goes off, present participle going off, simple past went off, past participle gone off)

  1. (intransitive) To explode.
    • The bomb went off right after the president left his office.
  2. (intransitive) To fire, especially accidentally.
    • The gun went off during their struggle.
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To explode metaphorically; to become very angry or overexcited.
    • It all went off when the opposing teams' fans met at the railway station.
  4. (intransitive) To begin clanging or making noise.
    • The alarm will go off at six a.m.
  5. (intransitive) To stop operating; to switch off.
    • We were watching TV when suddenly the power went off.
  6. (intransitive) Of dairy cattle, to stop producing milk.
    • ‘I suppose no other mahn in th’ district feeds as well as I do, and yet they’re goin’ off - goin’ off to th’ very divil.’1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 63

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What is gone off the past participle of?
Gone off is the past participle of go off.

Words near gone off in the dictionary

  1. gone north about
  2. gone nowhere
  3. gone nowhere fast
  4. gone nuclear
  5. gone nuts
  6. gone off
  7. gone off at a tangent
  8. gone off at half cock
  9. gone off at halfcock
  10. gone off at score
  11. gone off half-cocked

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