went 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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