1. Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
   - abscond, bolt, absquatulate [N. Amer], decamp, run off, make off 
2. Be discharged or activated
   "the explosive devices went off" 
3. Go off or discharge
   - fire, discharge 
4. Stop running, functioning, or operating
   "Our power went off during the hurricane" 
5. Happen in a particular manner
   - come off, go over 
6. Burst inward
   - implode

Derived forms: goes off, going off, went off, gone off

See also: go

Type of: break, burst, cave in, collapse, come about, cut and run, explode, fall in, fall out, flee, fly, founder, give, give way, go on, halt, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, stop, take flight, take place

Antonym: go on

Encyclopedia: Go off

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