GO OFF Synonyms: 165 Similar and Opposite Words

go off

verb

Definition of go off

as in to explode

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off

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as in to progress

to move forward along a course the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch

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as in to depart

to leave a place often for another don't go off without telling us where we can find you

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Recent Examples of go off Ivan Miroshnichenko’s backdoor feed to Tuch went off Anderson’s stick and in. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Amid the confusion of going off course to get the injured girl to safety and then trying to return to the race, Villarreal got sidetracked. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 One person died Wednesday morning after a car went off County Road 105 and into the Willow Slough Bypass in the Yolo Bypass area, according to authorities. — Sacramento Bee Contributor, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Mancuso was selected to run Paramount after Diller went off to head 20th Century Fox. — Richard Natale, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for go off

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Nearly 2,400 people were arrested in France on Saturday after long-simmering protests exploded into some of the country’s most disruptive unrest in years.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 18 Oct. 2026
When Louise would remember the show decades later, the audience was always so electric that the room exploded into stamping feet and pounding fists.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of explode

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Strategy briefly departed from that stance earlier this year, however, selling Bitcoin on four separate occasions during a bear market that pushed the cryptocurrency’s price as low as $58,000 in June.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Guest and Crystal both departed SNL after the conclusion of season 10.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of depart

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An operation in Kenscoff In the mists of the steep hills that ring southern Port-au-Prince, CNN saw one Task Force operation where helicopters manned by foreign contractors assaulted gang positions, and drones detonated amid the clatter of gunfire.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
The police response has drawn criticism following an incident last week in which a 15-year-old boy lost his hand and part of his lower arm after picking up a police dispersal grenade that detonated during a demonstration in Lens.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of detonate

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PhotoTat can have additional practical applications, including for medical tattoos like those done on cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026
OpenAI has reportedly floated the idea of giving the government up to a 5% stake in the company and suggested other leading AI companies do the same.

— Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of do

Verb

Alme will still likely win based on the latest polling, but the margin could have been closer if Bankhead exited the race.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
Yamamoto exited after giving up three runs and four hits in the shortest start of his career.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of exit

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The $11 million spread is listed with Wade Weathers and Meg Kauffman at LandVest Christie’s International Real Estate and has come to market shortly after Vermont’s most expensive home popped up for sale.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
Kyle Tucker popped up to center, and Teoscar Hernandez struck out on a ball off the plate by about two and a half feet.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of pop

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Nevertheless, based on paleomagnetism, scientists had concluded that true polar wander had been negligible, or slow to proceed, in the distant past.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Kon called on the government to disarm civilians, questioning how elections could proceed amid such insecurity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026