go off
verb
went off; gone off; going off; goes off
Examples of go off in a Sentence
specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off
the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch
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There were just too many fireworks going off for anything else to make sense!
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
The gun went off, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
The blast goes off while the Prices are detained at the airport.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
The first of two explosions went off on Wednesday evening in a parking lot near the court building and a second blast came seconds later in front of the court, where the man’s body was found.
—Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
The gun went off, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
The blast goes off while the Prices are detained at the airport.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
The first of two explosions went off on Wednesday evening in a parking lot near the court building and a second blast came seconds later in front of the court, where the man’s body was found.
—Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Go off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20off. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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