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Go Off

Definition: Go Off

Go Off

Verb

1. Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along.

2. Be discharged or activated; "the explosive devices went off".

3. Go off or discharge; "The gun fired".

4. Stop running, functioning, or operating, as of power.

5. Happen in a particular manner; "how did your talk go over?".

6. Burst inward; "The bottle imploded".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Go Off

Synonyms: abscond (v), absquatulate (v), bolt (v), come off (v), decamp (v), discharge (v), fire (v), go over (v), implode (v), run off (v). (additional references)
Antonyms: explode (v), go on (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Go Off

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Death

Verb: die, expire, perish; meet one's death, meet one's end; pass away, be taken; yield one's breath, resign one's breath; resign one's being, resign one's life; end one's days, end one's life, end one's earthly career; breathe one's last; cease to live, cease to breathe; depart this life; be no more. Adjective: go off, drop off, pop off; lose one's life, lay down one's life, relinquish one's life, surrender one's life; drop into the grave, sink into the grave; close one's eyes; fall dead, drop dead, fall down dead, drop down dead; break one's neck; give up the ghost, yield up the ghost; be all over with one.

Pay the debt to nature, shuffle off this mortal coil, take one's last sleep; go the way of all flesh; hand in one's checks, pass in one's checks, hand in one's chips, pass in one's chips; join the greater number, join the majority; come to dust, turn to dust; cross the Stygian ferry, cross the bar; go to one's long account, go to one's last home, go to Davy Jones's locker, go to the wall; receive one's death warrant, make one's will, step out, die a natural death, go out like the snuff of a candle; come to an untimely end; catch one's death; go off the hooks, kick the bucket, buy the farm, hop the twig, turn up one's toes; die a violent death. (be killed).

Departure

Verb: depart; go away; take one's departure, set out; set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off; start, issue, march out, debouch; go forth, sally forth; sally, set forward; be gone; hail from.

Leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon; go off the stage, make one's exit; retire, withdraw, remove; vamoose, vamose; go one's way, go along, go from home; take flight, take wing; spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight; fly away, whip away; embark; go on board, go aboard; set sail' put to sea, go to sea; sail, take ship; hoist blue Peter; get under way, weigh anchor; strike tents, decamp; walk one's chalks, cut one's stick; take leave; say good bye, bid goodbye; Noun: disappear; abscond; (avoid); entrain; inspan.

Deterioration

Run to seed, go to seed, run to waste swale, sweal; lapse, be the worse for; sphacelate: break, break down; spring a leak, crack, start; shrivel; (contract); fade, go off, wither, molder, rot, rankle, decay, go bad; go to decay, fall into decay; " fall into the sear and yellow leaf", rust, crumble, shake; totter, totter to its fall; perish; die.

Excitability

Lose one's temper; break out, burst out, fly out; go off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, fly off the handle, lose one's cool; explode, flare up, flame up, fire up, burst into a flame, take fire, fire, burn; boil, boil over; foam, fume, rage, rave, rant, tear; go wild, run wild, run mad, go into hysterics; run riot, run amuck; battre la campagne, faire le diable a quatre, play the deuce.

Inactivity

Sleep, slumber, be asleep; hibernate; oversleep; sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse; sleep soundly, heavily; doze, drowze, snooze, nap; take a nap; Noun: dream; snore one's best; settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep; doze off, drop off; fall asleep; drop asleep; close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids; weigh down the eyelids; get sleep, nod, yawn; go to bed, turn; get some z's, stack z's.

Marriage

Verb: marry, wive, take to oneself a wife; be married, be spliced; go off, pair off; wed, espouse, get hitched, lead to the hymeneal altar, take "for better for worse", give one's hand to, bestow one's hand upon.

The Past

Verb: be past; Adjective: have expired; Adjective:, have run its course, have had its day; pass; pass by, go by, pass away, go away, pass off, go off; lapse, blow over.

Velocity

Hurry; (hasten); accelerate, put on; quicken; quicken one's pace, mend one's pace; clap spurs to one's horse; make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches, make the best of one's way; put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's way, set off at a score; carry sail, crowd sail; go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead, gain ground; outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind.

Violence

Break out, fly out, burst out; bounce, explode, go off, displode, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, crump, flash, flare, burst; shock, strain; break open, force open, prize open.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Go Off

English words defined with "go off": campaigndischargefire, Firkindeterminate, infernal machinemercifullyobscuretake the field, time bombvague. (references)
Specialty definitions using "go off": Bandbox PlotGo along with YouHang Fireray tracingwalk the plank. (references)
Etymologies containing "go off": Abscess. (references)

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Modern Usage: Go Off

DomainUsage

Screenplays

The bomb could go off and their mutant genes would form the same cliques (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

Yeah, it didn't go off. (Speed; writing credit: Graham Yost)

Because if I do, the retinal scans will read the scar tissue, alarms will go off, and large men with guns will appear (Minority Report; writing credit: Scott Frank)

I originally planned to go off to London to play a cool jazz tenor saxophone, but somehow I drifted (Oliver's Travels; writing credit: Alan Plater)

But unfortunately you happen to be standing right where my gun's about to go off. (Oblivion; writing credit: Charles B; Peter David)

Lyrics

When their sons go off to fight ("War"; performing artist: Edwin Starr)

Let go off in a ho's mouth, I ain't picky (E.I.; performing artist: Nelly)

THAT GO OFF WHEN YOU SMILE (DON'T GET ME WRONG; performing artist: The Pretenders)

Bought my hits and watch 'em go off a go off (Gettin' Jiggy Wit It; performing artist: Will Smith)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Go Off

DomainTitle

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Go Off

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

I thought it was time for that to go off!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Go Off

AuthorQuotation

Nathaniel Hawthorne

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Go Off

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Don't worry if you occasionally go off your diet or miss a planned exercise program. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Go Off

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Maureen O'Hara

Well, every time Charlie Blair flew into L.A., he would call my brother, Charlie, and they would go off and have dinner.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Go Off

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George W. Bush

2001-2005Thousands of dangerous killers, schooled in the methods of murder, often supported by outlaw regimes, are now spread throughout the world like ticking time bombs, set to go off without warning.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Go Off

Expressions using "go off": go off at a tangent go off bad go off course go off duty go off hysterics go off one's chump go off one's head go off the air go off the beaten track go off the deep end go off the rails go off to sleep go off to the countryside go off well go off with go off with a bang go off with smth. To go off To go off halfcocked To go off the hooks. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Go Off

Language Translations for "go off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

largohem (backdown, backtrack, depart, evacuate, get along, get away, go, go away, leave, make oneself scarce, move out, recede, retire, run away, run off, secede, subside, take away, turn out, veer), kaloj (alternate, beguile, come by, come round, cross, cut, devolve, elapse, exceed, float, get by, glide, go, go by, go past, negotiate, outbalance, overstep, pass, passage, ram, run, run in, rush by, skip, slip by, slip past, span, spend, strain, take across, track, transcend, transgress, turn, undergo, witness), ikje (back track, backtrack, departure, escape, exit, getaway, leg-bail, outgo, parting, passing, recession), ik (begone, blast off, clear off, depart, escape, exit, fly away, get along, get away, get out, give the guy to, go, go away, go out, hence, leave, make away, make off, make one's bow, make oneself scarce, move away, pass, pass off, push off, retire, run away, run off, shoot through, take away, take off), bie zilja. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تلف (blight, bungle, burn, consume, corrode, damage, destroy, deteriorate, deterioration, go bad, go to the dogs, harm, hash, impair, mangle, molder, moulder, ravage, ruin, scourge, spoil, spoilage, spoiling, take out, total, waste away), ‏إنصرف (clear off, clear out, depart, dismiss, get away, go away, make tracks, part, pop off, run along, scram, sling one's hook, take off, vacate). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

удар (bang, bat, blow, buff, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clump, counter, cut, dint, hit, impact, impingement, jab, jar, keystroke, knock, pass, pelt, percussion, push, rap, shake, shock, shy, smack, smash, strike, stroke, thrust, touch, turn, whack, whiplash, wipe), отивам си (be off, buzz, clear off, exit, get away, go, go away, leave, off it, part, pass, piss off, pop off, pull away, push along, quit, remove, run along, sheer off, shunt, take off, walk away), отдалечавам се (go away, recede, ride away, ride off, roll away, stray), опит (attempt, crack, essay, experience, experiment, go, shot, shy, stab, tentative, trial, try, whack, whirl), звъня (clang, ding, ding-dong, go, knoll, rang), избягвам (abscond, break loose, break out, circumnavigate, dodge, elope, elude, escape, evade, gallop away, get away, get off, get out, make a break for it, mizzle, obviate, prevent, run, run away, run off, scarper, scuttle away, shrink away, shun, skirt around, skitter, take flight). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

下台 (fall from position of prestige, go off the stage). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zvonit (chime, clang, jingle, ring, tang, tingle, tinkle), zkazit se (addle, go bad), zhoršit (add, aggravate, impair, make worse, worsen), zhasnout (black out, douse, fizzle out, go out, pack up, snuff out, switch off, turn off, turn out), zahájit (begin, commence, handsel, inaugurate, Initialize, initiate, introduce, launch, lead off, preface, start), zaèít (begin, commence, embark on, fall to, give a start, go, inaugurate, initiate, kick off, open, originate, start, take up), vypínat se (perk, tower), vybuchnout (blow up, break out, detonate, erupt, explode, go bang, pop off), usnout (drop off, fall asleep, get off to sleep, go out like a light, go to sleep, nod off), srazit se (clabber, clot, collide, congeal, crash, Curdle, shrink, solidify), odejít (come away, come off, depart, go away, go out, leave, make one's exit, make tracks for, move away, move off, quit, retire, stir, to leave, vacate, walk away, walk off), explodovat (burst, detonate, explode). (various references)

   

Danish

  

eksplodere (explode). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

gebrekkig worden (be on the decline, go downhill), vervallen (be on the decline, decline, go downhill, recede), in verval raken (be on the decline, go downhill), aftakelen (be on the decline, dismantle, go downhill, unrig), afgaan (absent onself, attend, call on, depart, go away, leave, see, visit). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

malŝargiĝi, kadukiĝi (be on the decline, go downhill). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

laueta (explode). (various references)

   

French

  

sonner, ravager (go to pot), perdre le goût de, partir (go, go away, go out), exploser (to go off), éclater. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

minder wurde (be on the decline, go downhill), ôftakelje (be on the decline, dismantle, go downhill, unrig). (various references)

   

German

  

gelingen (achievement, be succesful, be successful, flourish, prosper, succeed, success, successful outcome, thrive, to succeed), ablaufen (be up, comb, drain away, drain off, dry off, execute, expire, lapse, pass, pass off, run, run away, run out, rundown, scour, unwind, walk off, walk over, wear down, wear out, wind down), abrollen (roll off, taxi off, uncoil, unfold, unreel, unroll, unwind), abtreten (abdicate, cede, dismiss, give in, give up, give way, hand over, make smb.'s exit, relinquish, resign, stamp off, step down, to cede, transfer, wear, wear down, wear out, yield, yield up), abziehen (bottle, decal, deduct, detract, disengage, escape, fire, flay, go away, move away, peel away, peel back, print, print off, pull off, pull out, remove, roll away, run off, sharpen, siphon off, skin, slope away, slope off, squeeze the trigger, strip, strip off, strop, subtract, subtraction, take away, take off, to deduct, to strop, to subtract, withdraw, withdrawal), angehen (approach, ask, attack, combat, come at, come on, concern, fight, go on, start, start burning, strike, tackle, take off), das interesse verlieren, detonieren (detonate, explode, to detonate), einschlafen (drop off, fall asleep, flake out, get off, go to sleep, lapse, pass away, peter out, tail off, to fall asleep), abgehen (abort, be deducted, be dispatched, come away, come off, depart, digress, exit, jump down, lead off, leave, make a draft, pace out, part, pass out, patrol, rub off, sail, shift, wear off), in trance verfallen, weggehen (come away, come off, get off, go, go away, go out, going, move away, quit, stop, wander off), krepieren (croak, die, explode, kick the bucket, snuff it), läuten (bell, chime, clang, peal, ring, ringing, sound, to chime, to ring, toll), losgehen (charge, come off, go at, go up, lay into, make for, set off, start, start in, start off, to go off), nicht mehr mögen, schlecht werden (become corrupted, become depraved, turn), sich lösen (be solved, break loose, come adrift, come off, come undone, come unscrewed, detach oneself, dissolve, draw apart, ease, get loose, loosen, melt away, part, Peel, peel away, relax, resolve itself, slip, soak off, split off, unravel, unscrew), verderben (abase, addle, adulterate, bane, banes, barbarize, become corrupted, become depraved, become ruined, become spoiled, blight, break down, bribe, contaminate, corrupt, damage, debauch, deprave, destroy, disaster, doom, go bad, going off, infect, injure, kill, Mar, molder, perdition, perditions, pervert, pollute, pollution, put off, ruin, ruination, ruining, spoil, spoiling, spoilt, taint, to barbarize, to debauch, to deprave, to spoil, to taint, undoing, vitiate, vitiation, wreck), verlaufen (bleed, go, pass, proceed, run, smear), hochgehen (ascend, be blown sky-high, blow up, climb, edge up, get nabbed, go through the roof, go up, rise, rising, surge). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σκάω (shut up), χαλώ (break down, give out, Mar, ruin, scuff, spoil, unmake, vitiate), χαλάω (go bad), φεύγω (buzz off, clear away, clear off, clear out, come away, drive away, drive off, flee, fleet, fly, get away, go away, leave, pull out, run along, scurry, slope off, take oneself off, wear off), εκρήγνυμαι (blast, blow up, detonate, erupt, explode), εκπ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ללכת לישון (fall asleep, go to sleep, hit the hay, turn in), ל"תפוצץ (blast, burst, bust, detonate, explode), ל"סתלק (be off, depart, exit, get away, go away, make off, pop off, retire, scat, scram, sheer off, skip, take off, withdraw). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

felrobban (blow off, explode, to blow up, to bust, to detonate, to explode, to go off), elsül (pop off, to fire, to go off, to pop off), elmegy (betake, check out, depart, egress, flit, go, go away, go with, leave, left, off it, pass out, take off, to chase oneself, to check out, to go away, to go forth, to go off, to go past, to leave, to leave for, to march off, to piss off, to push off, to put over, to quit, to resort, to sally forth, to sheer off, to sod off, to take leave, to take one's departure, to turkey off, to turn away, to visit), bizonyos idõ alatti követelések összege. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

berangkat (depart, go, leave). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sparare (fire, firing, go, let off, score, shoot, shooting), scattare (be released, click, lose one's temper, snap, spirt, spring, sprint, spurt, start, take), allontanare (avert, depart, estrange, remove, send away, stave off, turn away). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"っ飛ばす (to beat, to drive at full speed, to knock, to let go off, to not partake, to strike). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぶっとばす (to beat, to drive at full speed, to knock, to let go off, to not partake, to strike). (various references)

   

Manx

  

traih (abate, abatement, decrement, diminish, efflux, flow away, flow out, go down, low water, make, make of ebb, ooze away, sink, subside, subsidence), loauaghey (gangrene, putrefy, rot, rotting), lhiggey (act, act pretend, allow, broach, delay, discharge, fire, firing, heave, ignore, let, let down, let off, letting, level, loose, permission, permit, pierce, remission, shoot, shoot up, shooting, slip, suffer, water pipe), goll roish (antecede, betake, buzz off, clear out, go ahead, go before, make away, move on, nip off, pass on, pop off, precede, walk away), goll eig (die out, stale, vegetate), fioghey (blight, blight as flowers, blightedness, decay, die down, fade, wither), faagail yn ardan, cheet gys jerrey schlei. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ogay offay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

disparar (bolt, discharge, fire, gun, let off, poop, pop, to shoot, touch off). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

se desfãşura (be on, deploy, evolve, expand, go on, pass off, stream, unfold, unreel, unroll), se descãrca (be unloaded, unburden), punct de plecare (jumping-off place, starting point, starting post), pornire (beginning, departure, move, outset, starting, take off, tendency), pleca fugind (flee), face explozie, exploda (blast, blow out, blow up, burst, detonate, explode, fulminate, go bang, go up), detona (detonate), decurge (devolve, flow, issue, pass off), început (beginning, commencement, dawn, dayspring, entrance, first, germ, head, head line, inchoation, lead off, morning, opening, outset, setting in, source, spring, start, starter, starting). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

уходить (come away, depart, go, go away, leave, march off, naff off, scram, take away, vamoose, vamose), уезжать (depart, go away, leave, part), раздаться, начало (beginning, breaking, commencement, cradle, go-off, inception, incipience, kick off, leader, onset, opening, origin, origination, outbreak, outset, prime, proem, set out, start), пройти (pass off). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ugasiti se (go out, wear off), polazak (departure), početak (beginning, commencement, exordium, inception, incipience, induction, morning, onset, outbreak, outset, set out, start, starter, threshold), otići (depart, get over, go along, go away, hive off, leave, pull out, push off, ship, take leave, take one's leave, turn away), opaliti (belt, burn, discharge, fire), iskliznuti (slip, slip out), eksplodirati (detonate, explode). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

marchar (act, come by, come in for, come off, direct, go, go away, kick around, leg, let, let off, level, live, March, move, sail, tick away, tick by, toddle, toil, track, tramp, travel, trip, troop, trot, tumble over, turn about, walk, work), bajar de calidad, comportarse (act, bear oneself, behave, comport oneself, conduct oneself, deport, deport oneself, go on, handle oneself), conducirse (behave, comport oneself, conduct oneself, go on, play), desmerecer (be unworthy of, deteriorate), deteriorarse (deteriorate, run to seed), dispararse (lift), dormirse (fall asleep, get off, go to sleep, oversleep, slumber away), encenderse (blaze up, blush, burn up, catch, catch fire, come on, come up, flare, flare up, get excited, get red, go on, ignite, inflame, kindle, light, strike), envejecer (age, be on the decline, go downhill, grow old, olden), estallar (bang, blow up, break, break forth, break out, burst, crack, detonate, erupt, explode, flare up, go up, outbreak, puncture, shatter), explosionar (blow up, explode), explotar (bang, blast, blow up, develop, draw on, draw upon, explode, exploit, go pop, go up, harness, make capital out of, mine, operate, run, set off, sweat, tap, touch off, utilize, work), avanzar (advance, come forward, come on, develop, encroach, forward, go forward, go on, lumber, lurch along, move, move along, move in, proceed, push forward, push on, thrust forward, toil, track, trundle on), irse a (blow, drive away, go away, go away from, sail away), seguir su camino (go on), marcharse (clear out, come away, come off, depart, drive away, drive off, get off, go, go along, go away, go down, leak away, leak out, leave, quit, take away, tear down, throw down, throw over, toddle, troop, trot, trot along, trot away, trot off), pasar (blow over, bypass, come, come about, come by, come down, come in, come off, cross, dilute, draw, elapse, enact, ensue, expend, function, gait, get, get across, get by, get over, get through, give, go, go by, go on, go over, go past, go through, goffer, hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, happen, kick around, knot, lapse, last, light out, line, live, live through, move, occupy, occur, outdo, overstep, overtake, pass, pass across, pass away, pass by, pass off, pass on, pass round, passing, pop in, post, proceed, put across, put down, reach, relay, render, ride by, roll by, run, shift, skip, smuggle, spend, strain, suffer, swallow, take away, throw out, tick away, tick by, to pass, to spend, touch, tough, turn, turn about, turn around, turn over, wear off, wear on, while), pasarse (bandy, go, go bad, go over, pass over, stew), perder el gusto, perder el gusto por, perder el tino, perder forma, perder su calidad, prenderse (catch, catch fire, go on), quedar dormido, salir (absent onself, break, break out, come off, come out, come up, depart, departing, drive away, drive off, emancipate, emerge, exit, get away, get out, get over, go, go away, go on, go out, issue, lead off, leak, leave, leaving, line out, lurch out, march out, pan out, pass out, Pierce, pop out, protrude, pull out, push through, put off, put out, radiate, rise, sail, sail out, set forth, set forward, set out, shoot out, shoot up, stand out, start off, step out, stick out, take away, take off, take out, throw off, to leave, troop, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn up, walk out, wash off), seguir (chase, come after, continue, follow, go after, go in for, go on, hold, keep, keep on, keep track of, keep up, keep up with, proceed, pursue, run, shadow, tail, take, to follow, trace), seguir adelante (carry on, go ahead, go on, keep on, press forward, press on, push ahead, ride on, set on, thrust forward), ir adelante (go ahead, go on, keep on). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ge sig av (be off, get away, move off, move out, set out), stockna, fara iväg, fara i väg, förlöpa (lose one's head, pass, pass off, run away from), deklinera (decline, deteriorate, inflect). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sönmek (be extinguished, be on the wane, burn out, die away, die down, go out), patlamak (blow, blow out, blow up, break, burst, crack, detonate, erupt, explode, fulminate, go pop, go up, knock back, let fly, plonk, plunk, pop, puncture, set back, snap, spring), kesilmek (be cut, be interrupted, become, cease, close down, clot, Curdle, die away, die down, drop, dry up, go down, go sour, intermit, let up, set, shear, sour, stop, surcease, turn sour), kahkahayı basmak (break forth, burst into laughter, guffaw, scream with laughter), ekşimek (acetify, be upset, ferment, Fox, go bad, go sour, sour, turn, turn sour), bozulmak (addle, break down, break up, bust, collapse, conk, decay, decline, deteriorate, disrupt, dwindle, ebb, fail, get out of hand, get out of order, go bad, go haywire, go sour, go under, go wrong, lose face, perish, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sour, spoil, stale, taint, turn, turn sour, upset), başlangıç (approach, beginning, big bang, commencement, commencing, cradle, dawn, departure, doorway, early, elementary, exordium, first, inception, incipience, incipiency, incunabula, infancy, introduction, lead off, morning, off, onset, origin, outset, preamble, preliminary, prelude, prime, proem, prolog, prologue, push off, setout, start, starting, take off, toe-hold), başlamak (begin, come on, commence, cut along, enter into, enter on, enter upon, fall into, fall to, get, get a move on, get going, get to, go, inaugurate, introduce, kick off, knuckle down to, launch, launch out, launch out into, lay down, open, set about, set in, set out, set to, start, start in, start off, strike in, strike up, turn to), başlama (begin, commencing, connecting, inception, inceptive, initiation, kickoff, launching, onset, outbreak, start, starting, throwoff), ateş almak (catch fire, fire, ignite, kindle), çoğalmak (accrue, augment, breed, gain, heighten, increase, mount up, multiply, proliferate, pullulate, reproduce), çürümek (become unsound, canker, decay, decline, decompose, fester, go bad, languish, molder, moulder, perish, putrefy, ret, rot, sphacelate, spoil), çıkmak (ascend, break out, break through, climb, come about, come off, come on, come out, come to a head, come up, crop out, date, date up, detach, drop out, emanate, emerge, erupt, escalate, eventuate, exit, extricate oneself, extrude, flirt, get off, go for, go forth, go out, go together, go with, grow out of, grow up, hatch, have it's source in, issue, jut, jut out, keep company with, knock about, knock around, launch, launch out, move out, occur, originate, peep, peep out, photograph, point, present oneself, prove, puff out, puff up, pull out, pullulate, quit, rise, rub off, rub out, sally forth, sally out, secede, separate, shoot out, spoon, spring, stem, step out, step up, stick, stick out, take it's source from, take out, take to, walk out, walk out of, walk out with, well forth, work out). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

розізлитися (miff), тікати (abscond, beat, bung off, chivvy, chivy, elope, flee, hop it, light out, run away, scat, scoot, scram, scurry away, skedaddle, skirr, trundle), від'їжджати (move away, ride away). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Go Off

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

abeam, abeat, abeatis, abeuntes, abeuntibus, abi, abiam, abibant, abibo, abibunt, abiens, abierant, abierat, abierint, abieris, abierit, abieritis, abiero, abierunt, abieruntque, abies, abii, abiit, abiitque, abire, abirem, abiret, abisse, abissem, abissent, abisset, abisti, abisue, abite, abivimus, decessit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Go Off

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 27, Verse 43
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintO de ekatontarcoV boulomenoV diaswsai ton paulon ekwlusen autouV tou boulhmatoV ekeleusen te touV dunamenouV kolumban aporriyantaV prwtouV epi thn ghn exienai
Latin405VulgateCenturio autem volens servare Paulum prohibuit fieri iussitque eos qui possent natare mittere se primos et evadere et ad terram exire
Middle English1395WyclifBut the centurien wolde kepe Poul, and forbede it to be don. And he comaundide hem that miyte swymme, to go in to the see, and scape, and go out to the loond.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleBut the vndercaptayne willinge to save Paul kept the from their purpose and commaunded that they yt could swyme shulde cast the selves first in to ye see and scape to londe.
Jacobean English1611King JamesBut the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
Victorian English1833WebsterBut the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose, and commanded that they who could swim, should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
Basic English1964OgdenBut the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Go Off

LanguageActs Chapter 27, Verse 43
AlbanianPor centurioni, duke dashur të shpëtojë Palin, ua largoi mendimin për këtë propozim dhe u dha urdhër atyre që dinin të notonin të hidheshin të parët në det dhe të dilnin në tokë;
CebuanoApan ang kapitan, sa iyang tinguha sa pagluwas kang Pablo, midili kanila sa paghimo sa ilang gilaraw. Ug iyang gisugo ang mga makamaong molangoy sa paglukso pag-una ngadto sa dagat ug pagtakas sa mamala,
Croatianali im satnik, hoteæi spasiti Pavla, omete naum: zapovjedi da oni koji znaju plivati najprvi poskaèu i izaðu na kraj,
DanishMen Høvedsmanden, som vilde frelse Paulus, forhindrede dem i dette Forehavende og bød, at de, som kunde svømme, skulde først kaste sig ud og slippe i Land,
DutchMaar de hoofdman, willen Paulus behouden, belette hun dat voornemen, en beval, dat degenen, die zwemmen konden, zich eerst zouden afwerpen, en te land komen;
FinnishMutta sadanpäämies, joka tahtoi pelastaa Paavalin, esti heidät siitä aikeesta ja käski uimataitoisten ensiksi heittäytyä veteen ja lähteä maihin
FrenchMais le centenier, qui voulait sauver Paul, les empêcha d`exécuter ce dessein. Il ordonna ceux qui savaient nager de se jeter les premiers dans l`eau pour gagner la terre,
GermanAber der Unterhauptmann wollte Paulus erhalten und wehrte ihrem Vornehmen und hieß, die da schwimmen könnten, sich zuerst in das Meer lassen und entrinnen an das Land,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariTetapi perwira itu mencegah niat mereka itu karena ia mau menyelamatkan Paulus. Ia menyuruh semua orang yang dapat berenang terjun dahulu dan berenang ke pantai;
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaTetapi oleh sebab penghulu laskar itu hendak menyelamatkan Paulus itu, maka dirintanginya maksud mereka itu sambil memerintahkan, bahwa segala orang yang tahu berenang hendaklah terjun ke laut dan naik ke darat dahulu.
Italianma il centurione, volendo salvare Paolo, impedì loro di attuare questo progetto; diede ordine che si gettassero per primi quelli che sapevano nuotare e raggiunsero la terra;
MaoriKo te keneturio ia i mea kia whakaorangia a Paora, kihai hoki i tukua ki ta ratou i whakaaro ai; na ka mea ia, kia matua peke atu te hunga e matau ana ki te kau, kia kau ki uta:
Norwegianmen høvedsmannen, som vilde frelse Paulus, hindret dem i deres råd, og bød at de som kunde svømme, skulde først kaste sig ut og komme i land,
PortugueseMas o centurião, querendo salvar a Paulo, estorvou-lhes este intento; e mandou que os que pudessem nadar fossem os primeiros a lançar-se ao mar e alcançar a terra;   
RumanianSutawul knsq, care voia sq scape pe Pavel, i -a oprit dela gkndul acesta. A poruncit ca cei ce pot knota, sq se arunce de pe corabie kn apq, wi sq iasq cei dintki la pqmknt;
RussianоП УПФОЙЛ, ЦЕМБС У БУФЙ рБЧМБ, Х"ЕТЦБМ ЙИ ПФ УЕЗП ОБНЕТЕОЙС, Й ЧЕМЕМ ХНЕАЭЙН МБЧБФШ ЕТЧЩН 'ТПУЙФШУС Й ЧЩКФЙ ОБ ЪЕНМА,
ShuarTura Kapitiáncha Páprun uwemtikrataj tau asa nuna Túratniun tsankatkachmiayi. Antsu chichaak "Emka yukuaktin nékarmena nu yukuakrum péemkatarum, Tímiayi.
SwahiliLakini kwa vile yule ofisajeshi alitaka kumwokoa Paulo, aliwazuia wasifanye hivyo. Aliamuru wale waliojua kuogelea waruke kutoka melini na kuogelea hadi pwani,
SwedishMen hövitsmannen ville rädda Paulus och hindrade dem därför i deras uppsåt, och bjöd att de simkunniga först skulle kasta sig i vattnet och söka komma i land,
UmaTapi' tadulako mpotagi-ra, apa' ma'ahi' -i hi Paulus. Napehubui bona tauna to nginca monangu ngkalitadi hi tahi' pai' monangu hilou hi role-na.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Go Off

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-f-g-o-o"

-1 letter: goof.

-2 letters: fog, goo, off.

-3 letters: go, of.

 Words containing the letters "f-f-g-o-o"
 

+5 letters: offloading, stroganoff.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Spoken
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Expressions
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Bible Trace
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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