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go off
verb- to happen, occur UK, 1804
- On such an evening, you know the classes were great, you feel elated the presentations went off as planned. — The Guardian, 29 January 2002
- of a fight, to happen, to start UK
- Message to all Chelsea fans! Millwall at Parsons Green and it’s going off. — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 129, 1999
- “Get much trouble here?” we asked, incredulous. “Yeah, it goes off all the time ‘ere, mate,” came the disinterested reply. — Wayne Anthony, Spanish Highs, p. 3, 1999
- Jeez, it’s all going off! — Ministry, p. 7, October 2002
- to vehemently display anger AUSTRALIA
- “Debbie! Sue!” Cheryl called out to us. “Come here! What’d Bishop say? Did he go off?” she asked us. — Kathy Lette and Carey Gabrielle, Puberty Blues, p. 16, 1979
- — Ivor Limb, Footy’s No Joke!, p. 55, 1986
- And mum goes right off at us. — Kylie Mole (Maryanne Fahey), My Diary, p. 40, 1988
- to cease to like something or someone UK, 1934
- I think she just went off people. She didn’t like them in our life, judging her life. — The Guardian, 20 May 2001
- to fall asleep UK, 1887
- [S]he patted his fingers, let air out through her mouth, and went off to sleep thinking about blasting caps[.] — The Guardian, 2 August 2000
- to ejaculate UK, 1866
- One man who wanted to go off using my rear end, when I told him I would not allow this, sneered, “You think it’s a perversion, don’t you?” — Sara Harris, The Lords of Hell, p. 72, 1967
- to give birth AUSTRALIA
- I had her dug out, and some forming up, and Steve comes to me an’ says his missus is about ready to go off, an’ would I keep an eye on her in case she had to go while he was at work. — John O’Grady, Aussie Etiket, p. 14, 1971
- to turn out; to come off AUSTRALIA, 1867
- The breakfast went off good too. — Frank Hardy, Hardy’s People, p. 198, 1986
- to perform brilliantly AUSTRALIA
- “Shit, she went off.” “That’s hot.” — Kathy Lette, Girls’ Night Out, p. 195, 1987
- to behave extravagantly; to go all out AUSTRALIA
- So anyway, anniversary night and I’ve gone off. The sensational dinner, booked a swanky hotel and had a blinder. — Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, p. 126, 1995
- to defecate TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1973
- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad and Tobago, 2003
- to pass peak condition; to deteriorate in freshness UK
- I’d like to go [die] just when I’m going off, you know what I mean, when the crowd’s catching me up[.] — Paul E Willis, Profane Culture, p. 27, 1978
- to be raided by authorities AUSTRALIA, 1941
- [T]he S.P. man and the man or woman who sells a few drinks under the lap are fair game for the pimp. The one’s who don’t go off have to pay. — Vince Kelly, The Bogeyman, p. 99, 1956
- The Sari Club, however, goes off. — Sun-Herald (Sunday Life), p. 10, 17 May 1998
- to make a noise UK
An extension of “go off” (to start). - “[L]ounging around on a farm listening to the cows go off.” “Go off where?” “Go off. You know, like car alarms.” — Melanie McGrath, Hard, Soft and Wet, p. 97, 1998
- (of a party or nightclub venue) to be thoroughly exciting and enjoyable AUSTRALIA, 1993
- (of a prize) to be awarded AUSTRALIA
- Three passes at the target and twenty points to qualify for the finals with big cash prizes and a brand new superseded Toyota sedan to go off. — Alexander Buzo, The Roy Murphy Show, p. 112, 1970
- (of a woman) to engage in sexual intercourse AUSTRALIA
- Oh, I know the one you mean. She’s last year’s number, worth getting on to, too. She likes to go off, but only if her back’s on damp wet sand. — Len Riley, The Kings Cross Racket, p. 34, 1967
- Hey, I tell you what I do remember, the night Susan went off. — Alexander Buzo, Rooted, p. 85, 1969
- in motor racing, to suffer a diminution of performance, either because of a handling problem or driver fatigue US
- — Don Alexander, The Racer’s Dictionary, p. 28, 1980
- (of a racehorse whose true abilities have been kept secret) to be raced to win AUSTRALIA, 1936
- I had been touting this thing for months, and here it was ready to “go off”, and what hope had I of being in at the kill? — James Holledge, The Great Australian Gamble, p. 41, 1966
▶ go off on one
to lose your temper UK- Russell was finding it difficult to bite his tongue when Ron went off on one. — Greg Williams, Diamond Geezers, p. 74, 1997
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