English-Dutch translations for go off

• afgaan
  Ik wil de commissaris vragen om morgen in zijn reactie op die kwestie in te gaan, aangezien het een tijdbom is die elk moment kan afgaan. I would ask the Commissioner to address that in his response tomorrow, because it is a time bomb waiting to go off.
• aflopen
• bederven
  Vroeger werden producten die begonnen te bederven bestraald om het oog te misleiden. It used to be the case that when food started to go off, ionising radiation was applied, and the eye was deceived, so to speak.
• vertrekken
• weggaan

Definition of go off

• To explode
• To fire, especially accidentally
• To explode metaphorically; to become very angry
• To begin clanging or making noise
• To stop operating; to switch off
• To depart; to leave
• To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way
• To like less
• To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished
• To ejaculate

Examples

• The bomb went off right after the president left his office
• The gun went off during their struggle
• It all went off when the opposing teams fans met at the railway station
• When the boss came to know about the scheme, he went off, shouting and throwing everything away
• The alarm will go off at six a.m
• Just after he spotted the first plane on the horizon, sirens started to go off around the city
• We were watching TV when suddenly the power went off.
• Having sated her appetite, she went off in search of a place to sleep
• I dont know where hes going—he went off without a word
• Bugger—the milks gone off already!
• Ever since falling off her bike, shes gone off cycling to work
• The party went off very well.

Related words

• good offices
• goof off
• government) official
• government office
• go off the reservation
• go off at smb.
• go off one's rocker
• go off at a tangent
• go off on