English-French translations for go off

• exploser
  Monsieur le Président, la Bosnie-et-Herzégovine est une bombe à retardement qui attend d’exploser! Mr President, Bosnia-Herzegovina is a time bomb waiting to go off!
  Je voudrais demander au commissaire qu'il aborde ce point dans la réponse qu'il nous donnera demain, car il s'agit d'une bombe à retardement qui risque à toute moment d'exploser. I would ask the Commissioner to address that in his response tomorrow, because it is a time bomb waiting to go off.

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