go off with sb
— phrasal verb with go /ɡəʊ/
/ɡoʊ/ verb (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)Definition
› to leave a wife, husband, or partner in order to have a sexual or romantic relationship with someone else: Did you know that Hugh had gone off with his sister-in-law?Ending relationships and divorceInfidelity in relationships
(Definition of go off with sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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go off phrasal verb (STOP WORKING)
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go off sb/sth phrasal verb
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go off the deep end idiom
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go off the rails idiom
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go off with sth phrasal verb
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go on phrasal verb (AGREE)
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go on phrasal verb (CONTINUE)
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go on phrasal verb (NOT BELIEVE)
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Synonyms and related words:
- a bit on the side idiom
- adulterer noun
- adultery noun
- affair noun (RELATIONSHIP)
- bigamy noun
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- cuckold verb
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- faithless adjective (NOT LOYAL)
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