go off

— Phrasal Verb with go

/ɡəʊ/ verb (going, went, gone)

Definition

B1 to leave a place and go somewhere else: She went off with Laurie.

B1 If a light or machine goes off, it stops working: The heating goes off at ten o’clock.

› If a bomb or gun goes off, it explodes or fires.

› If something that makes a noise goes off, it suddenly starts making a noise: His car alarm goes off every time it rains.

› UK If food goes off, it stops being good to eat because it is too old: That milk has gone off.

(Definition of go off from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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