go off

— Phrasal Verb with go

/gəʊ/ verb [I] (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)

Definition

LEAVE › to leave a place and go somewhere else: She's gone off to the pub with Tony.

FOOD UK informal › If food goes off, it is not good to eat any more because it is too old.

STOP › If a light or machine goes off, it stops working: The heating goes off at 10 o'clock.

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

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

go off on one informal › to react angrily to something

(Definition of go off from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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