Meaning

1 senses

  1. (slang)To stop working; to break; to malfunction.

Examples

14 sentences

  1. We heard the bomb go off.

    Ми чули, як вибухнула бомба. — deniko

    ruМы слышали, как взорвалась бомба. — Hellerick

    deWir hörten die Bombe explodieren. — xtofu80

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  2. I don't know why the bomb didn't go off.

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  3. Tom was still at work when the bomb went off.

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  4. It was at that very moment that the bomb went off.

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  5. Tom was about thirty feet away when the bomb went off.

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Forms

bombs off, bombing off, bombed off, bombed off
Base formbomb off · to bomb off
3rd person singularbombs off
Present participlebombing off
Past simplebombed off
Past participlebombed off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybomb off
he, she, itbombs off

Past simpleLesson

all personsbombed off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bombed off
he, she, ithas bombed off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bomb off

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
boltB2bombB1bombardB2bombardmentbombastic
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