go off
To explodeTo explode.
» We heard the bomb go off.
Wir hörten die Bombe explodieren.
Мы слышали, как взорвалась бомба.
Ми чули, як вибухнула бомба.
Meaning
19 senses(intransitive)To explode.
The bomb went off right after the president left his office.
explodieren
взрыва́тьсяvzryvátʹsja, взорва́тьсяvzorvátʹsja
(intransitive)To fire, especially accidentally.
The gun went off during their struggle.
(figuratively, intransitive)To explode metaphorically; to become very angry or overexcited.
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.
взрыва́тьсяvzryvátʹsja, взорва́тьсяvzorvátʹsja, зли́тьсяzlítʹsja
(intransitive)To begin clanging or making noise.
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.
звуча́тьzvučátʹ, зазвуча́тьzazvučátʹ, раздава́тьсяrazdavátʹsja
(intransitive)To stop operating; to switch off.
We were watching TV when suddenly the power went off.
stop running, functioning, or operating
(intransitive)Of dairy cattle, to stop producing milk.
(intransitive)To depart; to leave.
Having sated her appetite, she went off in search of a place to sleep.
I don't know where he's going—he went off without a word.
уезжа́тьujezžátʹ, уе́хатьujéxatʹ, уходи́тьuxodítʹ
(Australia, Canada, UK, intransitive)To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way.
Bugger—the milk's gone off already!
schlecht werden, sauer werden, ranzig werden
по́ртитьсяpórtitʹsja, испо́ртитьсяispórtitʹsja
(transitive)To like gradually less.
Ever since falling off her bike, she's gone off cycling to work.
We needed a vet visit because some of the cattle had gone off their feed.
(UK, intransitive)To cure; to set.
I've got to get the panels aligned quickly now because the epoxy resin will go off within 20 minutes or so.
(intransitive)To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished; to happen.
The party went off very well.
(slang)To ejaculate; to orgasm.
Examples
339 sentencesWe heard the bomb go off.
Ми чули, як вибухнула бомба.
ruМы слышали, как взорвалась бомба.
deWir hörten die Bombe explodieren.
My alarm clock didn't go off this morning.
Цього ранку мій будильник не задзвонив.
ruМой будильник не сработал этим утром.
deMein Wecker hat heute Morgen nicht geklingelt.
Even though the alarm clock went off, I didn't wake up.
Хоча задзвонив будильник, я не прокинувся.
deObwohl der Wecker klingelte, bin ich nicht aufgewacht.
We're going to set off at four.
Ми збираємося їхати о четвертій.
The alarm went off.
Задзвонив будильник.
ruСработала сигнализация.
deDer Wecker klingelte.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 5
By meaning 2
Forms
goes off, going off, went off, gone offPhrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- go upпіднятися, підніматисяTo move upwards.
- go offслужити, обслуговуватиTo explode.
- go outвийти, виходитиTo leave, especially a building.
- go onпродовжувати, продовжитиTo continue in extent.
- go downспуститися, спускатисяTo descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- go backповертатисяTo return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
- go overперевірити, перевірятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, over.
- go awayвід'їхати, від'їжджатиTo depart or leave a place.
More 8
- go afterстежити, слідкуватиTo pursue in attempt to catch another.
- go forсподіватися, надіятисяUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
- go throughзрозуміти, розумітиTo travel from one end of something to the other.
- go aboutнаблизитися, наближатисяTo busy oneself with.
- go withу /в мене, матиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, with.
- go byвикористовувати, використатиTo pass or go past without much interaction.
- go aheadTo proceed with; to begin.
- go roundTo physically swirl or rotate.
Synonyms
19 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb