go off
1. run away;
usually includes taking something or somebody along (Freq. 4)
- The thief made off with our silver
- the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
• Syn:
abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, make off
• Derivationally related forms:
decampment (for: decamp), bolt (for: bolt), abscondment (for: abscond), absconder (for: abscond)
• Hypernyms:
flee, fly, take flight
• Hyponyms:
levant
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. be discharged or activated (Freq. 3)
- the explosive devices went off
• Hypernyms:
explode, burst
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. go off or discharge (Freq. 1)
- The gun fired
• Syn:
fire, discharge
• Derivationally related forms:
discharge (for: discharge), fire (for: fire)
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. stop running, functioning, or operating
- Our power went off during the hurricane
• Ant:
go on
• Hypernyms:
stop, halt
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. happen in a particular manner
- how did your talk go over?
• Syn:
come off, go over
• Hypernyms:
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur,
pass, fall out, come about, take place
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s Adjective
6. burst inward
- The bottle imploded
• Syn:
implode
• Ant:
explode (for: implode)
• Derivationally related forms:
implosion (for: implode)
• Hypernyms:
collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way,
break, founder
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something (for: implode)
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