specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off
the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch
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The fundamental problem in streaming is these shows that people get hooked on then go off the air for two and a half years.—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025 Troopers then found the driver of the car that went off the embankment.—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2025 Satisfied, the men secured their ropes to the top of the roof and went off the edge.—Jake Offenhartz, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 The kids were asleep in their bedrooms right across the hall when the gun went off.—Jason Pohl, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for go off
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