go off
(intransitive) To fire, especially accidentally.
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In the US you can get proximity alarms that go off when someone gets too close and it's horrible and also tempting
Blue Ivy ignores requests to remove sunglasses at Met Gala https://www.europesays.com/news/25167/ Blue Ivy’s Met Gala debut didn’t go off quite as smoothly as it appeared, as dad Jay-Z seemingly…
I really gotta get better at staying stocked up on ADHD meds I get so wiped when I go off them and my sleep schedule gets so chaotic coz I start napping
My son has been on Zoloft for years -- it saved his life since he was seriously contemplating suicide. Since he's been on it, he got his accounting degree and gotten a great job. No way he should go off of it. This…
Fri/Sat/Sun we gonna go off 🤘🏻
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(intransitive) To fire, especially accidentally.
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(intransitive, figurative) To explode metaphorically; to become very angry or overexcited.
“In the US you can get proximity alarms that go off when someone gets too close and it's horrible and also tempting”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Blue Ivy ignores requests to remove sunglasses at Met Gala https://www.europesays.com/news/25167/ Blue Ivy’s Met Gala debut didn’t go off quite as smoothly as it appeared, as dad Jay-Z seemingly…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Fri/Sat/Sun we gonna go off 🤘🏻”
— Bluesky· May 2026“There's a lot of people who want to live off grid, and grow their own food. We should bring back farmsteads, give those people land to go off grid, on the basis they also grow food for the country. We could become food independent, something that should be national security.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Time to take things out of the freezer so I can put things into the freezer, the delicate sokoban puzzle of which food is most likely to go off if not eaten soon.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(intransitive) To explode.
“I really gotta get better at staying stocked up on ADHD meds I get so wiped when I go off them and my sleep schedule gets so chaotic coz I start napping”
— Bluesky· May 2026“My son has been on Zoloft for years -- it saved his life since he was seriously contemplating suicide. Since he's been on it, he got his accounting degree and gotten a great job. No way he should go off of it. This guy is literally killing people!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“"How will I ever get myself off this drug that prevents reaching orgasm, I'll never be free" yeah, okay Worm Brain, go off”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Go off, you funky little squids, ig”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It's been a long time since I could have caffeine. Even something as harmless as a big glass of iced tea makes me bounce off the ceiling. Energy drink, NFW. I'd go off like a rocket. Yall enjoy, tho.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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