go off
Example Sentences
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“All of you will go off and make money,” Trump would say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Journalists have tried - and failed - over the years to get Parton to go off script.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
If you download one of these programs, give it a task and go off to do other things, the agent will continuously do work for you without further instruction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Indeed, that was effectively unknowable because, as the NYPD’s chief of detectives told reporters, they had learned that the bomb could’ve been timed to go off anywhere in the 12 hours prior to actual detonation.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
"He's probably worked for weeks fixing them to go off, spelling out 'Hail to San Fermin,'" Bill said.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
