go off

Example Sentences

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“You’re at the height of your abilities and the world is telling you that you can go off and disappear.”

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

"This winter they will likely migrate and go off again, and next spring they will try and rear chicks on that nest."

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

“I saw the light go off in his head,” Stewart told me.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

They go off during summer festas, after Mass on big saint days, and, it turns out, when the governing party wins reelection.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

I did not feel in my holiday mood to-day, and I had no wish to go off with Jasper to the Happy Valley and come to the cove and throw stones in the water.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier