go off

Example Sentences

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And then they’d go off and eat sushi, and then you have to come up with a whole entire script and write it overnight.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“Our family is going to go off on a new adventure, which means we are selling our Hamptons home,” she wrote in the accompanying caption.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

This is the schedule,’ and then have them go off and do it successfully, it’s really important.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

In other words, this was a time bomb waiting to go off.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

The thought itself made Mama so anxious that she got ready to go off in haste, though Baby Neewo was still sleeping.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich