go off
Example Sentences
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A screeching howl goes off inside the water park.
Hashimi charges into the breach with a head full of “improvements” she plans to make before Robby has even gone off duty.
Batting after skipper Ben Stokes won the toss at a sold-out Sydney Cricket Ground, they steered the tourists to 211-3 when they went off for bad light with tea called 10 minutes early.
From Barron's
Some Caracas residents said their electricity went off around the time of the attack.
When her kids went off to college, she finished her training as a therapist and went into practice.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
