To go off Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions

1. . (a) To go away; to depart.

   The leaders . . . will not go off until they hear you. Shak.

   (b) To cease; to intermit; as, this sickness went off. (c) To die. Shak. (d) To explode or be discharged; said of gunpowder, of a gun, a mine, etc. (e) To find a purchaser; to be sold or disposed of. (f) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished.

   The wedding went off much as such affairs do. Mrs. Caskell.