specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off
the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch
Recent Examples on the WebThe runners line up in the blocks, and the packed stadium goes silent in the seconds before the gun goes off.—Sean Gregory, TIME, 20 June 2024 Per the report, this is where things started really going off the rails, as former Gov. Andrew Cuomo decided to centralize decision-making, relying on executive orders to run the pandemic response out of his office.—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024 Every time someone went off to play the next game, Weekes and his team were reconfiguring the layout of the beds.—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 June 2024 Gentleman needs Sue to serve as Maud’s maid to complete the scheme, and so Sue goes off to the remote rural estate where Maud lives.—Vanessa Armstrong, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for go off
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