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go off

• (of a gun, bomb, or similar device) explode or fire.
• "the pistol suddenly went off"
Similar: explode, detonate, blow up, burst, erupt, go bang,
• (of food or drink) begin to decompose and become inedible.
• "milk went off so quickly in hot weather"
Similar: go bad, go stale, go sour, turn, spoil, go rancid, decompose, go mouldy, be rotten, be past its sell-by date,
• begin to dislike something.
• "I went off chocolate when I was pregnant"
• go to sleep.
• "I went off as soon as my head hit the pillow"


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