| 单词 | to go off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go off to go off 1. intransitive. a. To be taken off, removed, or detached (quickly or suddenly). Also of the head or other body part: to be cut off, typically as an execution. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > become displaced [verb (intransitive)] > be removed or taken away to go off?c1425 pass1611 subduct1669 ?c1425 Recipe in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Arun. 334) (1790) 425 Take clene qwete and bray hit wele in a morter that tho holles gone alle of. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 30 Whan Gryfflet saw rescowis he smote a knyght on the templis, that hede and helme wente of to the erthe. 1567 G. Turberville tr. G. B. Spagnoli Eglogs vi. f. 53v Then crooke they knees, the caps go off, and marke what euer way I passe, the people crouch. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. v. 4 If I reuolt, off goes young Georges head. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 280 This womans an easie gloue my Lord, she goes off and on at pleasure. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors vii. 397 Protesting that if he had him, his head should go off for it. 1726 M. O'Connor Poems, Pastorals, & Dialogues 20 Off go the Hats and Coats, the Fight begins. 1796 A. Wilson Watty & Meg 8 Aff gaed bonnet, claes, and shoon. 1864 L. M. Alcott On Picket Duty 51 ‘Then I shan't wear it’; and off went the hat at one fell blow. 1904 Temple Bar Dec. 713 Every hat went off, except one. 1921 Proc. Nat. Safety Council 10th Ann. Congr. 305 The press came down and my finger went off. 2004 M. Horne & J. Scovell Marilyn Horne 157 Off went the wig, off went the dress. b. Of a letter, parcel, etc.: to be sent or dispatched. ΚΠ 1760 Scots Mag. Apr. 170/2 My L.G.S. a few days after my letter went off, received his recall. 1796 C. Lamb Let. 10 Dec. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 79 I was unwilling to let my last night's letter go off without this qualifier. 1889 C. Smith Repentance Paul Wentworth I. xv. 302 My last proofs went off to the publisher's to day. 1920 L. Holt Paris in Shadow 107 Do you know when that parcel went off to Cognac? 1992 Vegetarian Times Aug. 53/2 Each time, she'd changed the recipe a bit. The latest reincarnation went off in the mail to Pillsbury just one week before the entry deadline. 2011 M. Ellis Princes Gate 194 The message went off last night. ΚΠ 1848 Rep. Select Comm. House of Lords Distress Commerc. Classes 15 in Parl. Papers 1847–8 (H.C. 565) VIII. iii. 1 It must always be borne in Mind that the Amount coming in for Bills going off was very considerable. 1858 Rep. Select Comm. Bank Acts 8 in Parl. Papers 1857–8 (H.C. 381) V. 1 She [sc. the Bank] had always a very large return to her from discounts going off. 1866 Ledger Bk. Smith Fleming & Co. 3 May in M. D. Bordo & W. Roberds Origins, Hist., & Future Federal Reserve (2013) 121 Amount of Bills Discounted going off £92,000.00 Amount of Advances going off £3,000.00. 2. intransitive. a. Of a gun: to be discharged or fired; (of a bomb, etc.) to explode. Also figurative, with reference to anger (cf. sense 11c).See also to go off with a bang at bang n.1 Additions. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > be violent [verb (intransitive)] > explode or go off (of firearms, gunpowder, etc.) to go off1560 fulminate1651 springa1658 explode1673 displode1812 to go up1950 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lvij They gaue the charge on theyr enemies, and fyrst wente of the ordinaunce [L. tormentis..res agitur]. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1577/2 From the Tower, a great peale of ordinance wente off lustely. 1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 99 His Majesty conveyed the Queene to Francfurt, where all the Cannons went off, after their entries. 1670 W. Clarke Nat. Hist. Nitre 30 Gun-powder..with greater force and noise going off. 1721 P. Aubin Strange Adventures Count de Vinevil xv. 103 Then Guns went off, by which they guess'd some Ship was near, and in Distress. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 142 The piece went off in the awkward hands of the poor parson. 1840 Burton's Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 70 Whew,..don't tear your shirt! why, what on airth is the use of your goin' off at half cock in that-a-way? 1844 G. Lippard Legend of Black Rangers vi. 53 Somebody must a-been drying your primin' before a hickory fire—you go off at sich very short notice. Why you explode at about the eighth fraction of half-cock. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) xxii. 298 A pocket Derringer, which..had a trick of going off unexpectedly. 1907 C. Wells Patty in Paris xi. 130 Cannon booming, and salutes being fired, and rockets and fireworks going off like mad. 1974 N.Y. Mag. 18 Nov. 102/1 Five bombs went off outside several Manhattan buildings. 2003 D. Brown Da Vinci Code (2004) xcvi. 515 The gun went off, the bullet sailing above Silas's head. b. Of an alarm, etc.: to be set off; to sound. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > make sound [verb (intransitive)] dinOE sweyc1000 sounda1325 goa1450 speak1604 talk1793 to go off1810 1810 Farmer's Mag. Mar. 129 There was..a scarcity of wheat..in this part. However, the alarm has gone off; and, within the last fortnight, wheat seems to pour in upon us from all quarters. 1810 in Rep. Arts, Manufactures & Agric. Sept. (1812) 204 The long lever will be secured in its place, and the alarm cannot go off, either by accident or by design. 1826 Morning Post 18 Sept. 2/4 He was awoke by an alarm-bell going off in his kitchen. 1871 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 40 I..dragged at the handle quite savage, and at last the bell went off enough to deafen you. 1909 T. A. Rickard Through Yukon & Alaska viii. 78 At 6:15 an alarm-clock goes off in the house opposite. 1985 S. Butterfield Amway xi. 132 Somewhere inside my memory banks, the warning bell goes off: this is precisely what every boss..would like us to believe. 2005 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 30 Apr. 2 His beeper went off, alerting him that..he needed to get to the fire station. 3. intransitive. a. To lose brightness, quality, or strength; to deteriorate, decline. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] marc1225 pairc1390 starvec1400 dispair1580 to go off1583 die1612 spoil1692 to go bad1799 to go wrong1882 to go in the tank1974 1583 L. Mascall tr. Profitable Bk. Spottes & Staines 48 Yee muste vnderstande with what colours yee shall strike your felles withall, which is, with the red, and with blue, and also greene, for these shall chieflye abide and not go off. 1606 H. Peacham Art of Drawing 69 If the color goeth off; it hath not enough of the fire, & if it hold it is wel annealed. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 212 The Sun being now gone off, the Vapour stagnates. 1732 J. Swift Let. 12 June in A. Pope Wks. (1741) II. 157 Women who live by their beauty, and men by their wit, are seldom provident enough to consider that both Wit and Beauty will go off with years. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 130 [A manuscript] so faded and gone off by damps and length of time. 1812 W. Nicol Gardener's Kalendar 133 In some places the crop going off by scald. 1851 T. B. Macaulay Diary 9 June in Life & Lett. (1881) xii. 552 His style had then gone off. 1888 ‘S. Tytler’ Blackhall Ghosts II. xvii. 72 Her good looks..were unmistakably going off. 1921 T. Maynard Divine Adventure iv. 194 He had ‘gone off’ somewhat in his capacity for eating. 1999 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 13 Nov. w7 Australian critics who had been peddling the view that his poetry had gone off badly since the 1970s gradually fell silent. b. Esp. of a feeling or symptom: to pass away, cease to be felt; to subside. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > become less violent or severe [verb (intransitive)] > lose vigour or intensity swindOE wane1297 forslacka1300 keelc1325 deadc1384 abatea1387 flag1639 to go off1642 subsidea1645 slacken1651 flat1654 lower1699 relax1701 deaden1723 entame1768 sober1825 lighten1827 sletch1847 slow1849 languish1855 bate1860 to slow up1861 to slow down1879 1642 J. Marston Serm. St. Margaretts Westminster 23 We are still at a stand for a Conuenient season, and so the fit goes off. 1674 T. B. Animadversions F. Loss 56 I have heard a Patient presently upon bleeding, before yet his Arm was tyed up, tell with rejoycing how he plainly felt his pain go off. 1722 J. Hancocke Febrifugum Magnum 34 In a little Time the Symptoms went off, and the Fever was much abated. 1798 G. Pearson Inq. Hist. Cowpox 40 He was recommended to keep much in the open air, which he did, and in 4 or 5 days the symptoms of fever went off. 1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 591 This feeling..gradually goes off. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth IV. xvi. 171 Jorian..fell ill of a bowel disease; it began with raging pain; and when this went off, leaving him weak, an awkward symptom succeeded. 1906 Cleveland Med. & Surg. Rep. May 203 Pains go off at night and reappear the next day. 1918 C. Torr Small Talk at Wreyland 120 The impression goes off, when one begins to think of details; but at first sight it is vivid. 1939 W. M. Deans tr. E. Donner Hinterland Liberia viii. 215 The rain had gone off a little. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 54 The floaty sensation's gone off a bit, at least I feel connected to my body now, but my head's still woolly. c. Of food: to become rancid, stale, or otherwise unfit for consumption; to begin to decompose. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > become rancid [verb (intransitive)] reest1440 reese1784 to go off1913 rancidify1924 1913 Rep. Royal Comm. Meat Industry in Queensland Parl. Papers (19th Parl., 2nd Sess.) II. 986 Does the meat go off in appearance if you hold it a considerable time in store? 1949 E. M. Turner Catering Business of your Own xii. 157 A refrigerator is an absolute necessity, since nothing goes ‘off’ more rapidly than gelatine round meat. 1986 B. Morse Breaking Glass 37 The food in the fridge had gone off. If you opened the door there was a revolting smell. 2003 Marie Claire Dec. 149/3 Tea..comes with milk that has clearly gone off, the curds floating on top of her cuppa. 4. intransitive. a. To leave or depart, esp. quickly or suddenly; to set out to go somewhere or to do something. Also of an actor or performer: to leave the stage.In quot. 1879: (Cards) to lead with a suit.See also to go off at score at score n. 3b, to go off into the sunset at sunset n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] to come awayeOE wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE awayOE dealc1000 goOE awendOE rimeOE to go one's wayOE flitc1175 depart?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 to turn awaya1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 recede1450 roomc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 avaunt1549 trudge1562 vade?1570 discoast1571 leave1593 wag1594 to go off1600 troop1600 hence1614 to set on one's foota1616 to pull up one's stumps1647 quit1811 to clear out1816 slope1830 to walk one's chalks1835 shove1844 to roll out1850 to pull out1855 to light out1859 to take a run-out powder1909 to push off (also along)1923 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > set out forthfarec888 foundOE seta1000 to go forthOE to fare forthc1200 partc1230 to pass forthc1325 to take (the) gatec1330 to take the wayc1330 to take one's waya1375 puta1382 treunt?a1400 movec1400 depart1490 prepare?1518 to set forth1530 to set forward(s)1530 busklea1535 to make out1558 to take forth1568 to set out1583 sally1590 start1591 to go off1600 to put forth1604 to start outa1626 intend1646 to take the road1720 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 to set off1774 to get off1778 to set away1817 to take out1855 to haul out1866 to hit the trail (less commonly the grit, pike, road, etc.)1873 to hit, split or take the breeze1910 hop1922 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 326 The Leaders hauing charge from you to stand, Wil not goe off vntil they heare you speake. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xiv. 6 The Soule and Body riue not more in parting, Then greatnesse going off . View more context for this quotation 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 121 The Mahometans..on their thumb commonly wear a ring of horn, which makes the Arrow go off both strongly and easily. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 51. ⁋5 His Turkish Majesty went off with a good Air. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 246 I went off like a shot, in the direction of our inn. 1861 Temple Bar 1 406 Ethelind went off to bed. 1879 ‘Cavendish’ Card Ess. 165 If he had only gone off with that suit the game was over. 1908 A. H. Thorndike Tragedy iv. 81 Actors went off, others came on, and the place changed from a seacoast to the palace. 1945 Life 6 Aug. 57 After we had played around till it was late off we went, down the hills. 1957 M. Millar Soft Talkers 97 All those times when I was so ill I could scarcely move and he went off partying. 2009 Guardian 17 Oct. 25/4 The attendant went off to fetch a more senior figure. b. to go off with: to leave in the company of (another person); to elope with, run away with; to have an affair with. ΚΠ 1651 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa I. iii. 305 Those whose wounds will not permit them to goe off with you, shall receive an entertainment which shall speake the opinion I have of their Generall. 1668 J. Dryden Secret-love iii. 30 He's just gone off with Melissa's Daughters. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. viii. 259 His Daughter had taken the Opportunity of almost the first Moment of his Absence, and gone off with a Neighbouring young Clergyman. View more context for this quotation 1795 J. O'Keeffe Life's Vagaries v. 86 Sir Hans. What! zounds! the Frenchman gone off with my ward. Fanny. Yes, they'll surely be married. 1810 S. Green Romance Readers 17 Lady Harriet Egmont, after going off with a married man, the father of eight children..was restored to her home. 1856 F. S. Cozzens Sparrowgrass Papers xiii. 187 Upon investigation, we found our eldest had gone off with a school-girl twice his size. 1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xxi. 217 ‘I saw you go off with a fellah.’ ‘What of it, Mr. Nosy Parker?’ 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) i. 19 He went off with that bloody moll whose name I wouldn't speak. 2007 L. A. Meyer Mississippi Jack xvii. 126 You ask how I could have gone off with this girl, and I ask you, what else could I have done? c. To end a work shift; to go off duty. ΚΠ 1817 1st Rep. Comm. State Police Metropolis 110 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 233) VII. 1 Our watchmen go on at nine, and leave at six... Do they go off at six, both in winter and summer? 1898 W. J. Shaxby Eight-hours Day xv. 116 I went off at six o'clock, and the other man started at eight. There were..two hours that the machines were not running. 1952 G. Johnston Curtain Going Up! i. 28 Sweeping? No, ma'am... I go off at five. 2010 Plymouth Herald (Nexis) 27 Oct. 6 We get in early so we can..get into the control room by 6.45am for the handover so that the shift going off aren't kept late. d. Sport. Of a team member: to leave or be taken off the field of play during a game. ΚΠ 1925 King's Royal Rifle Corps Chron. 1924 114 Archer had to go off at half-time, suffering from the effects of inoculation, but, in spite of this, the team played very well. 1969 M. Price in W. Reyburn Rugby Compan. iv. 94 The Springboks were playing a minor game and the hooker went off with an injury. 1989 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 1 Feb. 1 d The power play lasted only 54 seconds before Andrew McBain went off for hooking. 2014 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 2 Apr. 53 He never allowed himself to get dragged all over the place by Muller, who went off in the second half after a quiet game. 5. intransitive. With adverb, adverbial phrase, or prepositional phrase as complement. To meet with a specified degree of success; to happen or turn out in a specified way. Also without complement: to be (moderately) successful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] speedc1175 fayc1300 provec1300 flourishc1400 passc1425 prosper1434 succeedc1450 to take placea1464 to come well to (our) pass1481 shift?1533 hitc1540 walka1556 fadge1573 thrive1587 work1599 to come (good) speedc1600 to go off1608 sort1613 go1699 answer1721 to get along1768 to turn up trumps1785 to come off1854 pan1865 scour1871 arrive1889 to work out1899 to ring the bell1900 to go over1907 click1916 happen1949 1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. Fv The prologue of which if it goe off well, there is good hope all shall end well. 1688 R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times III. i. xiv. 155 The Story, 'tis true, went off well enough at Volley, for a good while. 1775 E. A. Linley Let. 9 Mar. in T. Moore Life of R. B. Sheridan (1825) 102 In my life, I never saw any thing go off with such uncommon applause. 1791 Literary & Biogr. Mag. Feb. 155/2 The actors did ample justice to their parts, and the play went off well. 1827 Guards III. i. 14 Things went off ill; the domestics were almost in a state of mutiny. 1867 Quiver 2 564/1 All the rest of the day went off like a dream. 1878 Scribner's Monthly 15 868/2 We tried to sing and have games, but they wouldn't go off. 1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence ii. xxxiii. 342 He met May's triumphant eyes, and read in them the conviction that everything had ‘gone off’ beautifully. 1940 Flying & Pop. Aviation Oct. 18/3 The raid went off like clockwork. 1993 R. Shenkman Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of World Hist. (1994) 90 Even Queen Victoria's coronation went off badly. 2013 R. L. Schwanke High Places xvii. 88 Ken's party went off with great success. 6. intransitive. a. To die, pass away. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] forsweltc888 sweltc888 adeadeOE deadc950 wendeOE i-wite971 starveOE witea1000 forfereOE forthfareOE forworthc1000 to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE queleOE fallOE to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE to shed (one's own) blood?a1100 diec1135 endc1175 farec1175 to give up the ghostc1175 letc1200 aswelta1250 leavea1250 to-sweltc1275 to-worthc1275 to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290 finea1300 spilla1300 part?1316 to leese one's life-daysa1325 to nim the way of deathc1325 to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330 flit1340 trance1340 determinec1374 disperisha1382 to go the way of all the eartha1382 to be gathered to one's fathers1382 miscarryc1387 shut1390 goa1393 to die upa1400 expirea1400 fleea1400 to pass awaya1400 to seek out of lifea1400–50 to sye hethena1400 tinea1400 trespass14.. espirec1430 to end one's days?a1439 decease1439 to go away?a1450 ungoc1450 unlivec1450 to change one's lifea1470 vade1495 depart1501 to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513 to decease this world1515 to go over?1520 jet1530 vade1530 to go westa1532 to pick over the perch1532 galpa1535 to die the death1535 to depart to God1548 to go home1561 mort1568 inlaikc1575 shuffle1576 finish1578 to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587 relent1587 unbreathe1589 transpass1592 to lose one's breath1596 to make a die (of it)1611 to go offa1616 fail1623 to go out1635 to peak over the percha1641 exita1652 drop1654 to knock offa1657 to kick upa1658 to pay nature her due1657 ghost1666 to march off1693 to die off1697 pike1697 to drop off1699 tip (over) the perch1699 to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703 sink1718 vent1718 to launch into eternity1719 to join the majority1721 demise1727 to pack off1735 to slip one's cable1751 turf1763 to move off1764 to pop off the hooks1764 to hop off1797 to pass on1805 to go to glory1814 sough1816 to hand in one's accounts1817 to slip one's breatha1819 croak1819 to slip one's wind1819 stiffen1820 weed1824 buy1825 to drop short1826 to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839 to get one's (also the) call1839 to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840 to unreeve one's lifeline1840 to step out1844 to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845 to hand in one's checks1845 to go off the handle1848 to go under1848 succumb1849 to turn one's toes up1851 to peg out1852 walk1858 snuff1864 to go or be up the flume1865 to pass outc1867 to cash in one's chips1870 to go (also pass over) to the majority1883 to cash in1884 to cop it1884 snuff1885 to belly up1886 perch1886 to kick the bucket1889 off1890 to knock over1892 to pass over1897 to stop one1901 to pass in1904 to hand in one's marble1911 the silver cord is loosed1911 pip1913 to cross over1915 conk1917 to check out1921 to kick off1921 to pack up1925 to step off1926 to take the ferry1928 peg1931 to meet one's Maker1933 to kiss off1935 to crease it1959 zonk1968 cark1977 to cark it1979 to take a dirt nap1981 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. xi. 2 Mal. I would the Friends we misse, were safe arriu'd. Sey. Some must go off . View more context for this quotation 1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 55 Who euer they bee that dwell in Contemplation of heauenly things, goe off rich in thoughts, satisfied in their expectation. 1709 Tatler No. 86. ⁋7 In this manner..he [sc. Cæsar] went off, not like a Man that departed out of Life, but a Deity that returned to his Abode. 1779 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 56 She..was better a few hours before her death, and went off pretty easy. 1822 Ld. Byron Let. 11 Apr. (1979) IX. 139 The ragamuffin is at last out of danger... Though he richly deserved it—I am glad that he did not go off. 1888 H. R. Haggard Colonel Quaritch, V.C. xxv. 188 The doctors told me that he might go off any day. 1916 A. Hodges Pincus Hood xvi. 308 A year later he died... Just went off in his sleep! 1992 E. George For Sake of Elena ii. 26 Went off in her sleep, bless her. Just as peaceful as ever you'd want someone's passing to be. b. To fall asleep; to pass into unconsciousness. Also more fully to go off to sleep, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > go to sleep or fall asleep to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleepOE to fall overa1752 to go off1813 to drop off1820 to fall off1822 to get off to sleep1837 to fall off1862 tope1863 sleepy-baw1907 to go out1928 to zizz off1962 1813 Med. & Physical Jrnl. Aug. 125 He was awoke by Mrs. M. going into his room, but went off to sleep again. 1887 G. M. Fenn Devon Boys xxxi. 266 His regular breathing told that he had gone off. 1896 Daily News 2 Oct. 5/2 He..began inhaling, and soon ‘went off’ to his entire satisfaction. 1909 Munsey's Mag. Aug. 735/1 There was plenty of time for another nap... It would be pleasant to feel himself going off into unconsciousness for a while. 1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear ii. i. 114 He would drink his medicines without complaint and go off into deep sleep. 2012 M. W. Blackwell Behind Kitchen Door xxx. 185 After tossing and turning she finally went off to sleep. 7. intransitive †(a) To be married off. Obsolete. (b) To be disposed of by sale. Chiefly colloquial.See also to go off like hot cakes at hot cake n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > be sold or find buyers sell1609 utter1611 vend1622 vent1622 to go off1625 move1759 sale1809 to sell (also go, go off) like hot cakes1839 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)] > of a woman > be married (of daughters) to go off1749 1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 621 The maides which are marriageable, are..set to sale to such as would marry them: and the mony which was giuen for the fairest, was..giuen to the more deformed for their portions, to make them goe off the better and quicker. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 118 Fatte horses and especially geldings goe alsoe well of. 1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 89 So Trade flourishes, and his Commodities go off well, he will be able to pay his Rent on. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiv. vii. 162 Her Reputation might otherwise have been safe..and then the Girl might have gone off never the worse. View more context for this quotation 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) I. 74 Such second-hand furniture as a Perlet or a Fusil..would go off no where else but with the fanciful of London. 1884 M. C. Houstoun Caught in Snare I. xii. 131 Plain girls..did sometimes ‘go off’ when pretty ones hung on hand. 1910 Amer. Stationer 12 Mar. 11/1 Counter goods went off well. 2005 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 11 Apr. 11 By all accounts the shares are going off like hot cakes. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [verb (intransitive)] > become bankrupt to play (the) bankrupt1548 bankrupt1552 to take Ludgate1585 break1600 to go down the weather1611 to break the bank1623 to go to the right shop1655 to swallow a spider1670 to march off1683 to go off1688 to break up shop1712 bust1834 burst1848 to go up King Street1864 to go bust1875 to go under1882 to belly up1886 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. (at cited word) He is gone off, he is broke, il a fait banqueroute. 1703 N. Luttrell Diary 14 Aug. in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) V. 328 Mr. C——, a great exchange broker, who dealt mostly in stocks, went off, as said, for above 100,000l. 1715 S. Centlivre Gotham Election i. iv. 61 I tell you Sir Charles Wealthy has been gone off this Month. 9. intransitive. Of a road, path, etc.: to branch off or lead to a particular place or in a specified direction. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > diverge [verb (intransitive)] > ramify or branch > branch off or out issuec1515 branchc1540 disbranch1622 to go off1728 to take off1831 outbranch1835 offset1853 rib1856 1728 N. Salmon New Surv. Eng.: Pt. III 192 It [sc. a Roman way] might be continued by Lynn, or go off to the Right, and fall in with Walsingham Way. 1799 R. Heron Scotl. Delineated (New ed.) 129 After crossing the bridge, a street goes off to the left, leading to St Andrew's Square. 1862 J. M. Stuart Diary Explor. from Adelaide 15 July 21 At 6 miles the river came close to the line, and immediately went off to the west. 1908 D. B. W. Sladon Egypt & Eng. 308 The Atbara Junction, the most important on the line, for here the railway goes off to Port Sudan. 1989 Washington Post 26 Jan. (Virginia Weekly section) 9/1 A modest..set..presents French windows, a staircase going off upstairs, double doors to a study, [etc.]. 2008 P. Gripton Happy Life 294 A second roundabout at the southern end of the village, where the road goes off through Selborne to Alton. 10. intransitive. Of a plan or arrangement, esp. for marriage: to fail to be carried out, fall through. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or come to nothing forworthc1000 folda1250 quailc1450 fruster?a1513 to come to nothing1523 to give out?1523 to fall to the ground?1526 quealc1530 to come to, end in, vanish into, smoke1604 intercide1637 to fall to dirt1670 to go off1740 to fall through1770 to fall apart1833 collapse1838 to run into the sand (also, now less commonly, sands)1872 to blow up1934 to blow out1939 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 349 Miss Tomlins, a rich Heiress that was proposed for his Wife, when he was just come from his Travels; but which went off, after all was agreed upon on both the Friends Sides. 1749 T. Gray Let. 8 Aug. in Corr. (1971) I. 324 I know not how, it has gone off again, & we have heard no more lately about it. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. ii. 18 It seems likely to have been a desirable match... I am sorry it went off . View more context for this quotation 1884 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 25 493 The marriage may go off. 1890 Sat. Rev. 20 Dec. 714/1 If he died the bargain must go off. 1977 Times 24 Feb. 8/6 The settlement went off because among the terms proposed by Sir James was one designed to protect his solicitor from being libelled, which Private Eye negotiators found unacceptable. 11. intransitive. a. To succumb to a fit of emotion, etc.; to break into laughter. Chiefly with in, into. ΚΠ 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. ix. 279 He went off into his ecstasies again. 1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 86 My lady..went off into a fit of hysterics. 1844 Fraser's Mag. 30 65/2 She went off in a fit. 1950 D. L. Teilhet Happy Island 215 When something tickled her or caught her fancy she would go off into extravagant peals. 1964 I. Murdoch Ital. Girl i. ii. 29 Abandoning all attempt at concealment he went off into a fit of gargantuan mirth. 1971 P. White Let. 4 July (1994) xi. 381 Their Spanish maid..went off into hysterics. 1997 W. Self Great Apes (1998) xvii. 304 He seemed to find this very funny and went off into a great clacking and gnashing fit of laughter. b. To burst into unrestrained action; to break into extravagant, fanciful, irrelevant, or unintelligible language or speech; to digress, set off at a tangent. Chiefly with in, into, on. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [verb (intransitive)] to go off1812 the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [verb (intransitive)] > act or do without planning improvise1788 to go off1812 improvisatize1830 autoschediaze1852 wing1959 ad hoc1960 audible1970 1812 Eclectic Rev. Dec. 1286 These juvenile reverie-weavers..used to go off into heroics and romantics in the intercourse of kindred-genius in their boy-friendships. 1844 Fraser's Mag. 30 467/1 In the intervals of the most lugubrious chants..the organ went off with some extremely cheerful..air. 1863 Athenæum 14 Mar. 360/3 The story goes off into nonsense and futility. 1907 Christian Reg. (Boston) 15 Aug. 889/1 Some of them went off into wild religious and social fanaticisms. 1919 Experimenter Nov. 12 He would go off on a lengthy disertation [sic] of his theories. 1988 P. McCutchan Convoy North 177 Napper rooted about in his medical stores and went off into a loud moan. 2009 J. Zurell Once upon Horse viii. 151 She went off into a long, rambling anecdote about some kind thing Claire had done for somebody. c. colloquial. to go off at (a person): to berate or reproach someone angrily; to launch into a tirade against someone.See also to go off on one at one adj., n., and pron. Phrases 5c. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > scold chidec1230 ban1340 tongue1388 rate1393 flite14.. rehetec1400 janglec1430 chafec1485 rattle1542 berate1548 quarrel1587 hazen?1608 bequarrel1624 huff1674 shrewa1687 to claw away, off1692 tongue-pad1707 to blow up1710 scold1718 rag1739 redd1776 bullyraga1790 jaw1810 targe1825 haze1829 overhaul1840 tongue-walk1841 trim1882 to call down1883 tongue-lash1887 roar1917 to go off at (a person)1941 chew1948 wrinch2009 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 31 Go off at, to reprove, express anger towards someone. 1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams ii. xi. 214 He had to get away home else his father would go off at him. 2006 C. Salewicz Redempt. Song xxvi. 563 You didn't know whether he was going to go off at you or at somebody else. You'd just wait for him to snap out of it. 12. intransitive. Of a light, electrical appliance, etc.: to go out, be turned off. ΚΠ 1859 Kitford: Village Tale xviii. 222 When the lights went off, he dozed off.., and the return of the lamps, had failed to arouse him. 1888 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 13 Jan. 179/1 When the battery is turned upside down the light goes off. 1966 Pop. Mech. Oct. 200/1 You're plunged into darkness, your radio goes off, the TV picture shrinks to a little dot and disappears. 2000 M. Yorke Case to Answer (2001) 173 At last the television went off. Its faint sound had almost sent her into a doze. 13. intransitive. slang and colloquial. To have an orgasm. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have orgasm die1600 come1604 to go off1887 to come off1909 orgasm1973 1887 Autobiogr. of Flea xi. 158 Ambrose felt himself about to go off in rapturous emission right into the body of the girl under him. 1898 Pauline, Prima Donna iii. 67 It wasn't 'till he attempted to press his face between my thighs that I called a halt, and only then because I had gone off twice. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xiv. 244 They always make you go off when you're not in the only place you should be, when you go off. 1949 H. Miller Sexus I. ii. 82 Bango! I went off like a whale. 2009 W. Mansfield in E. Summers Unmasked II. 26 I closed my eyes. I wanted to concentrate on the feeling of him going off inside me. 14. intransitive. Of plaster, glue, etc.: to dry or set. ΚΠ 1891 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 39 230/2 Follow on with the final coat [of plaster]... When this..has ‘gone off’ properly, you can get to work upon your ground. 1913 Concrete & Constructional Engin. 8 388 Render in coats about ¼ in. thick... The following coats should be put on as soon as preceding coat has gone off. 1988 On Board May 40/1 The resin..takes on a rubbery form before it fully goes off and is easy to cut with a razor. 2009 G. Button & W. Sharrock Stud. Work & Workplace in HCI vii. 87 The glue went off very quickly making it difficult to apply the tile. 15. intransitive. Surfing. Of the surf: to break under optimal conditions. Of a surfing location: to have such optimal surf. ΚΠ 1985 Amer. Photogr. July 49/3 The surf has gone from wild to flat, but there are rumors of some really big stuff going off on the other side of the island. 1988 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 11 Nov. 53 He..looked out to sea, over the strong groundswells bashing the Bondi sands. ‘Queensland would be going off,’ he said. 1995 F. Reiss Gidget must Die vii. 152 I'm talking about hours of waves... Sometimes the left goes off. It gets hollow and tubes. 2000 Periplus Action Guide: Surfing Hawaii 74/2 You can tell if it's going off or not by looking at it from the beach. to go off —— to go off —— ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away from [verb (transitive)] leaveeOE beleavea1250 devoidc1325 voidc1330 roomc1400 wagc1400 departa1425 refusea1425 avoid1447 ishc1450 remove1459 absent1488 part1496 refrain1534 to turn the backc1540 quita1568 apart1574 shrink1594 to fall from ——1600 to draw away1616 to go off ——a1630 shifta1642 untenant1795 evacuate1809 exit1830 stash1888 split1956 a1630 D. Hume Hist. Houses Douglas & Angus (1644) 370 The court, envying even this small contentment to him, commanded the Constable also to goe off the Countrey. 1662 A. Petrie Compend. Hist. Catholick Church iii. iv. 521 On November. 24. the Commissioners of the Church being..enformed, that they were to be charged to go off the town. 1734 S. Carolina Gaz. 18 Jan. 4/1 Whereas Benjamin Savage intends to go off this Province in April next, desires all Persons that are Indebted to him..to discharge their..Debts by the first of March. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering (1819) III. 164 All dead but Gypsey Gab, and he would go off the country for a spill of money. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > evade (responsibility or obligation) feignc1300 quita1425 waivec1440 to shift off1577 shift?1611 balk1631 to go off ——1749 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvii. iii. 101 Did I ever go off any Bargain when I had promised? View more context for this quotation 3. intransitive. To cease to like, take an interest in, or have an appetite for. Now also: to abstain from. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [verb (transitive)] mislikea1225 to like illa1350 to have no fancy with1465 mislovec1485 abominec1500 not to look ata1529 to have no will of, (also in)1548 misaffect1586 to have or take a stitch againsta1591 dislike1593 to take (a) toy to (also at)1598 disfavour1599 disgust1601 disaffect1609 mistaste1613 disrelisha1616 dispalate1630 abominate1652 disfancy1657 to have it in for1825 to have a down on1835 to sour on1862 to go off ——1877 derry1896 1877 Sunday Mag. 6 361/2 She's gone off her food long since, and she's off her work now. 1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 3 May 1077/1 According to the mother's statement, the baby was weaned at 13 months, and about two months later she ‘went off her food and began to lose flesh’. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 14 Nov. in Yours, Plum (1990) i. 29 It's a funny thing, I have rather gone off golf recently. 1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate iii. 76 I simply don't feel anything for him any more. In fact, I've gone off him. 1982 New Scientist 10 June 686 Even the CEGB said that it would consider contributing to a trust fund, although now seems to be going off the idea. 2012 C. Jakab Culture Rebel 56 Have you ever tried going off sugar for a month? to go off a. Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance, away, quite away; as in to go off, run off, drive off. to be off: to get going; to go away. be off with you: get going; go away (cf. off (with you)! at sense A. 8b). Also expressing resistance to motion towards: as in to beat off, hang off, keep off, ward off. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place awayeOE outeOE frowardOE offOE yondwardc1275 yonwarda1387 waywardsc1390 fromwarda1547 offward1582 fromwardsa1661 orf1845 α. β. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 12 Neyther could we keepe off,..our outward enimies.c1575 Fawkner's Glasse in Perfect Bk. Kepinge Sparhawkes (1886) When she knowe her game fly fare ofe.1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 557 To drive off his melancholy thoughts.1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 28 To send my Mate off with the Boat.1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvii. 180 She is gone off with two gentlemen in a post chaise.1783 H. Cowley Which is the Man? iii. ii. 29 I'll go and pack up a few things, and call a coach and be off, before Lady Bell comes from Court.1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. vi. 220 We had better order our horses, and be off.1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. vi. 115 Mr. Quilp put his hat on and took himself off.1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 229 Come, mizzle!—be off with you!—go!1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 65 I must be off into the woods.1896 Law Times 100 508/1 [He] succeeded in getting the animal under control, and rode off.1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow vi. 172 She beat him off.1934 C. P. Snow Search I. i. 11 He would set off, as though he and the church-bell had nothing in common.a1979 J. Grenfell Turn back Clock (1983) i. 10 Now, are you all ready? Then be off with you.1989 Weekly News (Glasgow) 27 May 28 Many defenders don't realise how strong he is, particularly in his ability to hold people off.2004 J. Colgan Do you remember First Time? xiii. 238 He would be off to Africa again soon with Madeleine and I'd never seen him again.OE Blickling Homilies 5 Man sceolde mid sare on þas world cuman..& mid sare of gewitan. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 3 Esdras iv. 9 If he seie to fallen of [a1425 L.V. throwe doun], þei fallen of. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 58 Leueful is with force, force of showue. ?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) 379 Com of þan, let vs be-gynne. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCv Come of..thou that arte disposed to leaue all for the loue of Iesu. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclxijv Peces of ordinaunce whiche shot of. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 163 King Gald..flies af the feild. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. xxvii. 569 The fittest forme for to keepe of the rayne and weather, was to bee ridged downe a proportioned descent from the toppe downeward. 1777 J. Woodforde Diary 22 July (1978) 134 Cousin Lewis and Son went of this morning for Nottingham. < as lemmas |
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