go off betydelse and definition

Betydelse av go off på svenska

• 0 If a light or a machine goes off, it stops working:

  • The lights went off in several villages because of the storm.

• 1 If a bomb goes off, it explodes:

  • The bomb went off at midday.

  • His gun went off accidentally.

• 2 If food or drink goes off, it is not good to eat or drink any more because it is too old:

  • This bacon smells a bit funny - do you think it's gone off?

• 3 If a warning device goes off, it starts to ring loudly or make a loud noise:

  • The alarm should go off automatically as soon as smoke is detected.

  • Didn't you hear your alarm clock going off this morning?

• 4 to leave a place and go somewhere else:

  • She's gone off on holiday with Tony.

• 5 to happen in a particular way:

  • The protest march went off peacefully.

• 6 to become worse in quality:

  • That paper's really gone off since they got that new editor.

• 7 to explode, or to fire bullets:

  • The deer ran away just before the hunter’s gun went off.

  • What do they do if the metal detector goes off?