■ go off

■ go off
■ go off
A v. i. + avv.
1 andare via; andarsene; andare; scappare: He went off to Australia, se ne è andato in Australia; Off we go!, andiamo!
2 (fig.) andare, riuscire (bene, male, ecc.): Everything went off according to plan, tutto è andato secondo i piani
3 cessare; andare via; passare
4 andarsene (fig.); venire a mancare; (della luce) spegnersi: The power went off during the storm, durante il temporale se ne è andata la luce; DIALOGO-Power cut- All the lights have just gone off, si sono appena spente tutte le luci
5 (di un allarme, ecc.) scattare; (di una sveglia) suonare: A lot of car alarms went off during the storm, durante il temporale sono scattati (o si sono messi a suonare) gli antifurto di molte automobili
6 (di una bomba, un petardo, ecc.) esplodere; (di un'arma da fuoco) sparare (un colpo); scoppiare (anche fig.): The car bomb went off with a terrible bang, l'autobomba è scoppiata con un fracasso tremendo
7 scadere (in qualità); peggiorare: The play goes off after the end of Act one, la commedia peggiora dopo la fine del primo atto
8 (fam.) andare a male; guastarsi: All the eggs have gone off, sono andate a male tutte le uova
9 (fam.) addormentarsi
10 (fam.) perdere i sensi
11 (di un attore) uscire (di scena); fare un'uscita
12 (sport) uscire dal campionato (o dal torneo); essere eliminato; (di un giocatore) uscire dal campo
B v. i. + prep.
1 abbandonare; lasciare; uscire da: We went off the main road, abbiamo abbandonato la strada maestra
2 rinunciare a; smettere (di fare qc.); non piacere più (impers.); scapricciarsi di: I've gone off detective stories, ho smesso di leggere i gialli; Luckily my daughter has gone off her boyfriend, per fortuna mia figlia s'è scapricciata del suo ragazzo □ to go off one's head (fam.: one's nut, one's rocker), andare giù di testa □ to go off the rails, (di un treno) deragliare; (fig. fam.) sgarrare; farne una grossa (fam.).

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