go offとは

意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

go off (三人称単数 現在形 goes off, 現在分詞 going off, 過去形 went off, 過去分詞 gone off)

1. (intransitive) To explode.

   The bomb went off right after the president left his office.

2. (intransitive) To fire, especially accidentally.

   The gun went off during their struggle.

3. (intransitive) To explode metaphorically; to become very angry.

   It all went off when the opposing teams' fans met at the railway station.

   When the boss came to know about the scheme, he went off, shouting and throwing everything away.

4. (intransitive) To begin clanging or making noise.

   The alarm will go off at six a.m.

   Just after he spotted the first plane on the horizon, sirens started to go off around the city.

5. (intransitive) To stop operating; to switch off.

   We were watching TV when suddenly the power went off.

6. (intransitive) To depart; to leave.

   Having sated her appetite, she went off in search of a place to sleep.

   I don't know where he's going—he went off without a word.

7. (intransitive, Britain, Australia) To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way.

   Synonyms: go sour, spoil

   • 1987 September 3, Unpalatable Treatment, New Scientist, page 20,

     But to cast out a technique that could not only reduce the incidence of food poisoning but could also allow us to move away from another bete noire of the “technophobes” — chemical treatment to prevent stored grain from going off— is daft

   • 2005, Neil Perry, The Food I Love‎^[1], page 13:

     Don′t expect to store fragile food like fish, poultry and meat in the refrigerator at home for a long period of time, as it will go off quickly.

   • 2005, Nancy Abeiderrahmane, Modern Dairy Products from Traditional Camel Herding: An Experience in Mauritania, Bernard Faye, Palmated Esenov (editors), Desertification Combat And Food Safety: The Added Value Of Camel Producers, page 156,

     Although there is a popular myth about camel milk ‘never going off’, experience shows that pasteurised packaged camel milk does not keep any better than its cow equivalent, and seems to lose its flavour faster.

   Bugger—the milk's gone off already!

8. (transitive) To like less.

   Ever since falling off her bike, she's gone off cycling to work.

9. (intransitive) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished.

   The party went off very well.

   • (Can we date this quote by Elizabeth Gaskell かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     The wedding went off much as such affairs do.

10. (slang) To ejaculate.

    Synonyms: ejaculate, cum

    • 2017, Sex In The Snow‎^[2]:

      Jean rolled her eyes upward to peer at Downs' twisted face, trying to gauge the level of his passion, wanting to blast her own dynamite box at the same time he went off in her mouth.

参考

• go off at score
• go off half-cocked
• go off on one
• go off the boil
• go off the rails
• go off the reservation

使用する際の注意点

This is normally used in the phrase "at the first go-off".