go off

Verb
  1. Run away;
    Usually includes taking something or somebody along (synset 202077642)
    "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"
    is a type of: flee, fly, take flight - run away quickly
    subtypes: levant - run off without paying a debt
    same as: abscond, absquatulate, bolt, decamp, make off, run off
  2. Be discharged or activated (synset 200308077)
    "the explosive devices went off"
    is a type of: burst, explode - burst outward, usually with noise
  3. Go off or discharge (synset 201136664)
    "The gun fired"
    same as: discharge, fire
  4. Stop running, functioning, or operating (synset 201529580)
    "Our power went off during the hurricane"
    is a type of: halt, stop - come to a halt, stop moving
  5. Happen in a particular manner (synset 200344552)
    "how did your talk go over?"
    is a type of: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place - come to pass
    same as: come off, go over
  6. Burst inward (synset 200306627)
    "The bottle imploded"
    is a type of: break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way - break down, literally or metaphorically
    same as: implode

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