Jan 2, 2022 · To "go off of X" means to use X as an alternative basis for reference. It's used when the ideal or correct basis is unavailable. For example: I don't know my wife's measurements, but this shirt fits her, so we can go off of that. This means, my wife isn't here to measure, but measuring this shirt might be close enough.

Apr 15, 2018 · As you know, the phrasal verb to go off has different meanings, depending on the context. I am particularly interested in whether it is okay to use it with this meaning: to begin to dislike somebody or something. For example: I went off men after my husband left me. I went off the idea of buying a sports car after I found out how much it would ...

May 31, 2020 · I need to go out get some food. I should go get groceries. ("out" is implied, no? The grocery store is outside, not inside your house) I will go get groceries. In this context, "go off" is the least preferred option. According to Cambridge dictionary, one meaning of "go off" is "leave": "to leave a place and go somewhere else"

Nov 26, 2019 · The only place I'm used to hearing "went off" in this sense is in the expression "went off without a hitch," which means something went smoothly without any unexpected problems. I can't think of any other scenario where "went off" is preferable to or changes the meaning of "went."

Nov 17, 2019 · To go off of something meaning. Ask Question Asked 5 years, 4 months ago. Modified 4 years, 6 months ago.

Go off is used idiomatically with the meaning of: to happen in a particular way: The protest march went off peacefully. To go is used similarly with the following meaning: to result or end; turn out: How did the game go? To sum up, the two expression are very close in meaning.

Oct 14, 2020 · "Get off the bus" means "Go out of the bus"!When we want to say to someone to go in a bus we say "Get on the bus".In your sentence "Get off the bus" the word 'off' is a preposition.'Off' means 'not on something, or removed from something'. We say "Keep off the grass" or "Someone had taken the mirror off the wall". Do not say 'off of something'!

Mar 13, 2022 · "An alarm went off all night" sounds more natural to me as a stand-alone sentence, but I don't have a serious problem with "An alarm was going off all night". Normally you'd use "was going off" in an expression like "When I came home an alarm was going off" where coming home takes a short time and the alarm is on for a longer time. –

May 15, 2017 · People can go off in much the same way. Gunfire… or An explosion went off are perfectly understandable but wholly unidiomatic, tautological and largely ungrammatical. Gunfire is not something independent: it’s the result of a gun going off. An explosion is not something independent: it’s the result of a bomb going off. By the way no; none ...

Dec 15, 2020 · "Go (or went) off" is usually used to mean doing something explosive, like yelling at someone or doing a bunch backflips in a row, etc. (i.e. going off like a bomb/rocket). – nullromo Commented Dec 15, 2020 at 18:42