2022年1月2日 · 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.

2018年4月15日 · 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 ...

2019年11月26日 · 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."

2020年5月31日 · 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"

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.

2019年11月17日 · To go off of something meaning. Ask Question Asked 5 years, 3 months ago. Modified 4 years, 5 months ago.

2022年3月13日 · "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. –

2020年10月14日 · "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'!

2020年12月15日 · "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

2020年6月25日 · Kevin: "I worked late. I didn't get off work until midnight." Even though I didn't find the definition on the Merriam-Webster dictionary or the Cambridge Dictionary, I’m pretty sure "someone gets off work" means the employee gets the permission to stop working and go home. The question is whether "off from work" means the same thing.