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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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). …

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 …