Go off

Idiom / PhrasePhrasal verbSSC PYQ × 5
Meaning

To explode; to stop working; to go bad (food)

To explode, or to become bad

हिंदी अर्थ

फटना; खराब हो जाना; काम करना बंद कर देना

फट जाना, या ख़राब हो जाना

Example sentences

The milk has gone off because it was left outside.

The alarm went off fifteen minutes early.

The milk went off in a single hot afternoon.

Daily use: Iska matlab baj jana ya kharab hona.

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Alarm अचानक बजे या bomb फटे — went off; दूध या खाना ख़राब हो जाए — वह भी went off। Off = अपनी सामान्य हालत छोड़ देना।

When an alarm suddenly rings or a bomb explodes, it goes off. When milk or food turns bad, that too goes off. Off means leaving its normal state all at once.

Exam note

Go off = बजना, फटना, ख़राब होना; options में detonate और spoil इसके match हैं।

Go off has several senses: to ring, to explode and to turn bad; detonate and spoil are the matching options.

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