Fall
Fall verb - To go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.
Go off
Go off verb - To break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure.
Both terms in one sentence
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If you fall asleep, the grenade will fall out of your hands and go off and kill us all.
Source: Film / The Elite Squad - Averted in a later episode, where Mac Taylor and his gun fall at least 30 feet onto a hard tiled floor — the gun bounces, but doesn't go off.
Source: Reliably Unreliable Guns -
Now, where did that dang Sample 217 go off to... Bee Afraid: The Alphon Domes's fall dome has these as an exclusive enemy.
Source: Video Game / The Desolate Hope
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