Go off
Go off verb - To leave a place often for another.
Usage example: don't go off without telling us where we can find you
Both terms in one sentence
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In Psych, Shawn and Gus are about to eat nachos, but realize they can't leave as a bomb has just been activated and will go off if they move.
Source: Skewed Priorities - They wouldn't move to defend themselves, and after they were killed you could trigger the cutscene and it would go off as scripted — minus the boss.
- In Flashpoint, one of the team accidentally steps on a mine and cannot move (with a Lampshade Hanging on how few mines don't immediately go off).
Source: Land Mine Goes "Click!"
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Move and Go off. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/go_off/move
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Move or Go off. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/go_off/move.
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