go off

intransitive phrasal verb

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

to burst forth, often of an MC performing a rhyme

Collocates clique², MC², buster, Casper, glock, go hard, grill, hoe, thugged-out, 9, represent, sawed-off, shit, soft, stunt, ballin

Domains Music

Etymology possibly from the analogous "explode", as a gun or a bomb "goes off"

Synonyms body, bring, bust, kick, kill, put it down, rep, represent, rip, rock, throw down, turn it out, wreck shop

Related concepts hold it down, keep it real, lock it down, maintain, on point

1980 The Treacherous Three "The New Rap Language" feat. Spoonie Gee [The New Rap Language / Love Rap]
Come on, Moe Dee, go off, go off
1984-03-27 Run-D.M.C. "Rock Box" [Run-D.M.C.]
We're the two MC's, and we're gonna go off
1985-01-21 Run-D.M.C. "Jam-Master Jammin'" [King of Rock]
When he comes on, the crowd goes off

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