Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

go off half-cocked
- to act or speak without thinking
Our boss often goes off half-cocked when he is at a meeting.
go off on a tangent
- to suddenly change one's line of thought or course of action
The speaker suddenly went off on a tangent and began to speak about something
totally different.
go off (somewhere)
- to leave/depart for somewhere
My friend went off on a trip and did not say good-bye.
go off the deep end
- to become angry or emotional
The man went off the deep end when he saw his picture in the paper.
go on
- to continue
The game will probably go on for an hour after we leave.
go on
- to talk for too long
My friend started to go on about his problems so I decided to leave.
go on
- to be put on something, to fit on something
The top of the jar would not go on so I threw it in the garbage.
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