overgaan — meaning in English

English meaning

• go off phrasal verb To speak or act with sudden intense energy — either ranting angrily or performing brilliantly. Which one is meant depends entirely on tone.
• merge verb To combine two or more things into one.
• pass verb To move from one place, position, or state to another.

Senses

overgaan is used for these senses in English:

• go off (intransitive) To begin clanging or making noise.
• merge To blend gradually into something else.
• pass (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.

go off — full definition

1. phrasal verb To speak or act with sudden intense energy — either ranting angrily or performing brilliantly. Which one is meant depends entirely on tone.
2. phrasal verb Of a bomb, gun or firework, to explode or be fired; of an alarm or alert, to start sounding.
3. phrasal verb Of food or drink, to become unfit to eat through spoiling.

merge — full definition

1. verb To combine two or more things into one.
2. verb To blend gradually into something else, often used of traffic, colours, or sounds.

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