weggaan — meaning in English

English meaning

• go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
• 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.
• leave verb To go away from a place or person.

Senses

weggaan is used for these senses in English:

• go To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
• go away To depart or leave a place.
• go off (intransitive) To depart; to leave.
• leave (transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.

go — full definition

1. verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
2. verb To function or proceed in a particular way.
3. noun An attempt or turn at doing something.
4. adj Ready and functioning correctly; cleared to proceed (chiefly in launch/technical contexts).
5. noun An ancient strategy board game for two players who try to control territory on a grid using black and white stones.

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.

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