"go-off" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: go-offs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} go-off (plural go-offs)
  1. start; beginning; commencement Synonyms: get-go, the get-go Translations (start; beginning): старт (start) [masculine] (Bulgarian), начало (načalo) [neuter] (Bulgarian)

Inflected forms

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