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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Go Off as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
In cue sports and a gambling, to go off means to progress from playing billiards for small money, to lose at that, and to raise the stakes and keep losing until one is broke. This term is also used in the past tense as went off. When a player goes from losing small amounts of cash gambling on pool games, to making sharp increases in the stakes, that player has begun to go off. When a player begins to go off, they normally continue to lose until they are broke or until their gambling budget is exhausted.
Gary went off like a sky rocket after that small loss in game one.
Jenn could go off at any time.
The term "go off" is considered to be a slang term related to gambling and betting. The go off definition was entered on 4/11/2006 and was updated on 10/24/2007 9:49:19 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to gambling and betting. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: chase the money, chasing your money for more on the meaning of go off.
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