Meaning trap
go off
lose enthusiasm
To stop liking, enjoying, or being interested in something or someone that you previously liked.
Don't mix these meanings
Same phrase, different job.
To stop liking, enjoying, or being interested in something or someone that you previously liked.
'go off' also has the more basic meaning 'alarm rings or bomb explodes'; this is the advanced sense.
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
After years of drinking tea, I've really gone off it and now prefer coffee.
Some people go off certain hobbies as they get older, preferring to spend their time in different ways.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: I went off from coffee recently.
Say: I've gone off coffee recently.
'Go off + thing' directly (no 'from'); it means you used to like it but don't now.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
'Go off (something)' is the BrE way to say you no longer like it. The formal version is heavy and very un-British.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
go off + thing/person
- coffee
- the idea
- him
- that band
Don't confuse it
Related
Other meanings and phrases to compare.
- go off (alarm rings or bomb explodes) — 'go off' also has the more basic meaning 'alarm rings or bomb explodes'; this is the advanced sense.