Definition of "off-go" [off-go]

• A start; a going off. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "And I may tell ye at the off-go, unless we can agree upon some terms, ye are little likely to set eyes upon him."
• "The first, which is round, will likely please ye best at the first off-go; but, O Davie, laddie, it's but a drop of water in the sea; it'll help you but a step, and vanish like the morning."
• "When all was adjusted, the attendant of the print-machine had only to open gradually the steam admission valve of his engine, and allow it to work the machine gently at its first off-go; and when all was seen to be acting in perfect concert, to open the valve further and allow the machine to go at full speed."