boom off

verb

To resound against (a surface). (transitive) · The music boomed off the walls of the venue.
To move away quickly. (dated, intransitive) · The train boomed off to the west.
To boom as a result of (something) (to flourish, grow, or progress). (dated, transitive) · The economy will boom off the exploitation of offshore oil.
To explode (a door) to gain access. (slang, transitive) · The cops boomed off my door.
To mark off an area (of water, or sometimes land) using booms (a floating barrier used to obstruct navigation) or something similar. (dated, transitive) · They boomed off the oil slick.
To shoot using (something); to be fired. (intransitive, slang, transitive) · He booms off his glock as he enters the room.· The cannons boomed off.
To blow off or brush off (somebody); to dismiss (somebody) as unimportant. (dated, transitive) · The bureaucrats can boom him off when he comes to them with ideas.

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