She's gone off dating me.

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Luis Fleming

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I have three questions regarding "go off".
1 - Can I also say She's gone off dating me? (using the gerund)
2 - Is it mainly British?
3 - What other term can I use to convey the idea of stopping liking something one used to?
 
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It does seem to be a British expression.

Perhaps:

You've lost that lovin' feeling. Oh, it's gone, gone, gone, gone away. (From an old song.)

Perhaps:

You're just not my cup of tea anymore.

Perhaps:

They've moved on to to greener pastures.

Or:

She outgrew him.

Or:

She doesn't love me anymore.

There are others.
 

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I've run into the term to get sick of. So, if say I got sick of eating seafood, does it necessarily mean I used to like seafood, but I ate it so much that I stopped liking it?
 

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That's exactly what it means. Coming back to your earlier question, in BrE you might say: I've eaten so much seafood I've gone off it.
 

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That reminds me of a story. One time Shoney's had all you can eat shrimp. The first time I had several plates of shrimp. The second time I had several plates of shrimp but less shrimp than before. The third time I only had one plate of shrimp. (I still like shrimp.)
 
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