come off it

1. Stop acting or speaking foolishly or pretentiously, as in Oh come off it! you're no smarter than they are. This term, often used as an imperative, dates from the late 1800s, when it was usually put simply as come off.

Example Sentences

"The withdrawals were so bad I would be shaking and vomiting," she says, "it wasn't that easy to just come off it."

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I said, ‘You’re doing more than fine. The training wheels have come off. It’s time for you to ride.’

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"But I found the weight would just not come off. It was demoralising," he said.

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The 68-year-old said he has been working on the idea "for years and years" and said if it was to come off it will be a "big television drama".

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"If we come off it at any time they can turn on that French flair. We are not going to let them play and if we starve them of the ball they can’t play."

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