come off
(also preposition) to fall (from), losing one's balance
to become detached or be capable of being detached
(preposition) to be removed from (a price, tax, etc): will anything come off income tax in the budget?
(copula) to emerge from or as if from a trial or contest: he came off the winner
informal to take place or happen
informal to have the intended effect; succeed: his jokes did not come off
slang to have an orgasm
come off it! informal stop trying to fool me!
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How to use come off in a sentence
He wears one of the won't-come-off kind, and steps like he was feelin' good all over.
Shorty McCabe | Sewell FordKnots of soldiers gathered about the tavern, and made a circle for the music to practise, preparatory to the great come-off.
The Puddleford Papers, | H. H. RileyAnd do not you see what a pretty and pleasant come-off there is for most of us, in this spiritual application?
Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy | John RuskinAnd do you not see what a pretty and pleasant come-off there is for most of us in this spiritual application?
Practice Book | Leland PowersCome on into your telegraph-shop and let me hear you dictate that string of 'come-off' orders.
The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush | Francis Lynde
Other Idioms and Phrases with come off
Happen, occur, as in The trip came off on schedule. [Early 1800s]
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