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come off
verb
(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
informalto take place or happen
informalto have the intended effect; succeed
his jokes did not come off
slangto have an orgasm
informalstop trying to fool me!
Idioms and Phrases
Happen, occur, as in The trip came off on schedule . [Early 1800s]
Acquit oneself, reach the end. This usage always includes a modifier, as in Whenever challenged he comes off badly , or This model is doomed to come off second-best . [Mid-1600s]
Succeed, as in Our dinner party really came off . [Mid-1800s]
See come off it .
Example Sentences
It was at that point, coming off a six-game stretch in which they’d scored 10 total runs, that the Dodgers’ bats finally came to life.
The off-spinner is so far coming off second-best in his duel with the flamboyant Pant.
Early in the game, James came off a screen with Cooper trailing and arriving too late, giving James just enough time to launch a jumper that settled into the net.
Presuming he comes off the bench, Farrell will be playing his first game in more than two months after a concussion in a European Challenge Cup semi-final against Lyon at the start of May.
She confounds them with her loud, childlike American energy, filling empty spaces with words, making jokes that don’t come off.
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