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Definition of Come off

1. Verb. Come to be detached. "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

2. Verb. Happen in a particular manner. "How did your talk go over?"

3. Verb. Break off (a piece from a whole). "These glasses come off easily"; "Her tooth chipped"

Definition of Come off

1. Verb. (obsolete) To come away (from a place); to leave. ¹

2. Verb. To become detached. ¹

3. Verb. To have some success, to succeed. ¹

4. Verb. (dated) To have an orgasm. ¹

5. Verb. To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Come Off

come hither come home come home to roost come in come in for come in from the cold come in handy come into come into being come into effect

come into force come into its own come near come of come of age come off it come on down come on home come on over come online

come ons come out come out in come out in the wash come out of one's shell come out of the woodwork

Literary usage of Come off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Come-off. An escape, an evasion. 1800 He replied that he was not at liberty to say—we had a explain. 8g" A very good come-off this ! ..."

2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Tu come off. To come down, as we now say, with a sum of money ; to produce it as a gift or payment. ... Do not your gallants come off roundly then ? ..."

3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... or into it. all the wheels come off, the body would fall but 18 inches—or, which is much more probable, should, either the fore, or hind wheel, or both, ..."

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