come off

verb

1. also preposition to fall (from), losing one's balance
2. to become detached or be capable of being detached
3. preposition to be removed from (a price, tax, etc)

   will anything come off income tax in the budget?

4. copula to emerge from or as if from a trial or contest

   he came off the winner

5. informal.
   to take place or happen
6. informal.
   to have the intended effect; succeed

   his jokes did not come off

7. slang.
   to have an orgasm
8. come off it! informal.
   stop trying to fool me!

Example Sentences

He wears one of the won't-come-off kind, and steps like he was feelin' good all over.

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Knots of soldiers gathered about the tavern, and made a circle for the music to practise, preparatory to the great come-off.

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And do not you see what a pretty and pleasant come-off there is for most of us, in this spiritual application?

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And do you not see what a pretty and pleasant come-off there is for most of us in this spiritual application?

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Come on into your telegraph-shop and let me hear you dictate that string of 'come-off' orders.

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