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

What was brilliant about that, especially after coming off of “The Outrun,” I wasn’t in every day, I wasn’t the lead.

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The challenges, Carroll noted, might come off the field because nearly all NFL coaches start families as college or pro assistants, before they ascend to the top job.

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The Browns are coming off an embarrassing loss at New Orleans and their defense is breaking down.

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“They’re going to do what they do,” Curl said of an Eagles team coming off a victory over the Commanders.

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I’ve written about how CARB’s actions too often come off as pie-in-the-sky wokery that doesn’t seem to consider how working-class folks might be able to afford living in a purified paradise.

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