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View synonyms for come off
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
- 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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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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