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Definition 2025
come_off
come off
English
Verb
come off (third-person singular simple present comes off, present participle coming off, simple past came off, past participle come off)
- (obsolete) To come away (from a place); to leave.
- To become detached.
- One of the wagon wheels came off.
- To have some success, to succeed.
- He tried his Chaplin impression, but it didn't really come off.
- (dated) To have an orgasm.
- 1928, DH Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover:
- ‘Don't people often come off together?’ she asked with naive curiosity.
- 1928, DH Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover:
- To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality.
- I'm sorry if I came off as condescending, that wasn't my intention.
- You should be careful about how you come off during interviews.
Translations
become detached
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