English Explanatory Dictionary

come off

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To become detached.
  2. To have some success; to succeed.
  3. To have an orgasm.
  4. To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality.
  5. To escape or get off (lightly, etc.); to come out of a situation without significant harm.
  6. To occur; to take place; to turn out; to end up.
  7. To come away (from a place); to leave.
  8. To finish being printed.
  9. To quit (a drug or habit); to stop doing (something).
  10. To stop playing (music).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-come off.wav

Word forms

come off comes off coming off came off

Synonyms

come across

Derived words

come-off come off it come off second best
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