if something such as dirt or paint comes off something, it is removed by washing or rubbing
same as come
to achieve a particular result in an activity, especially a competition or fight
to fall off something that you are riding
to happen
to leave a sports field and be replaced by another member of your team
to stop being fixed to something
to stop taking something such as a medicine or drug
to succeed
used for telling someone that you do not believe them or that what they are saying is stupid
used for telling someone to stop doing or saying something
Another competition is coming off in the summer.
Come off it now – she was only trying to help.
Come off it, I know lots of men who do housework.
He came off quite badly in the exchange of insults.
I don’t want to come off as desperate.
I pulled at the drawer, and the handle came off.
One of the legs has come off the table.
She’d been advised to come off the medication immediately.
She’d come off her new bike and hurt her knee.
The chewing gum wouldn’t come off.
The party didn’t quite come off as we had hoped.
What if their plan doesn’t come off?
come off
comes off
coming off
came off
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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