come off
verb
came off; come off; coming off; comes off
2
: succeed
a television series that never came off—
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US, informal
—used in phrases like where do you come off? to express anger or annoyance at what someone has said or done
Marie was bent over the table now, reading, her piping girlish voice hot with indignation. "Where does she come off, anyway?"—T. Coraghessan Boyle
T. Coraghessan Boyle1
: to have recently completed or recovered from
coming off a good year
2
: to have recently stopped using (an illegal drug)
an addict who is coming off heroin
Examples of come off in a Sentence
couldn't believe that the wedding would actually come off—they've been “just dating” for years
the attempted revival of the city's downtown never really came off, and even more stores eventually closed
Recent Examples on the Web
The Reds are coming off a 7-3 win over the Cubs, handing Chicago its first loss of the spring.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
February’s Milan Derby saw Bastoni come off with Inter trailing 0-1, but the side would notably go on to equalise without him.
—Adam Digby, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Berry, who had just come off winning an Emmy for her performance as the first-ever Black Best Actress nominee, Dorothy Dandridge, showed new layers here as Leticia Musgrove, a widow struggling to raise her son.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
At some unspecified point in the near future, the last of those, too, will come off the line, and the marque will then enter a production hiatus of about six months before the first new-era Jaguar arrives: a pure-electric grand tourer.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
February’s Milan Derby saw Bastoni come off with Inter trailing 0-1, but the side would notably go on to equalise without him.
—Adam Digby, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Berry, who had just come off winning an Emmy for her performance as the first-ever Black Best Actress nominee, Dorothy Dandridge, showed new layers here as Leticia Musgrove, a widow struggling to raise her son.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
At some unspecified point in the near future, the last of those, too, will come off the line, and the marque will then enter a production hiatus of about six months before the first new-era Jaguar arrives: a pure-electric grand tourer.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Come off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20off. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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