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
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Chase Hunter leads the Tigers in scoring and is coming off an efficient 21-point game in their quarterfinals game against SMU.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
The Wolfpack were ranked No. 13 at the time and coming off a Final Four appearance.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2025
Other players were considered but none of those deals came off, so O’Neil went into the season with Dawson, Bueno, Mosquera and Toti as his centre-backs.
—Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
In Lou’s vision, the ongoing lockdown—the ubiquitous, harassing security forces, the intrusive I.D. checks and temperature readings, the pervasive information-gathering—comes off as both a symbol of a regime of surveillance and censorship and a relentless intensification of that system.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
The Wolfpack were ranked No. 13 at the time and coming off a Final Four appearance.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2025
Other players were considered but none of those deals came off, so O’Neil went into the season with Dawson, Bueno, Mosquera and Toti as his centre-backs.
—Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
In Lou’s vision, the ongoing lockdown—the ubiquitous, harassing security forces, the intrusive I.D. checks and temperature readings, the pervasive information-gathering—comes off as both a symbol of a regime of surveillance and censorship and a relentless intensification of that system.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Come off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20off. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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