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come off

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. detach, come off, come awayverb

    come to be detached

    "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

  2. go off, come off, go oververb

    happen in a particular manner

    "how did your talk go over?"

  3. chip, chip off, come off, break away, break offverb

    break off (a piece from a whole)

    "Her tooth chipped"

Wiktionary

  1. come offverb

    To come away (from a place); to leave.

  2. come offverb

    To become detached.

  3. come offverb

    To have some success, to succeed.

  4. come offverb

    To have an orgasm.

  5. come offverb

    To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality.

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  1. come off

    "Come off" is a phrasal verb with different meanings based on the context in which it's used: 1) To succeed or happen with desired result; For example, "Their plan didn't come off as they expected." 2) To detach or remove from something larger; For example, "The tag came off the shirt." 3) To cease doing something or to discontinue; For example, "She will come off her medication next week." 4) Comparatively (come off better/worse) it means the result or impression that is made after a certain event; For example, "In the debate, she came off better than her opponent." 5) To give an impression of being a particular type of person, often negative; For example, "He came off as arrogant in the interview." It's important to see the phrasal verb 'come off' in context to fully understand its meaning.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of come off in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of come off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of come off in a Sentence

  1. Danica Patrick:

    Aaron is a really good driver, he’s probably had less tickets. To clarify, Danica Patrick said Danica Patrick’s gotten three tickets within three days at some point. Back in January, Danica Patrick confirmedto Fox News that Danica Patrick was dating Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers soon after reports of Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers relationship broke early this year when Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers were seen dating. Both Danica Patrick and Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers had come off long-term relationships in the last year ; Patrick with fellow NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers with actress Olivia Munn. Danica Patrick told the Associated Press Danica Patrick first met Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers at The ESPYs in 2012.

  2. Flight Centre:

    With any election, for whatever silly reason, it seems to dampen consumer confidence, it's common knowledge that things just don't fly. If you look at the U.K. with (the) Brexit, certainly the corporates have come off.

  3. Georges Bernanos:

    Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a tiny niche in His scheme of things, He gave it a chance, He even provided a first installment of funds. Can you beat that? It's so magnificent. God despises nothing. After all, if the deal had come off, Judas would probably have endowed sanatoriums, hospitals, public libraries or laboratories.

  4. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid:

    You can blame it on staff, blame it on whoever you want to blame it on, but we didn't know it was in the bill. The bill will not come off this floor as long as that language is in the bill.

  5. James Smith:

    The calculus for this has been evaluating his personal feelings, having just come off Beau's passing.


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