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come off

verb

Definition of come off

intransitive verb

1 a :to acquit oneself :fare

came off well in the contest

b :appear, seem

2 :succeed

a television series that never came off
—TV Guide

3 :happen, occur

transitive verb

:to have recently completed or recovered from

coming off a good year

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

First Known Use of come off

1596

come off Synonyms

Synonyms

be, befall, betide, chance, come, come about, come down, happen, cook, do, go down [slang], go on, hap, occur, pass, transpire

Antonyms

bomb, collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, wash out

Related Words

break, develop, rise, shape (up); arise, come up, crop (up), materialize, spring (up); intervene; fall out, follow, result, turn out; go off, proceed

Near Antonyms

languish; flounder, struggle; decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane; crash, crater, crumble, flame out; choke, crack up, miscarry, misfire; fall down, go under; implode, self-destruct

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