come off
verb
came off; come off; coming off; comes off
2
: succeed
His plans to start a business never came off.
4
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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Against the San Antonio Spurs, Kuminga came off the bench for 12 minutes in the 125-120 win.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
But it’s broken up by musical numbers that go down easy, since a lot of them, as composed by Justin Tranter (and sung with sweet vibrance by the Jonases), come off like Michael Bublé heartwarmers.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Nov. 2025
Westbrook against Minnesota finished with 13 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds, with the last rebound coming off an air ball just before the game clock ticked to zero in the fourth quarter.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 15 Nov. 2025
Nevertheless, stocks came off its lows of the session Friday following Schumer’s proposal, in a sign the market is hungry for progress.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
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Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
But it’s broken up by musical numbers that go down easy, since a lot of them, as composed by Justin Tranter (and sung with sweet vibrance by the Jonases), come off like Michael Bublé heartwarmers.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Nov. 2025
Westbrook against Minnesota finished with 13 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds, with the last rebound coming off an air ball just before the game clock ticked to zero in the fourth quarter.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 15 Nov. 2025
Nevertheless, stocks came off its lows of the session Friday following Schumer’s proposal, in a sign the market is hungry for progress.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Come off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20off. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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