came off; come off; coming off; comes off
Definition of come off
2
: succeed
a television series that never came off — TV Guide
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
1
: 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
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The first known use of come off was in 1590
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