COMING OFF Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

coming off

verb

present participle of come off

as in happening

to take place couldn't believe that the wedding would actually come off—they've been "just dating" for years

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as in succeeding

to turn out as planned or desired the attempted revival of the city's downtown never really came off, and even more stores eventually closed

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Recent Examples of coming off France is coming off a 1-0 win over Paraguay in the Round of 16, a match in which Paraguay looked more interested in wrestling than playing soccer. — Joe Murphy, NBC news, 9 July 2026 The star right winger played in the first half of the team's World Cup opening 4-1 win over Paraguay and secured one goal and one assist before coming off at halftime due to the leg injury. — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 9 July 2026 Kansas City’s team, which won a regular-season championship in 2024, is coming off a turbulent season. — Latif Love july 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026 Belgium is coming off a 4-1 rout of the United States and has scored the second-most goals in the tournament. — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026 The Moroccans are coming off a Round of 16 encounter in which they were outplayed by Canada in the opening half, but managed to find the net three times in the final half for a 3-0 result. — Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Ivory Coast’s depth ultimately won out, with Manchester United’s Amad coming off the bench to score a 90th-minute winner. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026 For a 29-year-old franchise pillar coming off his best season? — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 2 July 2026 The assumption was that Vegas jumped the line to snag Czata, an 18-year-old coming off an impressive showing for Canada at the world junior tournament. — Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026

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Verb

Long-running pop-up event Fork N’ Film leans more dinner and movie, pairing dishes directly inspired by what is happening on screen.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
An early sign that this is happening is the phenomenon of companies putting caps and limits on how much their employees can spend on AI tokens, the basic cost-unit of AI.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 7 July 2026

Definition of happening

Verb

Its language about seeking opportunity rather than security, taking calculated risks, building, falling, succeeding, and refusing to trade dignity for dependence captured, almost perfectly, how my father thought about America.

— Phil Kafarakis, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Buc-ee's is succeeding in getting customers to stay in its stores longer, something Dolly's and Wally's are trying to emulate.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 2 July 2026

Definition of succeeding

Verb

Balogun was sent off for coming down on the foot of Bosnia and Herzegovina defender Tarik Muharemovic in the 64th minute of the Americans' win in the Round of 32.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Then a girl called out to them from up the road, coming down the switchback through the forest.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of coming down

Verb

Henderson appeared to slip while going over an advertising board after celebrating with England fans.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
Anderson was the final one in the gym, spending nearly a good dozen or so minutes seated next to Hornets assistant coach Ryan Frazier, chatting for a lengthy spell while going over some things.

— Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026

Definition of going over

Verb

Since then, opposition to the program has grown, with detractors pointing to examples of people entering diversion and then going on to commit more serious crimes.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Wells vanished after going on a boat trip with friends on the 4th of July, officials said.

— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 July 2026

Definition of going on

Verb

Acuff was held to three points after going 1 of 5 from the field and 1 of 4 from 3-point range in the opening period.

— Jason Anderson July 9, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Instead of going home that night, Wilber found himself back in bed 23 of the detention center — his bond denied — trying to ignore a nasty odor permeating his 14-person cell.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of going

Verb

The Canucks had a good thing going down the stretch, with a variety of players stepping up for their teammates and standing up for one another.

— Thomas Drance, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Throughout this season, the Rangers have struggled with going down early and having to come from behind.

— Cal Phillips June 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026

Definition of going down

Verb

That pays for 110 personnel working out of six fire stations, a training division and the administrative office.

— Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026
Holly Williams, a foreign correspondent working out of Istanbul for CBS News since 2012, and Mariana van Zeller, a journalist for National Geographic Channel, are both said to remain in contention.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026