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 Mateo Kovacic has been starting the games on tour in Asia, with Nico Gonzalez coming off the bench. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The Bucs invested a first-round pick in Bain and added Lions free agent Al-Quadin Muhammad, who had 11 sacks coming off the bench last season. — Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 Kimmel, who has had Letterman as a guest on his ABC show several times, is coming off a year where he was briefly suspended and the sitting president called repeatedly for his firing. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026 San Francisco is coming off its fourth playoff appearance in five years with a 12-5 record and a Wild Card playoff win against the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Ty Gibbs, 23, is coming off his second win of the season at the Cup Series race in Iowa. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 Carolina is coming off a surprising NFC South title despite an 8-9 record, and a tight loss to the Los Angeles Rams in January’s wild card playoff round. — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 So, coming off recent and possibly prejudicial endorsements from Ari Emanuel and Chris Wallace — both of whom do big-money business with Paramount — plus a mixed Q2 earnings report Tuesday, what is the younger Ellison to do? — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026 Legionnaires’ Disease Germs that live in hot tubs or pools can also infect people who breathe in steam or mist coming off the water. — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 30 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming off

Verb

As is happening with consumers nationally, the elevated prices are impacting fans as well.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Additional safeguards have since been implemented to help prevent a similar mistake from happening again.

— Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of happening

Verb

However, these attacks do not seem to be succeeding, even when a judge isn’t reviewing documents with his own eyes.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
Each succeeding year, exemptions would be extended to more vehicles based on the year they were manufactured.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of succeeding

Verb

The rental market has also proven to be tough, with the median rent for a two-bedroom apartment going over $6,000 a month, according to a recent analysis.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 31 July 2026
My problem is the kart path along the road has 3 or so feet of grass between it and the road, then suddenly the grass narrows and is eventually gone before going over the bridge and everything is squeezed together.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of going over

Verb

Meanwhile, for those of us steeped in the tech field, there is quite a bit of head scratching going on.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
One of its recent projects is happening in Westport, where crews recently resumed work on the Westport Stormwater Improvement Project after going on hiatus for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026

Definition of going on

Verb

Remember that the most amount of benefit occurs when going from none or little exercise to just a bit more.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
The new order also puts a focus on Latino voters, with Nevada going second in the line-up, after Democrats lost ground with the key demographic in the 2024 presidential election.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of going

Verb

Bieber's carousel also included a video of herself working out at a gym and a photo in which she was seen holding a plate of meatballs topped with red sauce and cheese.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Donald has been working out at the Rams' Woodland Hills training complex and at home for several weeks in his attempt to return to NFL shape.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026