verb
Meaning 1
To become detached.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- One of the wagon wheels came off.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
come off
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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verb
Meaning 2
To have some success; to succeed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He tried his Chaplin impression, but it didn't really come off.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To have an orgasm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 4
To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'm sorry if I came off as condescending; that wasn't my intention.
- You should be careful about how you come off during interviews.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: come across
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To escape or get off (lightly, etc.); to come out of a situation without significant harm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To occur; to take place; to turn out; to end up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It came off as we expected.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To come away (from a place); to leave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: obsolete?
Examples
- The 290 bus route comes off the A316 at Hanworth.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To finish being printed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: media, printing, publishing
Examples
- This one came off easily.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To quit (a drug or habit); to stop doing (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To stop playing (music).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
happen in a particular manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- how did your talk go over?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: go off, go over
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
verb
Meaning 12
break off (a piece from a whole)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Her tooth chipped
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chip, chip off, break away, break off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separate, divide, part
Narrower terms: peel off, peel, flake off, flake, exfoliate
verb
Meaning 13
come to be detached
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: detach, come away
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separate, divide, part
Narrower terms: blow off, cut off, chop off, lop off, unsolder, fall off
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: qopmaq — become detached
- Azerbaijani: ayrılıb düşmək — become detached
- French: se détacher — become detached
- French: se décoller — become detached
- German: sich ablösen — become detached
- German: sich lösen — become detached
- German: sich loslösen — become detached
- German: abfallen — become detached
- Russian: отвалиться (otvalitʹsja) — become detached
- Russian: отсоединиться (otsojedinitʹsja) — become detached
- Swedish: lossna — become detached
- Swedish: åka av — become detached
- Tagalog: matanggal — become detached
- Tamil: கழல் (kaḻal) — become detached
- Tamil: அவிழ் (aviḻ) — become detached
- Ottoman Turkish: قالقمق (kalkmak) — become detached
- Czech: vyjít — to have some success
- Czech: povést se — to have some success
- German: gelingen — to have some success
- Russian: удаваться (udavatʹsja) — to have some success
- Russian: преуспеть (preuspetʹ) — to have some success
- Spanish: parecer — to appear; to seem; to project a certain quality
- Spanish: salirle — to appear; to seem; to project a certain quality
- Spanish: dar la impresión de — to appear; to seem; to project a certain quality
- Spanish: aparentar — to appear; to seem; to project a certain quality
- Spanish: dar una impresión — to appear; to seem; to project a certain quality
- Spanish: expresarse — to appear; to seem; to project a certain quality
- Spanish: quedar — to appear; to seem; to project a certain quality