intj
Meaning 1
An expression of disbelief.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Come off it, mate! You can't be serious.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
come off it
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verb
Meaning 2
To stop doing something or stop talking about something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
Examples
- Oh, come off it with the endless questioning.
- He has to come off it about his Harry Potter fanfic.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Originally a British shortening of "come off the grass!", an older (originally American) phrase. Come off the grass!, which is roughly indicative of the speaker's disbelief, or that the speaker believes that the one being spoken to needs to face reality, is ultimately a play on the oft-seen phrase on signs in places such as public parks: "keep off the grass".
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 去你的 (qù nǐ de) — expression of disbelief
- Czech: nech toho — expression of disbelief
- Czech: nekecej — expression of disbelief
- Finnish: älä huijaa — expression of disbelief
- Italian: per piacere — expression of disbelief
- Italian: ma dai — expression of disbelief
- Portuguese: fala sério — expression of disbelief
- Spanish: qué va — expression of disbelief
- Spanish: venga — expression of disbelief