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come-ˈoff, n.
[f. vbl. phr. to come off: see come v. 65.]
1. A coming off the field of action; a finish-up, a conclusion; an issue.
1634Shirley Opportunity i. ii, This was Indifferently well carried! I was jealous Of a more lame come-off. 1690Norris Beatitudes (1694) I. 235 The Hopes of a safe come off at last. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. ii. 12 In order to a Politic come-off, he brought the matter to the Council-Table.
2. A conclusion of an argument, discourse, etc.
1641Milton Animadv. ii. Wks. (1847) 60/2 A quick come-off. 1661R. L'Estrange Relaps'd Apostate, For a Come-off; All things must be done with singleness of heart. a1734North Exam. 644 It would make one Grin to observe the Author's Come-off from this and the rest of the Charters in this Time.
3. The coming off or performance of anything planned.
1857Costello Millionaire Mincing L. 60 (Hoppe) That don't look like a come-off.
4. A ‘getting off’ a duty, etc.; an evasion, excuse for non-performance.
1722New-England Courant 3 Dec. 1/2 Quoth she, This is a nice Come-off, Like hiding broken Wind b' a Cough. 1742Bp. Challoner in E. H. Burton Life (1909) I. xii. 189 This come-off will not serve their turn. 1849C. S. Bird Mariolatry 46 They pray to them as a come-off. 1858Hogg Life Shelley II. 543 It was a come off, but it would not do. 1870Emerson Soc. & Solit., Dom. Life Wks. (Bohn) III. 47 To give money to a sufferer is only a come-off. |