| 单词 | come off it |
| 释义 | > as lemmascome off it 4. intransitive. colloquial. To stop doing or saying (something considered to be foolish or ridiculous). Chiefly imperative, expressing incredulity or exasperation. Esp. in come off it. Cf. to come off 8a at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > leave off! or stop it! to do waya1325 stay1601 go and eat coke1669 to leave off1785 whoa1838 drop it!1843 cut1859 turn it up1867 to come off ——1896 to chuck it1901 knock it off!1902 cut it out1903 nix1903 break it down1941 to shove it1941 leave it out!1969 1896 Harper's New Monthly Mag. 162/1 Oh, come off that, Jack. 1904 Smith's Weekly 27 Aug. 312/3 ‘Here, come off it!’ the bully grunted. ‘Come off it—I ain't taking any. What's your game?’ 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale 48 ‘Come off it, Roy,’ I said. ‘I'm too old a bird to be caught with chaff.’ 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags iii. 187 ‘I don't know what you mean,’ she said... ‘Oh, come off it,’ he said. Angela came off it. She began to weep. 1982 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 6 Aug. 15/2 We hope the company comes off their ridiculous proposals. 1988 G. Patterson Burning your Own (1993) 122 ‘Tell him I'm..having a bath.’ ‘Come off it, he'll know that's a lie.’ 2001 P. P. Read Alice in Exile (2002) iii. vii. 276 ‘I don't know that I want a husband,’ said Alice. ‘Oh, come off it. We all saw what went on with that ghastly Lieutenant Solovyov.’ < as lemmas |
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