come off

phrasal verb

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	come off
he/she/it	comes off
present participle	coming off
past tense	came off
past participle	come off

1
intransitive/transitive (come off something) to fall off something that you are riding
She’d come off her new bike and hurt her knee.
Synonyms and related words
To move, or to move something downwards
fall
lower
come down
2
intransitive/transitive (come off something) if something such as dirt or paint comes off something, it is removed by washing or rubbing
The chewing gum wouldn’t come off.
Synonyms and related words
Washing, drying and ironing clothes
air
boil
the cleaners
1. 2a
  to stop being fixed to something
  I pulled at the drawer, and the handle came off.
  One of the legs has come off the table.
  Synonyms and related words
  To be separated from something
  separate
  divide
  come off
  Synonyms and related words
  To unfasten, or to come unfastened
  unfasten
  undo
  detach
3
transitive (come off something) to stop taking something such as a medicine or drug
She’d been advised to come off the medication immediately.
Synonyms and related words
To take, prescribe or administer a medicine
administer
administration
come off
4
intransitive to succeed
What if their plan doesn’t come off?
The party didn’t quite come off as we had hoped.
Synonyms and related words
To develop or happen successfully
shape up
function
work out
5
intransitive to happen
Another competition is coming off in the summer.
Synonyms and related words
General words meaning to happen
happen
come about
occur
6
intransitive to achieve a particular result in an activity, especially a competition or fight
come off well/badly/best/worst:
He came off quite badly in the exchange of insults.
Synonyms and related words
To make progress, or to achieve something
progress
get on with
get ahead
7
intransitive to leave a sports field and be replaced by another member of your team
Synonyms and related words
To perform an action in a game or sport
blank
block
bully off
8
American same as come
I don’t want to come off as desperate.
9
come off itspoken
1. 9a
  used for telling someone to stop doing or saying something
  Come off it now – she was only trying to help.
  Synonyms and related words
  Ways of telling someone to stop doing something
  stop it/that
  hands off
  give something a rest
2. 9b
  used for telling someone that you do not believe them or that what they are saying is stupid
  Come off it, I know lots of men who do housework.
  Synonyms and related words
  Ways of saying that you do not believe something
  are you having a laugh?
  come, come/come now
  a likely story