come off[verb]Synonyms: succeed, click, go, go over, pan out, prove out, happen, befall, betide, break, chance, develop, fall out, hap, occur
[noun]Synonyms: escape, avoidance, elusion, escaping, eschewal, evasion, runaround, shunning
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
come off phrasal verb (
see also come)
1. come off (something) to become removed from something:
The label had come off, so there was no way of knowing what was on the disk.2. come off (something) British English to fall off something:
Dyson came off his bike as he rounded the last corner, but wasn’t badly hurt.3. informal if something that has been planned comes off, it happens:
In the end the trip never came off.4. informal to be successful:
It was a good idea, but it didn’t quite come off. The performance on the first night came off pretty well.5. come off something to stop taking a drug that you have been taking regularly:
It wasn’t until I tried to come off the pills that I realized I was addicted.6. come off best/better/worst etc British English to be the most or least successful, or get the most or least advantages from a situation:
As far as pensions go, it’s still women who come off worst.7. come off it! British English spoken used to tell someone that you do not believe what they are saying:
Oh come off it! You can’t seriously be saying you knew nothing about this. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲