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come off

verb

Meaning

  1. To become detached.
  2. To have some success; to succeed.
  3. To have an orgasm.
  4. To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality.
  5. To escape or get off (lightly, etc.); to come out of a situation without significant harm.
  6. To come away (from a place); to leave.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

come away(English)break off(English)detach(English)break away(English)go off(English)go over(English)chip(English)chip off(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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