COME OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does come off mean? 

• COME OFF (verb)
  The verb COME OFF has 3 senses:

1. come to be detached

2. happen in a particular manner

3. break off (a piece from a whole)

  Familiarity information: COME OFF used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COME OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come to be detached

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

come away; come off; detach

Context example:

His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery

Hypernyms (to "come off" is one way to...):

divide; part; separate (come apart)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come off"):

blow off (come off due to an explosion or other strong force)

chop off; cut off; lop off (remove by or as if by cutting)

unsolder (remove the soldering from)

fall off (come off)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Happen in a particular manner

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

come off; go off; go over

Context example:

how did your talk go over?

Hypernyms (to "come off" is one way to...):

come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s Adjective

Sense 3

Meaning:

Break off (a piece from a whole)

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

break away; break off; chip; chip off; come off

Context example:

Her tooth chipped

Hypernyms (to "come off" is one way to...):

divide; part; separate (come apart)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come off"):

flake; flake off; peel; peel off (come off in flakes or thin small pieces)

exfoliate (come off in a very thin piece)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

 Context examples 

Also, the man freezes his thumb till the end is like to come off, and he must wear a large thumb on his mitten to keep it warm.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"It's fair hell, I know," the other went on, "but I kind of hate to see you come off the wagon, Mart. Well, here's how!"

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Even more exciting, you may have finished writing and will see it come off the presses in December or January.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The attempt, whatever it may be, is to come off, we will say, before one o’clock.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"My rouge won't come off." and Amy rubbed her brilliant cheek, and showed him her white glove with a sober simplicity that made him laugh outright.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He must have come off by himself, for none notice him.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“But it won't come off!” said Dora, trying very hard, and looking very much distressed.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The printed side had been blackened with wood ash, which already began to come off and soil my fingers; on the blank side had been written with the same material the one word “Depposed.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Arthur's father is better, and wants the marriage to come off soon.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

But Dora was so pleased, when she had trained him to stand upon it without offering to come off, and at the same time to hold the pencil-case in his mouth, that I was very glad I had bought it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)