Come off

verb

Word Frequency: 1.8

Definitions

1.verbTo become detached.

"One of the wagon wheels came off."

2.verbTo have some success; to succeed.

"He tried his Chaplin impression, but it didn't really come off."

3.verbTo have an orgasm.

4.verbTo appear; to seem; to project a certain quality.

"I'm sorry if I came off as condescending; that wasn't my intention."

5.verbTo escape or get off (lightly, etc.); to come out of a situation without significant harm.

6.verbTo come away (from a place); to leave.

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