come off
verb
came off; come off; coming off; comes off
2
: succeed
a television series that never came off—
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US, informal
—used in phrases like where do you come off? to express anger or annoyance at what someone has said or done
Marie was bent over the table now, reading, her piping girlish voice hot with indignation. "Where does she come off, anyway?"—T. Coraghessan Boyle
T. Coraghessan Boyle1
: to have recently completed or recovered from
coming off a good year
2
: to have recently stopped using (an illegal drug)
an addict who is coming off heroin
Examples of come off in a Sentence
couldn't believe that the wedding would actually come off—they've been “just dating” for years
the attempted revival of the city's downtown never really came off, and even more stores eventually closed
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Club America is coming off an excellent 2024-25 Clausura season, finishing second on the Liga MX table with 34 points in 17 matches and a league-leading plus-24 goal differential.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
The rest of the cast comes off much worse than Corenswet, albeit in a way that indicts Gunn more than any performer.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 11 July 2025
Newgarden has been unpredictable at best in 2025, coming off his third consecutive race accident after crashing out on Lap 1, Turn 1 last weekend at Mid-Ohio.
—Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Nashville is coming off a 5-2 come-from-behind win over D.C.
—Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
The rest of the cast comes off much worse than Corenswet, albeit in a way that indicts Gunn more than any performer.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 11 July 2025
Newgarden has been unpredictable at best in 2025, coming off his third consecutive race accident after crashing out on Lap 1, Turn 1 last weekend at Mid-Ohio.
—Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Nashville is coming off a 5-2 come-from-behind win over D.C.
—Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
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“Come off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20off. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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