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as in happens
to take place
couldn't believe that the wedding would actually come off—they've been "just dating" for years
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as in succeeds
to turn out as planned or desired
the attempted revival of the city's downtown never really came off, and even more stores eventually closed
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Recent Examples of comes off
Then the shirt comes off and the stomach is sucked in.
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David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
All of it — again, apparently done with no warning or prep time for Levy — comes off with bizarre credulity.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Park oozes with an old guy’s perception of what charm should be but comes off more like a slightly sleazy Mediterranean oligarch wearing too much shiny gold jewelry.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2025
San Diego State comes off a bye week.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
So what does this offense look like when Xavier Worthy comes back and Rashee Rice comes off suspension?
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
All of it — again, apparently done with no warning or prep time for Levy — comes off with bizarre credulity.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Park oozes with an old guy’s perception of what charm should be but comes off more like a slightly sleazy Mediterranean oligarch wearing too much shiny gold jewelry.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2025
San Diego State comes off a bye week.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
So what does this offense look like when Xavier Worthy comes back and Rashee Rice comes off suspension?
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes off
Verb
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What happens in-house should be protected, and none of that should have gotten out.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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And once that happens, the risks do not stay confined to one company.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Scherger succeeds Michael Casamento, who, after 10 years as Amcor's CFO, has decided to return home to Australia to be closer to his family on a full-time basis.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Soria, who is 63, succeeds Kennedy, an accountant and former Urban Corps finance official who took over as CEO in 2020.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There isn’t a ton of video footage of him, but there’s this interview with Robert Ressler and some of that is in the Peacock documentary.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
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So, because of that, there is some gaging and figuring out to do.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Same goes for their boss, Jason Kidd.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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These two puzzles are both relevant to the fundamental properties and constituents of the Universe, but as far as the resolution goes, that will have to await our scientific future.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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If many trees surround your pond, consider buying a domed net that goes over the water to keep leaves from accumulating on the surface.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Sep. 2025
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For instance, if inflation continues to rise and goes over 3% next month, lowering rates could result in even higher inflation.—
Rohit Arora,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Period atmosphere gets a boost from the soundtrack, which pulls together tracks from DJ Luck & MC Neat, The Midnight, Louise Browne and composer Gregory Dombrowski, who works out of Los Angeles.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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In one of many tonally jarring subplots, Vince works out a scam to burn down his dead mother’s house in Brooklyn to collect the insurance money with the help of a corrupt fire marshal.—
Andrew Bernard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The black box warning must be displayed for 10 seconds, unless the user clicks an X icon, and cover at least 25% of the screen of the site.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
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When the user clicks that link, the browser mistakes the malicious prompt for an instruction from the user—and begins carrying it out.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Comes off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comes%20off. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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