come off
verb
came off; come off; coming off; comes off
2
: succeed
His plans to start a business never came off.
4
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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That might come off as a little dark.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Udogie came off in the second half at Old Trafford after pulling up while running down the left wing.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
That’s because spring training and the early parts of the schedule always seem to bring more injuries — a reality that the Yankees have acknowledged this winter — and Max Fried, Cam Schlittler and Will Warren are all coming off career-high workloads.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
That’s a sizable investment in a pitcher who projects as a back-of-the-rotation arm and who is coming off an entire year lost to Tommy John surgery.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Udogie came off in the second half at Old Trafford after pulling up while running down the left wing.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
That’s because spring training and the early parts of the schedule always seem to bring more injuries — a reality that the Yankees have acknowledged this winter — and Max Fried, Cam Schlittler and Will Warren are all coming off career-high workloads.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
That’s a sizable investment in a pitcher who projects as a back-of-the-rotation arm and who is coming off an entire year lost to Tommy John surgery.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
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“Come off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20off. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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