come+off
41come off — verb 1. come to be detached (Freq. 2) His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery • Syn: ↑detach, ↑come away • Ant: ↑attach (for: ↑detach) …
42come off — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. succeed (see success). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become separated] Syn. fall off, come apart, be disconnected, be disengaged, be severed, be parted, be disjoined, be detached, come unfastened, get… …
43come off — 1》 be accomplished; succeed. ↘fare in a specified way: he always came off worse in an argument. 2》 Brit. informal have an orgasm. → come …
44come off — verb Date: 1596 intransitive verb 1. a. to acquit oneself ; fare < came off well in the contest > b. appear, seem 2. succeed < a t …
45come\ off — v 1. To take place; happen. The picnic came off at last, after being twice postponed. 2. informal To do well; succeed. The attempt to bring the quarreling couple together again came off, to people s astonishment …
46come off — see come …
47come off it — informal said when vigorously expressing disbelief. → come …
48come off it — exclam. behave nicely or pleasantly. Oh, come of it, no one believes you …
49come off — be successful The party came off without any problems so everyone was very happy …
50come off patent — come/go off patent ► if a product comes off patent or goes off patent, the period of time for which someone has the patent for it comes to an end: »A lot of the company s top selling drugs were going off patent. Main Entry: ↑patent …