English Dictionary

come off

verb

To become detached. / To have some success; to succeed. / (dated) To have an orgasm. / To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality.

The sticker on my laptop started to come off.

意味（1）

To become detached.

One of the wagon wheels came off.

意味（2）

To have some success; to succeed.

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

意味（3）

(dated) To have an orgasm.

‘Don't people often come off together?’ she asked with naive curiosity.

意味（4）

To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality.

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

意味（5）

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

Well that is precisely what I did, and as I had never heard of using gloves and veil in connection with bees I suppose I came off lightly with one sting on the tip of the nose.

意味（6）

To occur; to take place.

And then the wedding came off, and the king gave a grand feast which lasted for many a day, and if they have not done feasting by this, why they are still at it.

意味（7）

(obsolete) To come away (from a place); to leave.