come off
Verb

come off

  1. To become detached.
    One of the wagon wheels came off.
  2. To have some success; to succeed.
    He tried his Chaplin impression, but it didn't really come off.
  3. (dated) To have an orgasm.
  4. To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality.
    I'm sorry if I came off as condescending; that wasn't my intention.
    You should be careful about how you come off during interviews.
  5. To escape or get off (lightly, etc.); to come out of a situation without significant harm.
    • 1952, British Bee Journal & Bee-keepers Adviser (volume 80, page 466)
      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.
  6. (obsolete) To come away (from a place); to leave.
Translations
  • French: se détacher, se décoller
  • Russian: отвалиться
Translations
  • Russian: удаваться



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