See come off on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1916, Arthur J. Rees, John R. Watson, The Hampstead Mystery:",
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"(obsolete?) To come away (from a place); to leave."
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"To quit (a drug or habit); to stop doing (something)."
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"(transitive) To quit (a drug or habit); to stop doing (something)."
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "become detached",
"word": "qopmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "become detached",
"word": "ayrılıb düşmək"
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{
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"sense": "become detached",
"word": "se détacher"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "become detached",
"word": "se décoller"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "become detached",
"word": "sich ablösen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "become detached",
"word": "sich lösen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "become detached",
"word": "sich loslösen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "become detached",
"word": "abfallen"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "otvalitʹsja",
"sense": "become detached",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отвалиться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "otsojedinitʹsja",
"sense": "become detached",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отсоединиться"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "become detached",
"word": "lossna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "become detached",
"word": "åka av"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "become detached",
"word": "matanggal"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "kaḻal",
"sense": "become detached",
"word": "கழல்"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"lang_code": "ta",
"roman": "aviḻ",
"sense": "become detached",
"word": "அவிழ்"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "kalkmak",
"sense": "become detached",
"word": "قالقمق"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "to have some success",
"word": "vyjít"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "to have some success",
"word": "povést se"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to have some success",
"word": "gelingen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "udavatʹsja",
"sense": "to have some success",
"word": "удаваться"
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"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "preuspetʹ",
"sense": "to have some success",
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"lang": "Spanish",
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"sense": "to appear; to seem; to project a certain quality",
"word": "parecer"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to appear; to seem; to project a certain quality",
"word": "salirle"
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{
"code": "es",
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"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to appear; to seem; to project a certain quality",
"word": "dar la impresión de"
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{
"code": "es",
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"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to appear; to seem; to project a certain quality",
"word": "aparentar"
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{
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"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to appear; to seem; to project a certain quality",
"word": "dar una impresión"
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"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to appear; to seem; to project a certain quality",
"word": "expresarse"
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