"come off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: comes off [present, singular, third-person], coming off [participle, present], came off [past], come off [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> off}} come off (third-person singular simple present comes off, present participle coming off, simple past came off, past participle come off)
  1. To become detached. Translations (become detached): qopmaq (Azerbaijani), ayrılıb düşmək (Azerbaijani), se détacher (French), se décoller (French), sich ablösen (German), sich lösen (German), sich loslösen (German), abfallen (German), قالقمق (kalkmak) (Ottoman Turkish), отвалиться (otvalitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), отсоединиться (otsojedinitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), lossna (Swedish), åka av (Swedish), matanggal (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-come_off-en-verb-keSGvYn2 Disambiguation of 'become detached': 82 1 0 1 4 5 4 1 1 0
  2. To have some success; to succeed. Translations (to have some success): vyjít (Czech), povést se (Czech), gelingen (German), удаваться (udavatʹsja) (Russian), преуспеть (preuspetʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-come_off-en-verb-meNdS1CX Disambiguation of 'to have some success': 0 97 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
  3. (dated) To have an orgasm. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-come_off-en-verb-t5cgfW0x
  4. To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality. Synonyms: come across
    Sense id: en-come_off-en-verb-en:seem Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 3 2 14 28 5 31 4 7 2 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 3 4 3 22 25 6 25 5 5 3 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 3 2 21 27 4 29 5 6 2
  5. To escape or get off (lightly, etc.); to come out of a situation without significant harm. Derived forms: come off it, come-off [noun], come off second best
    Sense id: en-come_off-en-verb-aBEo8TmE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 2 8 33 3 40 3 5 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 3 2 14 28 5 31 4 7 2 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 3 4 3 22 25 6 25 5 5 3 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 4 5 3 9 29 6 30 5 5 3 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 3 2 21 27 4 29 5 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 5 3 9 27 10 26 7 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 4 4 3 8 27 10 31 5 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 4 3 10 25 10 29 8 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 5 4 2 8 27 14 26 7 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 4 3 8 27 10 32 5 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 4 4 3 9 27 10 31 5 5 3
  6. To occur; to take place; to turn out; to end up. Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-come_off-en-verb-pqJmS2GF Disambiguation of Sex: 0 1 4 7 27 37 1 5 6 13 Categories (other): Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 5 4 2 8 27 14 26 7 5 2
  7. (obsolete) To come away (from a place); to leave. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-come_off-en-verb-qHVyCd~R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 2 8 33 3 40 3 5 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 3 2 14 28 5 31 4 7 2 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 3 4 3 22 25 6 25 5 5 3 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 4 5 3 9 29 6 30 5 5 3 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 3 2 21 27 4 29 5 6 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 4 3 5 30 5 41 3 4 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 5 3 9 27 10 26 7 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 4 4 3 8 27 10 31 5 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 4 3 10 25 10 29 8 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 5 4 7 26 7 32 5 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 4 3 9 26 5 33 5 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 5 4 2 8 27 14 26 7 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 5 4 8 27 6 35 4 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 4 3 8 27 10 32 5 5 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 4 4 3 9 27 10 31 5 5 3
  8. (obsolete, printing, of a printed sheet) To finish being printed. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-come_off-en-verb-ruiGI5Kk Topics: media, printing, publishing
  9. (transitive) To quit (a drug or habit); to stop doing (something). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-come_off-en-verb-9rgulivi
  10. (intransitive) To orgasm. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-come_off-en-verb-93klMf1J

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[…] the kind of second-drawer poems which do not quite come off in terms of total response but which poets are often reluctant to abandon because they are technically competent and a good deal of work has gone into them.",
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          "text": "The task is complicated by the people with whom he must cope, including Rose, the martinet chair of the English Department; Connie, a frustrated, mercurial, and ultimately vindictive colleague (women do not come off well in this book); […]",
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          "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 61:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "‘I was never frightened of any job yet,’ he said, ‘and I'd do this job to-night if the house was full of rozzers,’ Hill pretended that he wasn't particular whether the thing came off or not that night, but all the while he kept egging Fred on to do it.",
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          "text": "One of the wagon wheels came off.",
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        {
          "text": "He tried his Chaplin impression, but it didn't really come off.",
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          "ref": "1978, Canadian Literature, numbers 78-79, page 84:",
          "text": "[…] the kind of second-drawer poems which do not quite come off in terms of total response but which poets are often reluctant to abandon because they are technically competent and a good deal of work has gone into them.",
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        {
          "ref": "1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 2020-11-11:",
          "text": "She turned and looked at him. ‘We came off together that time,’ he said. […] ‘Don't people often come off together?’ she asked with naive curiosity.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To have an orgasm."
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        "(dated) To have an orgasm."
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          "text": "I'm sorry if I came off as condescending; that wasn't my intention.",
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          "text": "You should be careful about how you come off during interviews.",
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        {
          "ref": "1985 August 24, Bill Kreidler, “Uneven Men's Comedy from Promising Writer”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 7, page 9:",
          "text": "The task is complicated by the people with whom he must cope, including Rose, the martinet chair of the English Department; Connie, a frustrated, mercurial, and ultimately vindictive colleague (women do not come off well in this book); […]",
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          "word": "come across"
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          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The concluding ceremony came off at twelve o’clock on the day of departure […]",
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          "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 61:",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "1916, Arthur J. Rees, John R. Watson, The Hampstead Mystery:",
          "text": "‘I was never frightened of any job yet,’ he said, ‘and I'd do this job to-night if the house was full of rozzers,’ Hill pretended that he wasn't particular whether the thing came off or not that night, but all the while he kept egging Fred on to do it.",
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        "(obsolete) To come away (from a place); to leave."
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        "(obsolete, printing, of a printed sheet) To finish being printed."
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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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        "(intransitive) To orgasm."
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "become detached",
      "word": "qopmaq"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "become detached",
      "word": "ayrılıb düşmək"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "become detached",
      "word": "se détacher"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "become detached",
      "word": "se décoller"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "become detached",
      "word": "sich ablösen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "become detached",
      "word": "sich lösen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "become detached",
      "word": "sich loslösen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "become detached",
      "word": "abfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kalkmak",
      "sense": "become detached",
      "word": "قالقمق"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvalitʹsja",
      "sense": "become detached",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "отвалиться"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otsojedinitʹsja",
      "sense": "become detached",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "отсоединиться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "become detached",
      "word": "lossna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "become detached",
      "word": "åka av"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "become detached",
      "word": "matanggal"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to have some success",
      "word": "vyjít"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to have some success",
      "word": "povést se"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to have some success",
      "word": "gelingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udavatʹsja",
      "sense": "to have some success",
      "word": "удаваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "preuspetʹ",
      "sense": "to have some success",
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      "word": "преуспеть"
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  "word": "come off"
}

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