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come off

verb

1 come off

Come to be detached.

synonyms: come away, detach.

Roget 44: be disjoined &c.; come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces; peel off; get loose.    disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair; ... show more

Roget 151: happen, occur; take place, take effect; come, become of; come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on; pass, ... show more

Dutch: losgaan, loskomen, loslaten, losraken

2 come off

Happen in a particular manner.

synonyms: go off, go over.

Dutch: gaan, lopen, marcheren, verlopen

3 come off

Break off (a piece from a whole).

synonyms: break away, break off, chip, chip off.


noun

Roget 671: escape, scape; avolation, elopement, flight; evasion etc. (avoidance) 623; retreat; narrow escape, hairbreadth escape; close call; ... show more

Roget 617: pretext, pretense, pretension, plea; allegation, advocation; ostensible motive, ostensible ground, ostensible reason, phony reason; excuse etc. (vindication) 937; ... show more

Moby thesaurus: abjure, be blooded, be found, be met with, be realized, be successful, befall, betide, break, carry away, catch on, chance, click, come, come about, come apart, come down, come to pass, come true, come undone ... show more.

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