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as in to happen
to take place
couldn't believe that the wedding would actually come off—they've been "just dating" for years
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as in to succeed
to turn out as planned or desired
the attempted revival of the city's downtown never really came off, and even more stores eventually closed
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Recent Examples of come off
All the while, though, the glow was coming off the atom.
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Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The Greek Freak is coming off a stellar performance on Saturday against the Miami Heat.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The Texas Rangers just won five straight games and are coming off a series sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2025
But obesity experts have told The Associated Press that as many as 1 in 5 people may not lose the amount of weight that others have seen come off.
—Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
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Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The Greek Freak is coming off a stellar performance on Saturday against the Miami Heat.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The Texas Rangers just won five straight games and are coming off a series sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2025
But obesity experts have told The Associated Press that as many as 1 in 5 people may not lose the amount of weight that others have seen come off.
—Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for come off
Verb
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What’s happening is a homogeny of deal-making and how deals are done because of the streamers.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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The incident with Lauren had understandably raised questions on whether Weezer’s set would still happen.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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The endeavor succeeded and eventually became known as Shift4.—
Wendy Whitman Cobb,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
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But El Salvador’s crackdown on gang violence succeeded in large part because the country’s police had spent years carefully amassing legal evidence.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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There were a couple of Palm Beach restaurants added to the Bib Gourmand list, too: aioli and Palm Beach Meats, both from West Palm Beach.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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At this time, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it has yet to be determined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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His scorecard was spectacular in the early going with six consecutive threes marked on his scorecard.—
Steve Silverman,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Instead, the Knicks went 0-10 against the league’s top three teams (the Celtics, Cavaliers and Thunder).—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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In closed session a month before a personnel vote, board members go over personnel issues with CPS’ legal staff — what has been recommended and how the employee got to this point in the termination process.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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Multiple fighters went over to acknowledge Trump after their events had ended.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
16 Apr. 2025
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These fast-moving, Mid-Atlantic hurricanes seem to occur every 40 years or so, with 2003, 1933, 1896, 1893, and 1878 all being examples.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Recently, neurologists have set out to find the part of the brain where this change in perception occurs.—
Jorge Garay,
Wired News,
19 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The trigger and bumper on the right Joy-Con 2 felt like clicking the left and right mouse buttons, and the controller slid smoothly.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Like most comedies, North of North takes a few episodes to click into its fullest potential.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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However, the quality of having enough career resilience to bounce back and hardly feel the impact comes down to several factors, a few of which will be addressed below.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The whole family, including two dogs, came down to Boise for the legislative session.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Come off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20off. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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