Meaning

10 senses
  1. To become detached.

    One of the wagon wheels came off.

    sich ablösen, sich lösen, sich loslösen

    отвалитьсяotvalitʹsja, отсоединитьсяotsojedinitʹsja

    come to be detached

  2. To have some success; to succeed.

    He tried his Chaplin impression, but it didn't really come off.

    gelingen

    удаватьсяudavatʹsja, преуспетьpreuspetʹ

  3. (dated, intransitive)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.

  6. To occur; to take place; to turn out; to end up.

    It came off as we expected.

  7. To come away (from a place); to leave.

    The 290 bus route comes off the A316 at Hanworth.

  8. (transitive)To quit (a drug or habit); to stop doing (something).

  9. (intransitive)To stop playing (music).

  10. (obsolete)To finish being printed.

    This one came off easily.

Examples

114 sentences
  1. Your shirt button is coming off.

    На твоїй сорочці відривається гудзик.

    ruУ тебя пуговица на рубашке отрывается.

    deDein Hemdknopf fällt ab.

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  2. Your second button is coming off.

    ruУ вас вторая пуговица отваливается.

    deDein zweiter Knopf ist schon lose.

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  3. A button came off my coat.

    ruУ моего пальто пуговица оторвалась.

    deVon meinem Mantel ist ein Knopf abgegangen.

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  4. I hope that comes off easily.

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  5. A button came off my shirt.

    ruУ меня на рубашке пуговица оторвалась.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
become detached:
to have some success:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
become detached:
to have some success:

Forms

comes off, coming off, came off, come off
Base formcome off · to come off
3rd person singularcomes off
Present participlecoming off
Past simplecame off
Past participlecome off

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycome off
he, she, itcomes off

Past simpleLesson

all personscame off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave come off
he, she, ithas come off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill come off

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcome-off

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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