come off it
To stop doing something or stop talking about somethingTo stop doing something or stop talking about something.
Meaning
1 senses(informal)To stop doing something or stop talking about something.
Oh, come off it with the endless questioning.
He has to come off it about his Harry Potter fanfic.
Examples
323 sentencesCome on, give it a try.
Ну ж бо, спробуй це. — deniko
ruДавай, попробуй. — marafon
deKomm jetzt, probier’s doch! — raggione
You should come back home before it gets dark.
Тобі слід повернутися додому перш ніж стемніє. — deniko
Come home before it gets dark.
Ходімо додому поки не зтемніло. — shanghainese
ruВернись домой до наступления темноты. — Lenin_1917
deKomm nach Hause, bevor es dunkel wird. — Adelpa
Come on, admit it.
Ну ж бо, визнай це. — deniko
ruДавай, признай это. — odexed
deKomm schon, gib es doch zu. — Jan_Schreiber
Come get it.
Йди візьми його. — deniko
deKomm und hol es dir. — Felixjp
Origin
Originally a British shortening of "come off the grass!", an older (originally American) pOriginally a British shortening of "come off the grass!", an older (originally American) phrase. Come off the grass!, which is roughly indicative of the speaker's disbelief, or that the speaker believes that the one being spoken to needs to face reality, is ultimately a play on the oft-seen phrase on signs in places such as public parks: "keep off the grass".
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Forms
comes off it, coming off it, came off it, come off it| Base form | come off it · to come off it |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | comes off it |
| Present participle | coming off it |
| Past simple | came off it |
| Past participle | come off it |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle