come off

/kˈʌm ˈɒf/

/kˈʌm ˈɔf/

to come off

MAIN VERB

[phrase form: come]

to become or be able to be detached or removed from something

come to be detached

synonyms : come away

antonyms : attach

happen in a particular manner

synonyms : go off

break off (a piece from a whole)

synonyms : break away

to stop taking medicine, a drug, alcohol, etc.

*** to end up in a good or bad position because of an argument or some kind of struggle

to succeed in achieving or doing something

*** Appear; to seem; to project a certain quality

Examples

1. In the fight, he came off worse and had to be taken to the hospital.

2. But then the wheels came off the bus in the final season, and now it's often derided as one of the most disappointing finales of all time.

3. Come off it, he can hardly boil an egg!

4. In the argument, he came off worst and was left feeling humiliated.