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come off sth

(STOP USING) mainly UK phrasal verb with come
 
 
/kʌm/ verb (came, come)

Definition

If you come off medicine or drugs, you stop using them: He's come off the tablets because they were making him dizzy.Stop having or doing something
(Definition of come off sth (STOP USING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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