come off sth
(COMPLETE) US — phrasal verb with come /kʌm/ verb (came, come)Definition
› to have recently finished a period of time when something very successful or very difficult happened: The company was coming off one of its best years ever.Coming to an endCausing something to end
(Definition of come off sth (COMPLETE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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come off it! idiom
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come off phrasal verb 1
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come off phrasal verb 2
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come off sth phrasal verb (STOP USING)
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come on phrasal verb (APPEAR)
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come on phrasal verb (ENCOURAGE)
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come on phrasal verb (NOT BELIEVE)
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come on phrasal verb (SEXUAL INTEREST)
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Synonyms and related words:
- come off phrasal verb 2
- come out phrasal verb (RESULT)
- come to a full stop idiom
- come to a head idiom
- come to sth phrasal verb (REACH)
- come to the end of the road idiom
- culminate verb
- dry up phrasal verb (END)
- emergence noun (APPEARING)
- expire verb (END)
- finish up phrasal verb
- fizzle out phrasal verb
- go out (of) the window idiom
- land up phrasal verb
- lapse verb
- play itself out phrasal verb
- run its course idiom
- run out phrasal verb
- taper off phrasal verb
- the sun sets on sth idiom
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