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as in to happen
to take place
couldn't believe that the wedding would actually come off—they've been "just dating" for years
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as in to succeed
to turn out as planned or desired
the attempted revival of the city's downtown never really came off, and even more stores eventually closed
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Recent Examples of come off
All the while, though, the glow was coming off the atom.
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Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The Greek Freak is coming off a stellar performance on Saturday against the Miami Heat.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The Texas Rangers just won five straight games and are coming off a series sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2025
But obesity experts have told The Associated Press that as many as 1 in 5 people may not lose the amount of weight that others have seen come off.
—Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
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Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The Greek Freak is coming off a stellar performance on Saturday against the Miami Heat.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The Texas Rangers just won five straight games and are coming off a series sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2025
But obesity experts have told The Associated Press that as many as 1 in 5 people may not lose the amount of weight that others have seen come off.
—Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for come off
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What’s happening is a homogeny of deal-making and how deals are done because of the streamers.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Instead, time is running out an array of bad defensive performances leave them eight points behind the Montreal Canadiens and a tragic number of one to be eliminated, something that can happen as soon as Thursday’s visit to the New York Islanders.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The endeavor succeeded and eventually became known as Shift4.—
Wendy Whitman Cobb,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
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But El Salvador’s crackdown on gang violence succeeded in large part because the country’s police had spent years carefully amassing legal evidence.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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There are some nice bits, among them Charlie consulting a YouTube lock-picking instruction video.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
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There are interesting design touches all over the ceilings, including the Constellation Carousel, Oak & Star Tavern and the queue to Curse of the Werewolf, among others.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Apr. 2025
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Instead, the Knicks went 0-10 against the league’s top three teams (the Celtics, Cavaliers and Thunder).—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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If one or two bounces had gone the other way, Dartmouth would have advanced to the final four for the first time in school history.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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However, the action did not go over well with her friend, the woman said.—
Arabella Hau,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Most notably, there is no information on what happens if a team or school accidentally goes over the cap, let alone if a school intentionally does so.—
Joe Sabin,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Massive basement and sub-basement flooding occurred when crews punctured a century-old freight tunnel located underneath the Chicago River.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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All parties -- Ray, the friend and the Uber driver -- eventually got out of the car, and an altercation then allegedly occurred, Finfer said, based on Ray's account.—
Victoria Arancio,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2025
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The trigger and bumper on the right Joy-Con 2 felt like clicking the left and right mouse buttons, and the controller slid smoothly.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Like most comedies, North of North takes a few episodes to click into its fullest potential.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Convention says Sunday might come down to who does what on the par-3s and -4s.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Egg prices at the grocery store have come down from their highs earlier this year.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2025
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