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Verb: come off  kúm óf
  1. Come to be detached
    "His retina came off and he had to be rushed into surgery";
    - detach, come away
     
  2. Happen in a particular manner
    "how did your talk come off?";
    - go off, go over
     
  3. Detach or become detached or separated from a larger piece
    "The button came off his shirt";
    - chip, chip off, break away, break off, break, snap off

Derived forms: comes off, came off, come off, coming off

Type of: come about, detach, divide, fall out, go on, hap [archaic], happen, occur, part, pass, pass off, separate, take place