| 单词 | to come off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come off to come off ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > invitation or encouragement to action [interjection] comeOE upa1300 to come offc1405 to come ona1470 via1595 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Friar's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 302 Yis quod this Somnour..Com of, and lat me ryden hastily Yif me .xij. pens. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1167 ‘Com of, than,’ seyde they all, ‘and do hit [sc. open the door]!’ 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xx. f. lxvj Come of, come of. and slee me here as blyue. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Aiiv Come of therefore let se Shall I begynne or ye. 1557 Sarum Primer, Complin E iij Come of therfore our patronesse, Cast upon us those pitifull eyes of thyne. 2. intransitive. a. To move or travel so as to come away from a (specified or implied) place or thing; spec. (of a boat, ship, etc.) to set off from a harbour, shore, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] to come awayeOE wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE awayOE dealc1000 goOE awendOE rimeOE to go one's wayOE flitc1175 depart?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 to turn awaya1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 recede1450 roomc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 avaunt1549 trudge1562 vade?1570 discoast1571 leave1593 wag1594 to go off1600 troop1600 hence1614 to set on one's foota1616 to pull up one's stumps1647 quit1811 to clear out1816 slope1830 to walk one's chalks1835 shove1844 to roll out1850 to pull out1855 to light out1859 to take a run-out powder1909 to push off (also along)1923 c1475 (c1420) J. Page Siege of Rouen (Egerton) (1876) 41 But massyngers thedyr he sende, Bade them to come of and make an ende. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias viii. f. 21v When it was a full Sea, the shippe before on ground was afloat, and so came off from the Sandes. 1600 T. Masham in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 694 Wee had canoas come off to vs as before..with parrots, monkeys, and cotton-wooll, and flaxe. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. viii. 154 The next day Captain Minchin came off. 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 108 Made a Signal for the Boats to come off. 1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 19 Nov. 449 We came off from Burghclere yesterday afternoon, crossing Lord Carnarvon's park. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxix. 296 One was a sharp-looking gentleman..that had just come off of the steamboat. 1906 F. T. Bullen Frank Brown ix. 195 The port official's boat came off, and finding that the captain was unwilling to anchor, tried, as is their wont, to make him do so. 1916 C. J. Butler Odd Bundles 105 He was just coming off of the football field after a very exciting game. 2007 S. T. Russell Under Enemy Colors 347 As daylight waned, a boat came off from the French frigate. b. Of an actor, performer, etc.: to make an exit from a stage or similar performance area. ΚΠ 1825 J. Boaden Mem. J. P. Kemble I. i. vi. 123 On the stage, Mr. Johnstone discovered no enjoyment of the risible blunders that he had been uttering; but the moment he came off at the wing, he used to relieve himself by a scream of laughter. 1840 F. Trollope Life & Adventures Michael Armstrong II. ii. 47 I got so provoked at his crying upon the stage last night..that I cuffed him soundly when he came off. 1900 A. T. Ringling Life Story Ringling Brothers vii. 94 When I came off after my so-called act, my tongue and throat were actually parched from the fever of excitement. 1982 N. Marsh Light Thickens v. 134 William went straight on with his own lines... ‘It was a dose of stage-fright,’ she said when they came off. 2014 A. McPartlin Last Days of Rabbit Hayes (2015) 257 They were backstage at a festival in Washington. Casey had just come off and Mabel had been waiting in the wings. c. Of a rider: to fall or be thrown from a horse. Also: to fall or be knocked off a bicycle, motorbike, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > fall off wendc1300 flit1430 unhorse1583 to be floored1826 to come (fall, get) a cropper1858 to come (also have) a buster1874 to come off1874 volunteer1890 to take a toss1917 1874 Japan Weekly Mail 14 Nov. 945/1 Snowball's rider came off at the quarter mile post owing to his stirrup leather breaking. 1881 Mrs. P. O'Donoghue Ladies on Horseback i. i. 7 I confess I don't like to see a girl come off. 1896 H. G. Wells Wheels of Chance (1897) xxxvii. 294 Dangle's right leg floundered in the air as he came off in the road. The tandem wobbled. 1903 Munsey's Mag. Dec. 352/1 The horse started, jumped half his own height..and she—came off, you know, pitched clean out of her saddle. 1914 P. C. Wren Snake & Sword iii. 40 Surely Father had never been thrown—it must be impossible for such a rider to come off. 2011 Northern Daily Leader (Tamworth) 31 Oct. (Sport section) 31 He came off after the winning post in the previous race, but was unscathed. d. Cricket. Of a bowler: to be taken off or rested after a spell of bowling; to stop bowling (and assume a position in the field). Cf. to take off at take v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (intransitive)] > cease bowling to come off1878 1878 Bristol Mercury 6 Sept. 3/3 The demon bowler ‘came off’ at the College ground. 1910 A. A. Milne Day's Play 131 When I am captaining a team,..and one of the bowlers wants to come off, I am always ready to meet him half-way. 1977 Sunday Times 3 July 28/1 Geoff Miller..came off after Lancashire's Frank Hayes hit him for 30 runs—six fours and a six—in two overs. 2015 Daily Echo (Nexis) 13 Apr. Berg..had 2-6 from six overs and came off—with other bowlers you wouldn't have got the ball out of their hands! e. Sport. Of a player or team: to leave a field of play or similar playing area; spec. (of a team player) to be taken off as a result of injury or substitution. ΚΠ 1937 Irish Times 6 Sept. 11/4 Treacy came off with an injured knee and the veteran Lory Meagher came on. 1968 Financial Times 23 Sept. 22/3 When the two teams came off at half-time..they were greeted with instinctive and appreciative applause. 1977 Guardian 25 May 24/3 Stielike has not played many games since coming off injured against Dynamo Kiev in the second leg of the semi-final. 2015 Sunday Sun (Nexis) 21 June 87 He came off at half-time during England's post-Euro 2012 friendly against Italy in Berne. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] payc1387 to pay for——c1387 to come off?1544 settle1788 spring1906 pester1936 ?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. B.iv Yf ye be wyllynge to bye Ley downe money, come of quyckely. 1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church vi. iv. f. 315 The poore fellowes, which haue no Ducates or Crownes of golde, and therefore can not be relieued in the chamber of penance: where none finde ease, but such as will come off, and deale liberallie. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 539 Neither would Protogenes part with any of his pictures vnto them, vnlesse they would come off roundly and rise to a better price than before time. 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iv. iii. 11 They shall haue my horses..They must come off. 1636 W. Davenant Witts v. sig. K4 Wee'l make her costive Beldamship Come off. 1678 J. Gailhard Compl. Gentleman ii. 116 The same Governor must..handsomely come off and pay the debt. 4. intransitive. a. To become detached; to detach itself; to be detachable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > become detached [verb (intransitive)] skilla1200 unjoinc1390 to come away1575 uncleave1578 to come off1580 separate1638 shrink1688 detach1842 unship1867 1580 A. Saker Narbonus ii. 52 Did not Hercules wife sende him a poysoned shirte? which no sooner on, but it sticke fast to his backe, and euer as hee would haue plucked it away, it tore the flesh with it, and neuer came off, till he yeelded to death? 1601 R. Hakluyt tr. A. Galvano Discov. World 46 There is..a riuer of water so hot, that whatsoeuer liuing creature commeth into it, their skins will come off. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 149 Their feathers come off in Winter, and they are scabed. 1763 J. Bones in Philos. Trans. 1762 (Royal Soc.) 52 527 The flesh of her leg putrified, and came off at the ancle. 1783 B. Franklin Let. 18 Oct. in Papers (1997) XXXIII. 522 The Vaneering, as those Plates are call'd, would get loose & come off. 1833 New Monthly Mag. 37 486 Eve handled it, and no doubt the apple came off in her fingers. 1890 Universal Rev. 15 Mar. 302 The wheel of the car came off in the middle of the road. 1906 Gleanings Bee Culture 15 July 951/1 The lid comes off easily. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 671 The fleece of the Shetland ‘murrit’ sheep may come off in one piece. 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xii. 224 The gear knob of the Volvo's stick shift came off in her hand. 2003 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 11 Mar. a3 A large, major piece of debris was observed falling away from the shuttle... A second piece came off a second later. b. Of paint, ink, colour, etc.: to be, or allow of being, removed by rubbing, washing, etc. ΚΠ 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. iv. §6. 609 He wrote the word Victorie vpon the hand of his Soothsayer, in such colours as would easily come off. 1668 Excellency of Pen & Pencil sig. E4 When the colour is dry in the shell, draw your finger over it; if any Colour come off, you must add stronger Gum water to it. 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 49 I was now to find if the wax-varnish, thus burnt into the picture, would bear washing: but..rubbing one corner with a wet linen cloth, some of the colour came off. 1841 Cycl. Pract. Receipts 190/2 Do not..brush them [sc. plated articles] more than is necessary, or the silver will come off. 1892 Painting & Decorating Nov. 154/2 The paint comes off very easily. 1921 Sci. Amer. Oct. 307/2 The ink should not be so soft that it comes off too easily. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 113/1 (advt.) Unfortunately all of the ‘cheap’ paint doesn't come off. Some of it sticks fast. 1962 Motor Boating Apr. 159/1 The varnish comes off easily. 2014 K. Sundance 101 Dog Tricks: Kids Ed. 100/1 Washable ink comes off easily. c. to come off on (also upon): (of paint, ink, etc.) to be rubbed off and transferred to (another surface) through contact. Also figurative: to have an effect on (a person) through close or continued contact; cf. to rub off 3 at rub v.1 Phrasal verbs. ΚΠ 1615 T. Roe Jrnl. 5 June in Embassy to Court Great Mogul (1899) I. 12 I found a Rocke..being spotted all without with a most pure redd Coulor..that will come off upon paper or other fitt matter. 1793 Nat. Hist. Birds, Fish, Insects & Reptiles V. 139 A mealy substance of various colours, which, when handled, comes off upon the fingers. 1889 House Painting & Decorating Jan. 101/2 Lady (who has just discovered that she has been sitting on a newly-painted seat): ‘Oh dear! there's all the paint come off on my dress!’ 1976 J. Gardam Bilgewater (1985) v. 54 In other words I saw that where Grace Gathering went there would be romance and that if I hung about perhaps some of it would come off on me. 2005 Communication Arts May 60/2 Their best efforts will be published on newspaper raglan—washed-out pulp laid with slick ink that comes off on your fingers. d. Esp. of clothing or covering: to be taken off, to be removed. ΚΠ 1838 A. Somerville Narr. Brit. Auxiliary Legion 33 It was to work wid the pick..dat me coat came off, an' you'll be after flogging me for it. 1885 Lutheran Witness 7 June 10/3 After some pulling and tugging, the rest of his old clothes came off. 1963 J. Schaefer Monte Walsh 101 Don't ask me how he did it, but his pants came off too. 2015 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 6 Nov. c 22 I began at 1 p.m. on a recent sunny day. Soon the jacket came off. 5. intransitive. a. (a) With adverb, adverbial phrase, or prepositional phrase as complement. To be executed or carried out in a specified manner, or with a specified degree of success; to have a particular result or outcome, to happen or turn out in a particular way.See also to come off bluely at bluely adv. 2, to come tardy off at tardy adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > turn out goOE farec1230 to come to proofc1330 shape1338 afarec1380 achievea1393 falla1398 sort1477 succeed1541 lucka1547 to fall out1556 redound1586 to come off1590 light1612 takea1625 result1626 issue1665 to turn out1731 eventuate1787 to roll out1801 to come away1823 to work out1839 pan1865 the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > emerge or come out to come off1590 to come out1823 to run out1869 1590 L. R. Subtill Practise Fryer Frauncis 4 He cast a thousand plattes in his heade, how to displace him of all three at once, but none of them all woulde come off halfe roundly to his contentment a long time. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. i. 102 Sil. I thanke you (gentle Seruant) 'tis very Clerkly-done. Val. Now trust me (Madam) it came hardly-off . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 29 Pain. 'Tis a good Peece. Poet. So 'tis, this comes off well, and excellent. View more context for this quotation 1696 tr. G. de Courtilz de Sandras Mem. Count de Rochefort 189 The quarrel of the Messieurs de la Frette..did not come off so well. 1761 I. Bickerstaff Thomas & Sally Pref. p. v The author thinks there is no doubt..but this little piece must come off well upon the stage. 1805 Sporting Mag. Apr. 35/2 Making bets at the risk or stand or run; that is, of demanding the money in case of winning, or making themselves scarce in case the thing did not come off right. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 171 This imitation..comes off nearest to the mineral. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 586/1 If the affair comes off successfully, the hyæna seizes the bait, pulls the trigger, and the contents of the gun are lodged in its skull. 1924 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 25 June 4/6 Not necessarily ‘happy’ in the ‘romanticistic’ sense but in the sense that it comes off successfully. 1989 C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic vii. 159 Something that's been rehearsed a hundred times and performed a thousand comes off looking and sounding like a spontaneous improvisation. 2010 G. D. Phillips Some like it Wilder ix. 163 Wilder was prepared with the script pages, and the scene came off very smoothly. (b) Without complement. To meet with or result in success; to be successful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] speedc1175 fayc1300 provec1300 flourishc1400 passc1425 prosper1434 succeedc1450 to take placea1464 to come well to (our) pass1481 shift?1533 hitc1540 walka1556 fadge1573 thrive1587 work1599 to come (good) speedc1600 to go off1608 sort1613 go1699 answer1721 to get along1768 to turn up trumps1785 to come off1854 pan1865 scour1871 arrive1889 to work out1899 to ring the bell1900 to go over1907 click1916 happen1949 1854 F. Bungener Julian I. 402 The people were determined to applaud all the more lustily. ‘The play will come off,’ said some one to Mademoiselle Arnould, the actress. 1864 Crown Princess of Prussia Let. 4 May in Dearest Mama (1968) 327 The Armistice does not seem to be coming off—the King and every one seem very anxious for it here. 1883 Graphic 11 Aug. 138/2 Batting is his forte, though he does not always ‘come off’. 1904 Daily Chron. 11 July 3/2 Atmosphere is here; knowledge is here; graphic style is here. But..it does not in the telling language of the studio ‘come off’. 1959 Billboard 29 June 59 If the plan comes off, it is likely that it would call for formation of a separate European unit. 2006 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 22 June i. 11 With a little elbow grease, Patton's grand experiment came off. b. With prepositional phrase as complement. Of an event, sporting contest, etc.: to take place, occur at a specified time or place. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (intransitive)] > be carried out to take placea1464 stand1488 to pass off1752 to rub off1784 to come off1826 1826 Bell's Life in London 12 Mar. 87/1 The fight will come off on the 21st instant, within twenty miles of London. 1841 Western Farmer & Gardener Oct. 2/2 The sale came off, near Lexington, Ky., on Wednesday, 1st Sept. 1865 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 286 First dinner (called luncheon), which comes off at two o'clock. 1904 Sigma Chi Q. Feb. 185 The event will come off the last week in January at the armory here in Geneva. 1929 Hindustan Times 17 Nov. 6/5 Preparations are afoot for observance of the death anniversary of the late Lala Lajpat Rai which comes off on November 17. 2008 D. Grazian On the Make iv. 122 The emotional energy required to jump-start a bar brawl quickly dissipates after the fight concludes—making it highly unlikely that a second fight will come off in the same bar later in the evening. 6. intransitive. a. With adverb, adverbial phrase, or prepositional phrase as complement. (a) To emerge from a battle, contest, or similar situation in a specified manner or condition. Cf. to come out 19 at Phrasal verbs 1.For the construction to come well off (as in quot. 1636) compare note at off adv. 10, and well off adv.See also to come off second best at second best adj. 3, to come off with flying colours at colour n.1 Phrases 9b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > retire or extricate oneself to come off1600 society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (intransitive)] > retreat withdraw1297 recoilc1330 faila1400 rere?a1400 give way1413 ruse?a1425 retreata1460 to leave place1487 wandis1487 settle1513 retire1533 retrace1539 dismarch1596 to come off1600 to fall back1602 retraicta1604 give grounda1616 recline1789 exfiltrate1980 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 128 But my cheefe care Is to come fairely of from the great debts. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. vii. 1 We are come off, Like Romans, neither foolish in our stands, Nor Cowardly in retyre. View more context for this quotation 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 26 His few well led men came ever off with victory. 1636 tr. J. Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin Ariana i. vi. 104 He puts himselfe into many hazards, comes well off with some, is hurt in others. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 68 Some Pilgrims in some things come off losers. View more context for this quotation 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. ix. 58 Blessing our selves that we had come off so well. 1763 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XL. 346 The Chicachas had often tried their valour, but always came off with the worst. 1829 W. Scott Tales of Grandfather 3rd Ser. xxiii He had come off victorious..in every action in which he had been engaged. 1883 A. Dobson Fielding 70 In this controversy..Cibber did not come off worst. 1907 Economist 7 Dec. 2124/1 Yarn..went up a little, but cloth declined, the spinners..coming off best. 1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War i. 31 They were determined that she should come off creditably in the match with those sods. 2005 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 15 Feb. 16 Sport comes off poorly when compared with central funding attached to the arts. (b) To acquit oneself well, etc., in an action or performance; to come across with a specfied degree of success. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > perform or contest successfully to come off (also through, etc.) with flying colours1622 to come offa1645 to come on strong1886 a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) i. i. 14 Cunning but capricious Artisans, which come off in nothing so well as in making Monsters [Fr. qui ne reüssissent qu'à faire des monstres]. 1786 European Mag. & London Rev. Feb. 128/1 Mr. Brown..undertook the part of the Dancing-master, and in his capering, as well as acting, came off well, considering the shortness of his notice. 1880 ‘Pansy’ & C. M. Livingston Divers Women 92 He managed to come off passably well, and not even the teacher surmised that in reality Enos knew little more of grammar than did old Browse. 1894 B. M. Croker Mr. Jervis II. xxviii. 227 ‘You could not imagine her playing a hard set of tennis, or riding to hounds, or braving wet weather.’ ‘No,..I fancy she would “come off” badly.’ 1981 Third Way Feb. 23/2 If you come off badly in print, you can offset it with television. 1990 A. H. Marill Compl. Films E. G. Robinson 36/2 The critical notices were mixed on the film version, but most agreed that Robinson came off well in his interpretation of Joe Keller. b. To escape, to get away; (now esp.) to evade or avoid a severe punishment, defeat, injury, etc. (either entirely or with some comparatively less severe alternative). Also: †to be acquitted in a legal trial (obsolete). In later use chiefly with adverb, adverbial phrase, or prepositional phrase as complement. Cf. to get off 3 at get v. Phrasal verbs 1, to get off 4b at get v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] atfareOE atcomec1220 atstertc1220 atrouta1250 ascape1250 astart1250 atblenchc1275 scapec1275 aschapec1300 fleec1300 ofscapea1325 escapec1330 overfleea1382 to get awaya1400 slipa1400 starta1400 skiftc1440 eschewc1450 withstartec1460 rida1470 chape1489 to flee (one's) touch?1515 evadea1522 betwynde?1534 to make out1558 outscape1562 outslip1600 to come off1630 1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. I3 We are in a desperat straight, ther's no euasion Nor hope left to come of, but by your yeelding To the necessity. 1667 N. Fairfax in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 547 She had a dangerous Feaver, with a Diarrhœa, but came off. 1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 584 If, indeed, upon such a fair and full Trial he can come off, he is then Rectus in curiâ, clear and innocent. a1743 J. Cannon Chrons. (2010) II. 250 At the Assizes following, Green came off, but Urry & Sheat were banished. 1775 S. Palmer Calamy's Nonconformist's Memorial I. 164 Once he was forced to give bail for his appearance at the sessions, and when the time came, held up his hand at the bar as a criminal, but came off by the favour of Sir Henry Tulse. 1813 J. Austen Let. 24 Sept. (1995) 228 They talked of cupping me, but I came off with a dose or two of calomel. 1893 Law Jrnl. 12 Aug. 554/2 A journalist who..prints any cock-and-bull story brought him by all and sundry, comes off lightly with one year's imprisonment. 1906 ‘H. Mathers’ Tally Ho! i. vii. 73 John..thought he had broken his neck; but he came off with only a broken finger. 1918 Ice & Refrigeration 1 June 319/1 I..have given much thought to the subject of why these accidents befell me, especially after taking all the precautions I did,..while others, taking no precautions at all, came off scot free. 2015 Bournemouth Echo (Nexis) 30 Mar. The cyclist received very minor injuries... He was very lucky he came off lightly. 7. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > diverge from course bowa1000 swervec1330 wrya1350 crookc1380 to turn asidea1382 depart1393 decline14.. wryc1400 divert1430 desvoy1481 wave1548 digress1552 prevaricate1582 yaw1584 to turn off1605 to come off1626 deviate1635 sag1639 to flinch out1642 deflect1646 de-err1657 break1678 verge1693 sheera1704 to break off1725 lean1894 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §221 The Figure of a Bell partaketh of the Pyramis, but yet comming off, and dilating more suddenly. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Come, To come off, to deviate; to depart from a rule or direction. b. To extend, project from, or branch off at an angle or in a particular direction. ΚΠ 1726 H. Wilson Surv. Improv'd iii. vii. 117 The straight Edge of the Ruler comes off from the Semicircle, at the South-end of the Arch. 1784 B. Bell Syst. Surg. II. xi. 27 The urethra..comes off at nearly a right angle from the anterior part of the neck of the bladder. 1821 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 111 409 This nerve comes off from the base of the brain. 1864 Trans. Linn. Soc. 24 88 The inner corner (just where the dotted line comes off) has some longer and slenderer serrated hairs. 1912 Q. Nat. Fire Protection Assoc. July 41 They pump their regular supply. Their 4-inch line comes off of our 6-inch fire line. 2006 Contract Jrnl. (Nexis) 15 Mar. 9 Grit is..sucked away, along with all the paint, down a vacuum pipe that comes off at the side. 8. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] aswikec975 linOE beleavec1175 forletc1175 i-swikec1175 restc1175 stutte?c1225 lina1300 blinc1314 to give overc1325 to do wayc1350 stintc1366 finisha1375 leavea1375 yleavec1380 to leave offa1382 refuse1389 ceasec1410 resigna1413 respite?a1439 relinquish1454 surcease1464 discontinue1474 unfill1486 supersede1499 desist1509 to have ado?1515 stop1525 to lay aside1530 stay1538 quata1614 to lay away1628 sist1635 quita1642 to throw up1645 to lay by1709 to come off1715 unbuckle1736 peter1753 to knock off1767 stash1794 estop1796 stow1806 cheese1811 to chuck itc1879 douse1887 nark1889 to stop off1891 stay1894 sling1902 can1906 to lay off1908 to pack in1934 to pack up1934 to turn in1938 to break down1941 to tie a can to (or on)1942 to jack in1948 to wrap it up1949 1639 J. Canne Stay against Straying Ep. to Rdr. sig. ✳4 There are manie in England and in other Countries, who hold it unlawfull to be present at their divine service..and yet thinke it lawfull to heare the Ministers of that Church. Now, if such men have..tender hearts..; They will surely come off from this too. 1662 S. Clarke Coll. Lives Ten Eminent Divines i. 169 For the space [of] many years, he did never come off from the serious consideration of these things. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 361 To forgive every one, that should come off from his opposition. 1715 H. Felton Diss. reading Classics (ed. 2) 182 To come off from these grave Disquisitions, my Lord, I would clear the Point by one Instance more. b. U.S. colloquial. To stop talking or behaving in a manner considered to be foolish or ridiculous. Originally and chiefly imperative, expressing incredulity or exasperation: = come off it at Phrasal verbs 2. Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1878 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 30 Mar. 2/6 ‘Oh, come off’, said another, in the improved language of the day. 1888 R. Grant Jack Hall xi. 335 ‘Oh come off,’ said Haseltine contemptuously. ‘Quit that stuff!’ 1904 S. E. White Silent Places xiii. 139 Now you treat her decent and you treat me decent. It's time you came off. 1912 E. C. Bentley Trent's Last Case v. 119 ‘Come off!’ exclaimed Trent bitterly. ‘What do I care about his story?.. I want to know how you know he went to Southampton.’ 1954 M. Sandoz Buffalo Hunters (1978) xii. 290 Oh, come off!.. You think I would leave my help to get hurt, maybe killed? 9. intransitive. To finish a shift or period of work. ΚΠ 1843 Children's Employm. Comm.: 2nd Rep.: Trades & Manuf. 70 in Parl. Papers XIII. 307 Those who go on at twelve at night and come off at twelve at noon will get their dinner and go to bed at two, and get up again at eight, evening. 1945 Gen 30 June 51/2 One of the cookhouse bashers that came off at five. 1954 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 6 Oct. 1/7 The walkout started ahead of schedule as the night shift came off at midnight. 1997 G. Weaver Four Decades 115 It was the quiet time in Fat's Bar, the slow hours between the time the graveyard shift came off at the steel fabricating plant.., before the second shift came in. 2006 T. Pynchon Against Day 220 Webb had got into the practice of dropping by the Torpedo boardinghouse, usually around 4:00 a.m. when the night shift came off. 10. intransitive. slang. To have an orgasm. Cf. main sense 22.The exact sense of quot. c1650 is unclear. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have orgasm die1600 come1604 to go off1887 to come off1909 orgasm1973 c1650 Walking in Meadowe Greene in J. W. Hales & F. J. Furnivall Bp. Percy's Folio MS: Loose & Humorous Songs (1867) 4 Then off he came, & blusht for shame soe soone that he had endit.] 1909 J. Joyce Let. 3 Dec. (1975) 182 You..frigged me slowly until I came off through your fingers. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover x. 159 ‘We came off together that time,’ he said. 1969 P. Roth Portnoy's Complaint 183 Did you warn her you were going to shoot, or did you just come off and let her worry? 2000 G. V. Higgins At End of Day (2001) 202 Of course they can come off six or seven times a night. 11. intransitive. Of a play or film: to stop being presented to the public; to reach the end of a run. Cf. to come on 6b at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [verb (intransitive)] > reach the end of a run to come off1928 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > be shown [verb (intransitive)] > reach end of run to come off1928 1928 J. Gielgud Let. 25 Jan. (2004) 12 The play comes off on Saturday night, which is simple, isn't it? 1952 M. Laski Village vii. 121 They says it's a really good film and it comes off to-morrow. 1977 Listener 18 Aug. 202/3 The play instantly came off, so I had no money. 2010 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 24 Apr. 10 At the sites it didn't perform at, the film came off. At others where it did better it will continue. to come off —— to come off —— 1. intransitive. To become detached from; to be detachable from. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > become detached [verb (intransitive)] > be detachable to come off ——1652 unship1834 snap-off1905 1652 J. Mullard Medicina Animæ 96 Pluck up, O good Father, these roots of bitterness, that no unsavory fruit may come off the tree. 1695 L. Echard Rom. Hist. I. ii. x. 202 Many of the Beasts were left dead in the Mud, and the Hoofs came off the Horses Feet. 1749 T. Short Gen. Chronol. Hist. Air II. 91 The Cuticle became rough, as it were broken..; at last it peeled almost all off; often it came off the Feet in large Fleaks like Shoe-soles. 1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 66 49/2 A wheel had come off the carriage. 1906 Mech. Branch Assoc. Licensed Automobile Manufacturers Bull. No. 17. 70/1 I would like to know how a Goodrich detachable tire can come off a wheel if it is put on properly. 1917 D. F. Canfield Understood Betsy iii. 61 When they [sc. the apples] first come off the tree in October you could shoot them through an oak plank. 1993 Which? Feb. 6/2 A rear wheel came off his Skoda Estelle 130GL. 2010 E. Payne in P. Jevin et al. Medicines Managem. iv. 87 Some of this information may be transmitted to the prescription by using the patient's addressograph label, although this is not ideal since the label can come off the prescription. 2. intransitive. To finish (a period of work).In some instances off and its complement may be regarded as a unit functioning adverbially; cf. earlier off-duty adv. ΚΠ 1793 Proc. Gen. Court Martial Capt. R. Gregory 2 What time did you come off centry?.. About half past nine in the evening. 1857 Manch. Guardian 6 May 2/4 The men in the next shaft, coming off work at eight o'clock, also found another body. 1883 Bow Bells 29 Aug. 226/1 It was early morning, and the speaker..had just come off a long spell of night duty. 1956 Life 2 Apr. 46/2 (caption) Base builders, who have just come off a 12-hour shift, relax over coffee. 1993 P. F. Hamilton Mindstar Rising (1997) x. 98 Another wave of voices broke, the high, restless kind people used when they'd just come off work. 2007 V. Jewiss tr. R. Saviano Gomorrah (2008) 107 They were coming off a night shift as watch guards. 3. intransitive. Of a rider: to fall or be thrown off (a horse). Also: to fall or be knocked off (a bicycle, motorbike, etc.). ΚΠ 1888 Morning Post 10 Sept. 6/3 A man came off his horse while riding on in the human sacrifice scene, and was unhurt. 1922 Des Moines (Iowa) Capital 3 Dec. 1/5 He came off his horse at a difficult double jump at which his mount failed. 1979 New Scientist 15 Nov. 525/2 In such an event [sc. the front wheel locking] most riders come off the bike. 2007 Illawarra (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 4 Apr. 8 It is believed Mr Grey came off his surfboard and fell head-first into a sandbar. 4. intransitive. colloquial. To stop doing or saying (something considered to be foolish or ridiculous). Chiefly imperative, expressing incredulity or exasperation. Esp. in come off it. Cf. to come off 8a at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > leave off! or stop it! to do waya1325 stay1601 go and eat coke1669 to leave off1785 whoa1838 drop it!1843 cut1859 turn it up1867 to come off ——1896 to chuck it1901 knock it off!1902 cut it out1903 nix1903 break it down1941 to shove it1941 leave it out!1969 1896 Harper's New Monthly Mag. 162/1 Oh, come off that, Jack. 1904 Smith's Weekly 27 Aug. 312/3 ‘Here, come off it!’ the bully grunted. ‘Come off it—I ain't taking any. What's your game?’ 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale 48 ‘Come off it, Roy,’ I said. ‘I'm too old a bird to be caught with chaff.’ 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags iii. 187 ‘I don't know what you mean,’ she said... ‘Oh, come off it,’ he said. Angela came off it. She began to weep. 1982 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 6 Aug. 15/2 We hope the company comes off their ridiculous proposals. 1988 G. Patterson Burning your Own (1993) 122 ‘Tell him I'm..having a bath.’ ‘Come off it, he'll know that's a lie.’ 2001 P. P. Read Alice in Exile (2002) iii. vii. 276 ‘I don't know that I want a husband,’ said Alice. ‘Oh, come off it. We all saw what went on with that ghastly Lieutenant Solovyov.’ 5. intransitive. To stop taking (an addictive drug); to give up, quit. Also: to stop taking (a form of medication). Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1957 Anderson (Indiana) Sunday Herald 10 Nov. 35/4 Man, you're a dope fiend, you ain't got nothin'. Never. If I ever come off it now, I'd die. 1977 Daily Mirror 15 Mar. 7/4 In some cases when women come off the Pill, we can stimulate the return of periods with an ovulatory drug. 1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army xxiv. 301 Coming off an addiction to tension and danger can produce as bad a form of ‘cold turkey’ as giving up drugs. 1999 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 27 Jan. Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. Coming off heroin would be a skoosh too. 2006 Daily Tel. 24 Oct. 11/4 The second patient's motile sperm level went from healthy to almost zero when on sertraline..and back to normal when he came off medication. < as lemmas |
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