come off

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

come off phrasal verb [ came off comes off coming off ]
1. informal to happen as planned or to succeed
• There was some sort of property deal that didn't come off.
• I tried telling a few jokes but they didn't come off (= no one laughed).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
2. come off better/worse/badly/well
to finish in a particular condition after a fight, argument, etc., especially compared to someone else
• The smaller dog actually came off better, with only a few scratches.
• I always come off worse when we argue.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Coming to an end ↑Causing something to end
Main entry: come_{phrasal verb}