COMING OFF Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

coming off

verb

present participle of come off

as in happening

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 succeeding

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 coming off But coming off the back of that, there was all of this legislation that was pretty awful and generally, there were a lot of homophobic attitudes, still quite extreme, even as late as the 1990s. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026 In warmer months, the wall of floor-to-ceiling windows between dining room and terrace retracts such that the whole place is open to the warm breeze coming off the water. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026 Senior quarterback Brady Cloherty is coming off his second seven-touchdown passing performance of the season in a 49-14 win over Providence. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Indeed, Boone is coming off perhaps his finest regular season, leading the Yankees to a 93-68 record despite all of the adversity. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 Strong is coming off an incredible sophomore season, when she was named the Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award, Wade Trophy AP Player of the Year and USBWA Player of the Year winner. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026 The Broncos are coming off a thrilling win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night, 30-26, that included a 66-yard interception return for a touchdown by former 49ers safety Talanoa Hufanga. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Marco Rossi, Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Max Sasson and Elias Pettersson also scored for the Canucks, who are coming off a last-place finish in the NHL last season with a 25-49-8 record. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 All three major averages are coming off their second straight negative day. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming off

Verb

My intention for this film actually also is to be a reflection of what’s happening in Palestine.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
There's a long history of events like this happening in fraternities.

— Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of happening

Verb

There is a lot of money in the market, but some of it appears to be receding and the number of commissions is coming down.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
That percentage is coming down as part of UPS’ plan to eliminate lower-quality volume, but Amazon still represents a meaningful part of the business.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of coming down

Verb

Google is exploring ways to pay sites directly for contributing to AI answers, but its pilot program is reportedly not going over well with publishers.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
The couple have kept their creative partnership going over the past year.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of going over

Verb

And the other film is about a Jordanian farmer and the water loss in Jordan, because there’s a whole political situation going on with water being stolen by Israel.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
There’s a lot of interesting work going on at Abundantia right now.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of going on

Verb

The series follows the Canadian team’s historic run to the World Cup final, where they were ultimately toppled by host country England, going down 33-13 in front of a sellout crowd of 82,000 at Twickenham Stadium in South West London.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
And finding that fresh way to tell stories doesn’t necessarily mean going down the tried-and-tested horror route.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of going down

Verb

Two years of eating brownies and pizza as meals, never working out, and entrepreneurial pressure had snowballed into gastrointestinal reflux disease.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026
This pre-season, Jadon Sancho spent time at Flixton FC, working out in private training sessions on the banks of the once busy Manchester Ship Canal.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026