Hello!
In the sentence: ‘Everything has come off without a hitch.’, the meaning is
" Everything has happened or succeeded without a problem.’?
To come off= to happen, to succeed
Thank you for your time!
Yes, that’s right.
To come off= to happen, to succeed
So is the following statement correct : when will the football match going to come off
2. The meeting is going to come off. at 2 O’clock. Please confirm.
‘Come off’ isn’t really always a substitute for ‘take place’ or ‘happen’. It is associated with events that have either taken place or happened in a particular way, either with success or without success.
Hello Alan,
Taking your explanation into account, is it possible to say:
How is the match going to come off?
Is the match going to come off in favor of Team B?
Thanks!
Hi OTS,
I have to confess that this phrasal verb ‘come off’ is a bit of a conundrum to me because it has so many meanings. For that reason I don’t honestly think that your two sentences work. In sentence (1) I would say: How is the match going to go? and in (2) Is the match going to end up in favor of Team B? I realise that’s not a very satisfactory answer and so let me chicken out and refer you to the BNC showing how ‘come off’ is used: bnc.bl.uk/saraWeb.php?qy=come+off&mysubmit=Go
I see,
Thanks for the advice!
Hi, Mr Alan you have put a smile on my face! by saying ‘let me chicken out’. If I am not mistaken I guess is the same as ‘let me check out’ not it?
I used the expression to indicate ‘take the coward’s way out.’
Alan the BNC you provided up there confusses me somehow as in: “Come off it Marcus” please what is he trying to indicate, please elaborate. I really want to know the meaning of COME OFF IT.
This is what you say when you are telling someone to stop talking nonsense or to stop suggesting something unpleasant as in:
A. I hear that you have just been offered a job worth £500,000 a year.
B. Come off it! Who told you that? How could I possibly get that kind of money?
Alan
Biiiig Thanks Mr. Alan.