come+off
31come off second best — {v. phr.} To not win first but only second, third, etc. place. * /Our home team came off second best against the visitors./ * /Sue complains that she always comes off second best when she has a disagreement with her husband./ …
32come off second best — {v. phr.} To not win first but only second, third, etc. place. * /Our home team came off second best against the visitors./ * /Sue complains that she always comes off second best when she has a disagreement with her husband./ …
33come\ off\ with\ flying\ colors — • come off with flying colors • come through with flying colors v. phr. To succeed; triumph. John came off with flying colors in his final exams at college …
34come off worst — ▪ To be defeated in a contest, be the loser in a given situation ▪ To produce one s worst possible effort, whether deliberately or not ● worst * * * come off ˈworst idiom to lose a fight, competition, etc. or suffer more compared with others… …
35come off worse — come off ˈworse idiom to lose a fight, competition, etc. or suffer more compared with others Main entry: ↑worseidiom …
36come off sth — UK US come off sth Phrasal Verb with come({{}}/kʌm/ verb ► FINANCE to begin to become less in price or value after having increased: »Operating profits came off 10% to £20.6m. ► US to have recently finished a period of time when something very… …
37ˌcome ˈoff (sth) — phrasal verb 1) be removed from something I pulled at the drawer, and the handle came off.[/ex] The grease won t come off your skin with ordinary washing.[/ex] 2) come off it spoken used for telling someone to stop saying something because you do …
38come off second best — be defeated in a competition * * * come off second best chiefly Brit : to finish in second place : to fail to win Our team came off second best. • • • Main Entry: ↑second best …
39come off second best — to be beaten in a competition or an argument. I ve given up arguing with my big brother because I always come off second best …
40come off — Synonyms and related words: abjure, be blooded, be found, be met with, be realized, be successful, befall, betide, break, carry away, catch on, chance, click, come, come about, come apart, come down, come to pass, come true, come undone, come… …
