come off

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of COME OFF

to take place <couldn't believe that the wedding would actually come off—they've been “just dating” for years>

Synonyms be, befall, betide, chance, come, come about, come down, come off, cook, do, go down [slang], go on, hap, occur, pass, transpire

Related Words break, develop, rise, shape (up); arise, come up, crop (up), materialize, spring (up); intervene; fall out, follow, result, turn out; go off, proceed

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>

Synonyms click, come off, deliver, go, go over, pan out, work out

Related Words catch on; flourish, prosper, thrive; cook, percolate

Near Antonyms languish; flounder, struggle; decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane; crash, crater, crumble, flame out; choke, crack up, miscarry, misfire; fall down, go under; implode, self-destruct

Antonyms bomb, collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, wash out

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