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come off it

come off it interjection: an expression of disbelief.

Interjection

  1. An expression of disbelief.
    • Come off it, mate! You can't be serious.
    • My palace spies have informed my that a certain tacky queen going by the pseudonym "Joey Ganimeed" has been presuming to offer you the 'facts of life' about gay existence (GCN, August 11, 1984). The next time you see him, tell him from me "Come off it, Mary."1984 August 18, Gary Ralph, “Meow, Meow”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 6, page 5

Verb

come off it (third-person singular simple present comes off it, present participle coming off it, simple past came off it, past participle come off it)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To stop doing something or stop talking about something.
    • Oh, come off it with the endless questioning.
    • He has to come off it about his Harry Potter fanfic.

Synonyms of come off it

Forms of come off it

third-person singular presentcomes off it
present participlecoming off it
pastcame off it
past participlecome off it

Origin of come off it

Originally a British shortening of "come off the grass!", an older (originally American) phrase. Come off the grass!, which is roughly indicative of the speaker's disbelief, or that the speaker believes that the one being spoken to needs to face reality, is ultimately a play on the oft-seen phrase on signs in places such as public parks: "keep off the grass".

Questions about come off it

What does come off it mean?
Come off it means an expression of disbelief.
What part of speech is come off it?
Come off it can be an interjection or a verb.

Words near come off it in the dictionary

  1. come low
  2. come naturally
  3. come of
  4. come of age
  5. come off
  6. come off it
  7. come off second best
  8. come on
  9. come on down
  10. come on in
  11. come on over

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