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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come off it

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.53 in modern English

Syllables
come of-f it
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

An expression of disbelief.

verb

To stop doing something or stop talking about something.

Informal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

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".

Usage

Inflected Forms

comes off it (present, singular) coming off it (participle, present) came off it (past)

Synonyms

come on horsefeathers pull the other one

Questions

What does come off it mean?
An expression of disbelief.
Where does come off it come from?
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".

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