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come off it

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come off it

(spoken)

stop saying or doing that Come off it, Pete, there's no reason to be scared of asking her for a date.

See also: come, off

come off it

Stop acting or speaking foolishly or pretentiously, as in Oh come off it! you're no smarter than they are. This term, often used as an imperative, dates from the late 1800s, when it was usually put simply as come off.

See also: come, off

come off it

Slang

To stop acting or speaking foolishly or pretentiously. Often used in the imperative.

See also: come, off