come off meaning?

[eggcracker]

What does the phrase ''come off'' in the sentence ''I might come off as negative'' mean?

 

[Barb_D]

Appear. Be perceived as.

 

[bhaisahab]

I know it as "come over as".

 

[Barb_D]

I know it as "come over as".

I haven't heard that, so I'm glad to know about this varient.

 

[BobK]

I, like bhai, use 'come over' (and 'come across') rather than 'come off'.

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[eggcracker]

Perhaps "come off" is the expression used in AmE, while "come over" is in BrE.

 

[Barb_D]

I expect that's exactly the situation. But until this thread, I would have "corrected" someone who had written "cover over" to the "right" form.

 

[BobK]

:-? Predictive text malfunction?

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[Mohammadhelmi]

What does the phrase ''come off'' in the sentence ''I might come off as negative'' mean?

(come across or chiefly Brit. over or US off) give a specified impression.

be sold or available in a specified form:

the shirt comes in three sizes.



informal have an orgasm.

 

[5jj]

(come across or chiefly Brit. over or US off) give a specified impression.

If that is taken from a dictionary, please credit your source. There are two important reasons for this - (1) It's a matter of courtesy; (2) We have to be very careful about copyright laws. Thank you.

be sold or available in a specified form:

the shirt comes in three sizes
informal have an orgasm.

These do not seem to be relevant here.

 

[BobK]

... Thank you. These do not seem to be relevant here.

None of it is. The question has been answered, and the new 'answer' was confusing at best. (Not even that much could be said of the first bit, which was simply incoherent. ;-)

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