come off Copy link Outline I. To separate itself from1. rĕcēdo, cessi, cessum, 32. (of hair)II. With ref. to a combat; to quit the fieldIII. To take place (chiefly colloq.) • come off: I. To separate itself from: 1. rĕcēdo, cessi, cessum, 3: sooner shall the head c. off my shoulders, caput e nostra citius cervice recedet, Ov.: to c. off the stem (of fruits), e pediculo r., Plin.: so of flesh coming off the bones, ab ossibus r., Plin.: Cels. 2. (of hair): dēflŭo, 3: v. to fall off. II. With ref. to a combat; to quit the field: discēdo, 3: to c. off victorious, victorem d., Caes.; or, esp. of non-military conflict, superiorem d., Cic.: to c. off with equal honours, aequo proelio, Caes.; aequa manu, Sall.; aequo Marte d., Liv.: to c. off without loss, sine detrimento d., Caes.: to c. off with very great glory, cum summa gloria d., Cic.; see also to escape, get off. III. To take place (chiefly colloq.): q. v.