Synonyms of coming off

coming off

verb

present participle of come off

1

as in happening

to take place

couldn't believe that the wedding would actually come off—they've been "just dating" for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happening
• coming down
• going on
• being
• going down
• coming
• occurring
• coming about
• doing
• coming to pass
• cooking
• passing
• shaping (up)
• coming up
• betiding
• transpiring
• springing (up)
• cropping (up)
• befalling
• falling out
• chancing
• happing
• turning out
• rising
• going off
• developing
• arising
• resulting
• proceeding
• intervening
• following
• materializing
• breaking

2

as in succeeding

to turn out as planned or desired

the attempted revival of the city's downtown never really came off, and even more stores eventually closed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• succeeding
• going over
• going
• working out
• bearing fruit
• catching fire
• clicking
• delivering the goods
• panning out
• doing the trick
• going like clockwork
• delivering
• catching on
• flourishing
• prospering
• thriving
• cooking
• percolating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• striking out
• washing out
• missing
• failing
• collapsing
• folding
• bombing
• struggling
• flopping
• flunking
• foundering
• languishing
• declining
• floundering
• falling down
• slipping
• waning
• sinking
• going under
• crumbling
• slumping
• cracking up
• skidding
• crashing
• flaming out
• choking
• cratering
• misfiring
• imploding
• miscarrying
• self-destructing