come off! excl.
(US) stop it! don’t keep trying that line!
Nat. Police Gaz. (NY) 25 Mar. 2/1: Field pretends that he erected the monument to Andre only to perpetuate an historical fact. Oh, come ofT, Cyrus. | ||
Seth’s Brother’s Wife 106: Aw, come off! You’re rushin’ the season. Hop’s ain’t ripe yet. | ||
Maggie, a Girl of the Streets (2001) 11: Ah, come off! I got dis can fer dat ol’ woman an’ it ’ud be dirt teh swipe it. | ||
Mirror of Life 5 Jan. 6/4: ‘Oh, come off, [...] Do you think I am going to waste my money on charity when there is no one about to see me do so?’. | ||
Artie (1963) 30: ‘Come off,’ I says; ‘he would n’t be writin’ notes and comin’ ’round here unless he had some pull.’. | ||
More Gal’s Gossip 24: Come off! It is what you complain of when taking equestrian exercise [...] that indicates most plainly the real cause of your trouble. | ||
Fact’ry ’Ands 56: Come off! She don’t look where I live. | ||
Magnet 10 Sept. 8: Oh, come off! You can’t play footer. | ||
Grifter 85: ‘I’m staying at the “Royal”,’ he added, with feigned indifference. Jinker coughed [...] ‘Come off,’ he exclaimed. | ||
Success 302: Come off! This is red-hot advertising matter. | ||
Coll. Works (1975) 228: Aw, come off. | ‘Miss Lonelyhearts’ in