Meanings
- An expression of disbelief.
Come off it, mate! You can't be serious.
2 more examples
My palace spies have informed my that a certain tacky queen going by the pseudonym "Joey Ganimeed" has been presuming to offer you the 'facts of life' about gay existence (GCN, August 11, 1984). The next time you see him, tell him from me "Come off it, Mary."
1984 August 18, Gary Ralph, “Meow, Meow”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 6, page 5A feminist? Oh come off it! Why is Netflix idolising a porn star infamous for scenes of violence to women? [title]
2024 March 6, Philip Oltermann, “A feminist? Oh come off it! Why is Netflix idolising a porn star infamous for scenes of violence to women?”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: come on, horsefeathers, pull the other one
present singular third person comes off it · participle present coming off it · past came off it
- informalintransitiveTo stop doing something or stop talking about something.
Oh, come off it with the endless questioning.
2 more examples
He has to come off it about his Harry Potter fanfic.
What, you’re too good for us? Come off it, sister!
2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionAn expression of disbelief.
Origin
Originally a British shortening of "come off the grass!", an older (originally American) phrase. Come off the grass!, which is roughly indicative of the speaker's disbelief, or that the speaker believes that the one being spoken to needs to face reality, is ultimately a play on the oft-seen phrase on signs in places such as public parks: "keep off the grass".
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 去你的
- 去你的 (qù nǐ de)expression of disbelief
Czech nech toho, nekecej
- nech tohoexpression of disbelief
- nekecejexpression of disbelief
Finnish älä huijaa
- älä huijaaexpression of disbelief
Italian per piacere, ma dai
- per piacereexpression of disbelief
- ma daiexpression of disbelief
Portuguese fala sério
- fala sérioexpression of disbelief
Spanish qué va, venga
- qué vaexpression of disbelief
- vengaexpression of disbelief
Cite this entry
come off it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20off%20it
“come off it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20off%20it. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “come off it,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20off%20it.
Source: come off it on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.