come off it
Quit your nonsense
Come off it is a dismissive retort telling someone to stop being ridiculous, pretentious, or dishonest.
It calls out exaggeration, false modesty, or obvious nonsense: Oh, come off it—you knew exactly what you were doing.
The phrase suggests the speaker has climbed onto something absurd and should step down from it.
Chiefly British.
- get realDismissive demand for rationality
- oh pleaseDismissive exclamation of doubt
- get out of hereCommand to depart quickly
- exclamationForceful sudden utterance
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
you must be joking · incredulity · enough already · give it a rest · spare me · no way · doubt · seriously · phrase · yeah right · idiom · skepticism · argument · enough · sarcasm · cynicism · interjection · convince
come off itI agree
Expression of assent
fair enough · point taken · absolutely · you said it · tell me more
come off itkeep it up
Encouragement to persist
carry on · go for it · stick with it · don't stop · stay the course
come off itgo on
Continue doing something
keep going · tell me more · carry on · continue · by all means
come, off, comes, came, coming, comer, comers, upcoming, oncoming