| VERB | contact | come off, detach, come away | come to be detached |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | come off, go off, go over | happen in a particular manner | |
| contact | come off, chip, chip off, break away, break off | break off (a piece from a whole) |
| Meaning | Come to be detached. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | detach, come away | |
| Narrower | blow off | come off due to an explosion or other strong force |
| cut off, chop off, lop off | Remove by or as if by cutting | |
| fall off | come off | |
| unsolder | Remove the soldering from | |
| Broader | separate, divide, part | come apart |
| Opposite | attach | Become attached |
| Spanish | apartar, desatar, desfijar, desligar, despegar, desunir, separar | |
| Catalan | allunyar, apartar, desenganxar, deslligar, desunir, separar | |
| Meaning | happen in a particular manner. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s Adjective | |
| Synonyms | go off, go over | |
| Broader | happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place | Come to pass |
| Spanish | resultar, salir | |
| Catalan | resultar, sortir | |
| Meaning | break off (a piece from a whole). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | chip, chip off, break away, break off | |
| Narrower | exfoliate | come off in a very thin piece |
| peel off, peel, flake off, flake | come off in flakes or thin small pieces | |
| Broader | separate, divide, part | come apart |
| Spanish | astillarse, astillar, picar, resquebrajar | |
| Catalan | asclar, esquerdar, esquerdissar, estellar, picolar | |
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