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Sun 2 May, 2004 03:41 am
Does "come off" here mean "perform"?
Context:
Suprising, he didn't come off that strong in his last televised speech. I've said it before, I'd at least agree with his motives if he could clearly and forcefully produce them for the public at large, he just never comes off as being very secure in his efforts in Iraq. Although these were questions about past events, and he probably had some time to prepare the answers.
I would understand that as meaning that his last speech was not a strong performance.
In that context the phrasal verb come off has a similar meaning to give the impression.
Here are some examples of this and similar phrasal verbs.
"In my quick meeting with him he didn't strike me as a good man."
"In my quick meeting with him he didn't come off as a good man."
Good explanation Craven.
Msolga, it seems that our opinions are the same.
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