（尤指同其他的相比）表现得更好（或更糟，不好，不错等）to finish in a particular condition after a fight, argument, etc., especially compared to someone else
The smaller dog actually came off better, with only a few scratches. 那只小一点的狗实际上表现得更为出色，身上只有几处抓痕而已。
I always come off worse when we argue. 我们争吵时我总是落下风。
Potts came off badly in the survey, with 52% of respondents describing him as a buffoon.
The letters show the bitterness of divorce, and neither party comes off well.
Kennedy won the debate because he came off better on television.
See also: come off