Come across as
Come across as verb - To give the impression of being.
Usage example: the law professor comes across as a bit of an ogre at first, but he's actually quite personable
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Synonyms for Come across as
Come off as and come across as are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Come off as" instead a verb "Come across as".
Come off as
Come off as verb - To give the impression of being.
Usage example: she is an intelligent debater, but she can sometimes come off as arrogant
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Synonyms for Come off as
Come across as and come off as are semantically related. You can use "Come across as" instead a verb phrase "Come off as".
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Related pairs
- feel and come across as
- feel and come off as
- sound and come across as
- sound and come off as
- look and come across as
- look and come off as
- make and come across as
- make and come off as
- act and come across as
- act and come off as
- hint and come across as
- hint and come off as
- imply and come across as
- imply and come off as
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