others "come off" saying that ...

[sitifan]

While some do this with a healthy sense of balance, others come off saying that the single person is actually in a better position than the married one to serve the Lord as a missionary.

Quoted from Should I Get Married?, by M. Blaine Smith, page 20.

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What does "come off" mean?

 

[Tarheel]

@sitifan That simply means that's the opinion some people have about the matter.

 

[tedmc]

emerge from going through the experience

 

[jutfrank]

It means something like 'give the impression that' (they are saying ...).