come : Idioms & Phrases

• all that he has anything to do with is a source of profit. Colloq.

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• verb come to pass
  fall out; pass off; pass; hap; happen; take place; occur; go on.
  
  • What is happening?
  • The meeting took place off without an incidence
  • Nothing occurred that seemed important

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• verb find unexpectedly
  happen upon; fall upon; attain; chance upon; discover; light upon; come across; strike; chance on.
  
  • the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
  • she struck a goldmine
  • The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
• verb be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression
  
• verb come together
  see; run into; meet; run across; encounter.
  
  • I'll probably see you at the meeting
  • How nice to see you again!
• verb communicate the intended meaning or impression
  come across.
  
  • He came across very clearly
• verb be received or understood
  resonate.
  

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• verb come after in time, as a result
  follow.
  
  • A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake
• verb be the successor (of)
  succeed; follow.
  
  • Carter followed Ford
  • Will Charles succeed to the throne?

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• verb stop sleeping
  waken; arouse; wake; awake; awaken; wake up.
  
  • She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock

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• verb come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
  appear.
  
  • Then the computer came along and changed our lives
  • Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago
• verb develop in a positive way
  advance; come along; shape up; get on; progress; get along.
  
  • He progressed well in school
  • My plants are coming along
  • Plans are shaping up

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• verb become separated into pieces or fragments
  break; split up; fall apart; separate.
  
  • The figurine broke
  • The freshly baked loaf fell apart

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• verb change one's position or opinion
  come around.
  
  • He came around to our point of view
• verb happen regularly
  roll around.
  
  • Christmas rolled around again

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• verb come to be detached
  come away; detach.
  
  • His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery
• verb leave in a certain condition
  
  • She came away angry

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• verb be restored
  return.
  
  • Her old vigor returned
• verb go back to something earlier
  recall; return; hark back.
  
  • This harks back to a previous remark of his
• verb even the score, in sports
  
• verb answer back
  return; rejoin; retort; repay; riposte.
  

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• verb be the predecessor of
  precede.
  
  • Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands

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• verb visit informally and spontaneously
  drop by; drop in.
  
  • We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee
• verb obtain, especially accidentally
  come by.
  

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• verb nearly do something
  
  • She came close to quitting her job
• verb be close or similar
  approximate.
  
  • Her results approximate my own

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• verb move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
  go down; descend; fall.
  
  • The temperature is going down
  • The barometer is falling
  • The curtain fell on the diva
  • Her hand went up and then fell again
• verb be the essential element
  boil down; reduce.
  
  • The proposal boils down to a compromise
• verb fall from clouds
  precipitate; fall.
  
  • rain, snow and sleet were falling
  • Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum
• verb get sick
  sicken.
  
  • She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital
• verb criticize or reprimand harshly
  
  • The critics came down hard on the new play

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• verb come out of
  emerge; egress; go forth; issue; come forth.
  
  • Water issued from the hole in the wall
  • The words seemed to come out by themselves
• verb happen or occur as a result of something
  emerge.
  

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• verb make oneself visible; take action
  step forward; step to the fore; step up; come forward; come out.
  
  • Young people should step to the fore and help their peers

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• adverb in spite of all obstacles
  no matter what happens; come hell or high water.
  
  • we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water

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• verb become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
  get through; get across; sink in; fall into place; penetrate; dawn; click.
  
  • It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
  • she was penetrated with sorrow

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• verb to come or go into
  move into; go in; get into; go into; enter; get in.
  
  • the boat entered an area of shallow marshes
• verb be received
  come.
  
  • News came in of the massacre in Rwanda
• verb come into fashion; become fashionable
  
• verb to insert between other elements
  put in; throw in; interject; interpose; inject.
  
  • She interjected clever remarks
• verb take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
  place; come in.
  
  • Jerry came in third in the Marathon

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• verb be subject to or the object of
  
  • The governor came in for a lot of criticism

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• verb be useful for a certain purpose
  

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• verb obtain, especially accidentally
  come by.
  

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• verb be born or come into existence
  come into being.
  
  • All these flowers come to life when the rains come

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• verb almost do or experience something
  
  • She came near to screaming with fear
• verb move towards
  go up; come near; draw near; near; draw close; approach.
  
  • We were approaching our destination
  • They are drawing near
  • The enemy army came nearer and nearer
• verb come near in time
  approach.
  
  • Winter is approaching
  • approaching old age

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• verb reach a certain age that marks a transition to maturity
  

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• verb come to be detached
  come away; detach.
  
  • His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery
• verb happen in a particular manner
  go over; go off.
  
  • how did your talk go over?
• verb break off (a piece from a whole)
  break away; chip; chip off; break off.
  
  • Her tooth chipped

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• verb appear or become visible; make a showing
  turn up; show up; surface; come on.
  
  • She turned up at the funeral
  • I hope the list key is going to surface again
• verb move towards
  go up; come near; draw near; near; draw close; approach.
  
  • We were approaching our destination
  • They are drawing near
  • The enemy army came nearer and nearer
• verb develop in a positive way
  advance; come along; shape up; get on; progress; get along.
  
  • He progressed well in school
  • My plants are coming along
  • Plans are shaping up
• verb start running, functioning, or operating
  come on; go on.
  
  • the lights went on
  • the computer came up
• verb occur or become available
  
  • water or electricity came on again after the earthquake

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• verb appear or become visible; make a showing
  turn up; show up; surface; come on.
  
  • She turned up at the funeral
  • I hope the list key is going to surface again
• verb be issued or published
  appear.
  
  • Did your latest book appear yet?
  • The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet
• verb come out of
  emerge; egress; go forth; issue; come forth.
  
  • Water issued from the hole in the wall
  • The words seemed to come out by themselves
• verb result or end
  turn out.
  
  • How will the game turn out?
• verb come off
  fall out.
  
  • His hair and teeth fell out
• verb take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
  place; come in.
  
  • Jerry came in third in the Marathon
• verb make oneself visible; take action
  step forward; step to the fore; step up; come forward; come out.
  
  • Young people should step to the fore and help their peers
• verb bulge outward
  bulge; bug out; pop; start; pop out; protrude; bulge out.
  
  • His eyes popped
• verb to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
  come out; out.
  
  • This actor outed last year
• verb be made known; be disclosed or revealed
  out.
  
  • The truth will out
• verb break out
  push through; erupt; break through.
  
  • The tooth erupted and had to be extracted

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• verb to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
  come out; out.
  
  • This actor outed last year

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• verb communicate the intended meaning or impression
  come across.
  
  • He came across very clearly

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• verb change one's position or opinion
  come around.
  
  • He came around to our point of view

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• verb fail to meet (expectations or standards)
  fall short.
  

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• verb penetrate
  break through.
  
  • The sun broke through the clouds
  • The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft
• verb succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems
  get through.
  
  • We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister
• verb continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
  survive; pull round; make it; pull through.
  
  • He survived the cancer against all odds
• verb attain success or reach a desired goal
  win; succeed; bring home the bacon; deliver the goods.
  
  • The enterprise succeeded
  • We succeeded in getting tickets to the show
  • she struggled to overcome her handicap and won

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• verb cause to experience suddenly
  strike; hit.
  
  • Panic struck me
  • An interesting idea hit her
  • A thought came to me
  • The thought struck terror in our minds
  • They were struck with fear
• verb be relevant to
  touch on; relate; pertain; have-to doe with; bear on; touch; refer; concern.
  
  • There were lots of questions referring to her talk
  • My remark pertained to your earlier comments
• verb attain
  strike.
  
  • The horse finally struck a pace
• verb return to consciousness
  resuscitate; revive.
  
  • The patient came to quickly
  • She revived after the doctor gave her an injection

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• verb deal with (a problem or a subject)
  get to grips.
  
  • I still have not come to grips with the death of my parents

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• verb be revealed or disclosed
  come to hand.
  
  • The truth finally came to light

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• verb be born or come into existence
  come into being.
  
  • All these flowers come to life when the rains come
• verb be lifelike, as of a painting
  
  • If you look at it long enough, this portrait comes to life!

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• verb be revealed or disclosed
  come to hand.
  
  • The truth finally came to light

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• verb be remembered
  spring to mind.
  
  • His name comes to mind when you mention the strike

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• verb make oneself visible; take action
  step forward; step to the fore; step up; come forward; come out.
  
  • Young people should step to the fore and help their peers

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• verb come together, as if in an embrace
  close.
  
  • Her arms closed around her long lost relative

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• verb bring forth, usually something desirable
  
  • The committee came up with some interesting recommendations
• verb result or issue
  arise.
  
  • A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion
• verb move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
  come.
  
  • He came singing down the road
  • Come with me to the Casbah
  • come down here!
  • come out of the closet!
  • come into the room
• verb come to the surface
  rise; rise up; surface.
  
• verb originate or come into being
  bob up; arise.
  
  • a question arose
• verb move upward
  rise; uprise; lift; go up; arise; move up.
  
  • The fog lifted
  • The smoke arose from the forest fire
  • The mist uprose from the meadows
• verb be mentioned
  
  • These names came up in the discussion
• verb start running, functioning, or operating
  come on; go on.
  
  • the lights went on
  • the computer came up
• verb get something or somebody for a specific purpose
  line up; get hold; find.
  
  • I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener
  • I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing
  • The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter
• verb come up, of celestial bodies
  rise; ascend; uprise.
  
  • The sun also rises
  • The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
  • Jupiter ascends
• verb gather (money or other resources) together over time
  scrape up; scrape; scratch.
  
  • She had scraped together enough money for college
  • they scratched a meager living
• verb gather or bring together
  muster; rally; muster up; summon.
  
  • muster the courage to do something
  • she rallied her intellect
  • Summon all your courage

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• verb speak to someone
  accost; address.
  

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• verb find unexpectedly
  happen upon; fall upon; attain; chance upon; discover; light upon; come across; strike; chance on.
  
  • the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
  • she struck a goldmine
  • The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
• verb take possession of
  luck into; enter upon.
  
  • She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives

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• verb be present or associated with an event or entity
  attach to; accompany; go with.
  
  • French fries come with the hamburger
  • heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue
  • fish usually goes with white wine
  • this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries

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• adjective satellite capable of being attained or accomplished
  attainable.
  
  • choose an attainable goal
  • art is not something that is come-at-able by dint of study
• adjective satellite capable of being reached or attained
  get-at-able; getatable.
  
  • a very getatable man
  • both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations

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• noun anything that serves as an enticement
  lure; bait; sweetener; hook.
  
• noun qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
  lure; enticement.
  

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Come-out"er noun

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1. One who comes out or withdraws from a religious or other organization; a radical reformer. Colloq. U. S.

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• noun a movie that is advertised to draw customers
  

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• noun the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
  return.
  

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• noun formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
  appearing; appearance.
  

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• noun the social act of assembling for some common purpose
  meeting.
  
  • his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day
• noun the act of joining together as one
  merging; meeting.
  
  • the merging of the two groups occurred quickly
  • there was no meeting of minds

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• noun a casual meeting with a person or thing
  encounter.
  

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• adjective satellite not accepting reservations
  rush.
  

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• verb deserve (either good or bad)
  
  • It's too bad he got fired, but he sure had it coming

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Home-com`ing noun

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1. Return home.

   Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr, And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-cominge. Chaucer.

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• noun the next world
  
  • he nearly blew us to kingdom come
• noun the end of time
  
  • you can wet the bed till kingdom come, for all I care

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• noun (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
  Advent; Parousia; Second Advent; Second Coming.
  

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• noun (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
  Advent; Parousia; Second Advent; Second Coming.
  

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• when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts.

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• noun the time yet to come
  future; futurity; hereafter.
  

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• to bring or come into use or exercise.

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• . See under Bring, and Come.

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• yet to arrive, future. "In times to come." Dryden. "There's pippins and cheese to come." Shak.

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• . (a) To come to pass; to arrive; to happen; to result; as, how did these things come about? (b) To change; to come round; as, the ship comes about. "The wind is come about." Shak.

  On better thoughts, and my urged reasons, They are come about, and won to the true side. B. Jonson.

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• . (a) To move or be away from one's home or country. "Am come abroad to see the world." Shak. (b) To become public or known. Obs. "Neither was anything kept secret, but that it should come abroad." Mark. iv. 22.

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• to meet; to find, esp. by chance or suddenly. "We come across more than one incidental mention of those wars." E. A. Freeman. "Wagner's was certainly one of the strongest and most independent natures I ever came across." H. R. Heweis.
• to come upon or meet incidentally. Freeman.

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• . (a) To follow. (b) To come to take or to obtain; as, to come after a book.

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• to return . "His spirit came again and he revived." Judges. xv. 19.

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• . (a) To appear and disappear; to change; to alternate. "The color of the king doth come and go." Shak. (b) (Mech.) To play backward and forward.

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• . (a) To reach; to arrive within reach of; to gain; as, to come at a true knowledge of ourselves. (b) To come toward; to attack; as, he came at me with fury.

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• to part or depart .

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• to interverne; to separate; hence, to cause estrangement .

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• . (a) To obtain, gain, acquire. "Examine how you came by all your state." Dryden. (b) To pass near or by way of.
• to get possession of; to obtain.

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• . (a) To descend. (b) To be humbled.

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• to call to account, to reprimand. Colloq. Dickens.

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• . (a) To retuen to one's house or family. (b) To come close; to press closely; to touch the feelings, interest, or reason. (b) (Naut.) To be loosened from the ground; said of an anchor.

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• . (a) To get honestly. (b) A circumlocution for to inherit; as, to come honestly by a feature, a mental trait, a peculiarity.

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• . (a) To enter, as a town, house, etc. "The thief cometh in." Hos. vii. 1. (b) To arrive; as, when my ship comes in. (c) To assume official station or duties; as, when Lincoln came in. (d) To comply; to yield; to surrender. "We need not fear his coming in" Massinger. (e) To be brought into use. "Silken garments did not come in till late." Arbuthnot. (f) To be added or inserted; to be or become a part of. (g) To accrue as gain from any business or investment. (h) To mature and yield a harvest; as, the crops come in well. (i) To have sexual intercourse; with to or unto. Gen. xxxviii. 16. (j) To have young; to bring forth; as, the cow will come in next May. U. S.

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• to enter the naval service at the lowest grade. Cant

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• to claim or receive. "The rest came in for subsidies." Swift.

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• to join with; to take part in; to agree to; to comply with; as, to come into a party or scheme .

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• to succeed in a trick of any sort. Slang

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• to hoodwink; to get the advantage of . Colloq.

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• See under Come, Do, Give, etc.

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• to approach in place or quality to be equal to. "Nothing ancient or modern seems to come near it." Sir W. Temple.

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• to want but little of; to approximate to. "Such a sum he found would go near to ruin him." Addison.

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• . (a) To descend or spring from. "Of Priam's royal race my mother came." Dryden. (b) To result or follow from. "This comes of judging by the eye." L'Estrange.

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• . (a) To depart or pass off from. (b) To get free; to get away; to escape. (c) To be carried through; to pass off; as, it came off well. (d) To acquit one's self; to issue from (a contest, etc.); as, he came off with honor; hence, substantively, a come off, an escape; an excuse; an evasion. Colloq. (e) To pay over; to give. Obs. (f) To take place; to happen; as, when does the race come off? (g) To be or become after some delay; as, the weather came off very fine. (h) To slip off or be taken off, as a garment; to separate. (i) To hurry away; to get through. Chaucer.

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• etc. See under Come, Cut, Fall, Go, etc.

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• to suffer . Obs. "To come off by the worst." Calamy.

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• to leave. "To come off from these grave disquisitions." Felton.

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• to be victorious; to succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.

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• . (a) To advance; to make progress; to thrive. (b) To move forward; to approach; to supervene.

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• . See under Come, Draw.

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• . (a) To pass out or depart, as from a country, room, company, etc. "They shall come out with great substance." Gen. xv. 14. (b) To become public; to appear; to be published. "It is indeed come out at last." Bp. Stillingfleet. (c) To end; to result; to turn out; as, how will this affair come out? he has come out well at last. (d) To be introduced into society; as, she came out two seasons ago. (e) To appear; to show itself; as, the sun came out. (f) To take sides; to take a stand; as, he came out against the tariff. (g) To publicly admit oneself to be homosexual.

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• etc. See under Come, Cut, Fall, etc.

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• to give publicity to; to disclose.

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• . (a) To pass from one side or place to another. "Perpetually teasing their friends to come over to them." Addison. (b) To rise and pass over, in distillation.

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• to join.

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• . (a) To recur in regular course. (b) To recover. Colloq. (c) To change, as the wind. (d) To relent. J. H. Newman. (e) To circumvent; to wheedle. Colloq.
• to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a person) by flattery or deception. Colloq.

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• to be deficient; to fail of attaining. "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Rom. iii. 23.

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• etc. See under Come, Cut, etc.

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• . (a) To consent or yield. Swift. (b) (Naut.) (with the accent on to) To luff; to brin the ship's head nearer the wind; to anchor. (c) (with the accent on to) To recover, as from a swoon. (d) To arrive at; to reach. (e) To amount to; as, the taxes come to a large sum. (f) To fall to; to be received by, as an inheritance. Shak.

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• . (a) To suppurate, as a boil. (b) To mature; to culminate; as a plot.

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• to engage in combat; to fight; said of individuals, armies, and nations.

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• to meet with calamity, accident, defeat, ruin, etc., causing grief; to turn out badly. Colloq.

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• to be received; to be taken into possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday.

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• to be disclosed.

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• to recover one's senses.

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• to happen; to fall out.

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• to attain prominence or leadership.

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• to come to nothing; to fail; to miscarry.

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• . (a) (Prize Fighting) To step up to the scratch or mark made in the ring to be toed by the combatants in beginning a contest; hence: (b) To meet an antagonist or a difficulty bravely. Colloq.

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• . (a) (Prize Fighting) To come forward in order to resume the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over and "time" is called; hence: (b) To keep an appointment; to meet expectations. Colloq.

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• . (a) To meet for business, worship, etc.; to assemble. Acts i. 6. (b) To live together as man and wife. Matt. i. 18.

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• to happen as predicated or expected.

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• to belong to, as an individual to a class.

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• (a) to ascend; to rise. (b) To be brought up; to arise, as a question. (c) To spring; to shoot or rise above the earth, as a plant. (d) To come into use, as a fashion.

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• (Naut.), to turn it the contrary way, so as to slacken the rope about it.

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• (Naut.), to slacken the tackle gently. Totten.

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• to rise to; to equal.

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• to overtake or reach by pursuit.

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• . (a) To befall. (b) To attack or invade. (c) To have a claim upon; to become dependent upon for support; as, to come upon the town. (d) To light or chance upon; to find; as, to come upon hid treasure.

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• . See To come and go, under Come.

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• to go or come; to depart or come along. Shak.

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• adjective satellite difficult to reach or attain
  ungetatable; un-get-at-able.
  

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• adjective satellite working hard to promote an enterprise
  gumptious; industrious; energetic.
  

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• adverb in spite of all obstacles
  no matter what happens; come hell or high water.
  
  • we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water

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• adverb at the appropriate time
  in due time; in due season; in due course; in good time.
  
  • we'll get to this question in due course

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