With 'come' Flashcards
come about
To happen, or start to happen:
“How did it come about that the police were involved?”
come across sth
To find sth by chance:
“He came across some of his old love letters in his wife’s desk.”
come across 1
To behave in a way that makes people believe that you have a particular characteristic:
“She comes across really well (= creates a positive image) on television.”
come across 2
If an idea or emotion comes across in writing, film, music, or when sb is speaking, it is expressed clearly and people notice it:
“What comes across in his later poetry is a great sense of sadness.”
come across 3
To give other people a certain feeling or opinion:
“He comes across as a bit of a bore.”
come along 1
To arrive or appear at a place:
“We’re going to the swimming pool - you can come along later if you want.”
come along 2
To go swhere with sb:
“We’re going to the cinema. Do you want to come along?”
come along 3
To start to exist:
“I gave up climbing when my first child came along.”
come along 4
If sth is coming along, it is developing or improving:
“Hassan’s English is really coming along.”
come apart 1
To separate into several pieces:
“My boots are coming apart at the seams.”
come apart 2
To be unsuccessful, or fail to produce the intended results:
“The global economy is showing signs of coming apart.”
come round/around 1
To visit sb in their home:
“Come round tonight and we’ll watch a video.”
come round/around 2
To change your opinion of sth, often influenced by another person’s opinion:
“Do you still dislike your office, or have you come round to thinking it’s all right?”
come round/around 3
If an event that happens regularly comes round, it happens at its usual time:
“Christmas comes round so quickly!”
come round/around 4
To become conscious again after an accident or operation:
“She hasn’t come round from the anaesthetic yet.”
come away (with sth)
To leave a place or situation with the stated feeling, idea, condition, etc.:
“I recently spent about 90 minutes shopping on the Internet, and I came away empty-handed.”
come across sth/sb
To find sth or sb by chance:
“He came across some old love letters.”
come at sb
To move quickly toward sb to attack that person:
“He suddenly came at me.”
come back 1
To return to a place:
“We’ve just come back from Amsterdam.”
come back 2
If a style or a fashion comes back, it becomes popular again after being unpopular for a period of time:
“Padded shoulders are coming back, apparently.”
come by sth
To obtain something:
“It’s unclear how he came by his wealth.”
come down on sb
To punish sb or treat sb severely:
“They’re coming down heavily on people for not paying their taxes.”
come down with sth
To catch or show signs of an illness:
“I feel like I’m coming down with a cold.”
come in for sth
To receive blame or criticism:
“The mayor came in for a lot of criticism of his remarks.”
come off (informal) 1
To happen as planned, or to succeed:
“I tried telling a few jokes but they didn’t come off (= no one laughed).”
come off better/worse/badly/well
To finish in a particular condition after a fight, argument, etc., especially compared to sb else:
“I always come off worse when we argue.”
come off 2
To end up in a particular position:
“The team played hard and came off with a victory.”
come off sth
To be finished with or removed from sth:
“Marcia comes off maternity leave in March.”
come on 1
To start to happen or work:
“The heating comes on at six in the morning.”
come on 2
To make your sexual interest known to sb:
“Then his wife left the room and he started coming on to me.”
come on 3
(of an actor) to walk onto the stage:
“There was great applause when the Russian ballerina came on.”
come on/upon sth
to find sth or meet sb unexpectedly:
“I came upon this book in the attic - would you like it?”
come out (UK) 1
To go swhere with sb for a social event:
“Jenny came out with us last night.”
come out 2
If a book, record, film, etc. comes out, it becomes available for people to buy or see:
“My novel is coming out in paperback next spring.”
come out 3
Sth becomes known publicly after it has been kept secret:
“After her death, it came out that she’d lied about her age.”
come out 4
To be in a certain condition or to achieve sth at the end of a process or activity:
“She came out of the divorce settlement a rich woman.”
come out 5
Be removed:
“Did the red wine stain come out?”
come out 6
To express an opinion:
“In the survey politicians came out overwhelmingly in favour of capital punishment.”
come out 7
Be said:
“I didn’t mean to be rude - it just came out like that.”
come out 8
When flowers come out, they open:
“Daffodils come out in spring.”
come out with sth
To say sth unexpectedly or suddenly:
“You come out with some strange comments sometimes!”
come over sb
To influence sb suddenly to behave in a particular way:
“I’m sorry! That was a stupid thing to say – I don’t know what came over me.”
come through sth
To continue to live after an accident or a difficult or dangerous situation:
“It was a miracle that he came through that car crash alive.”
come to sth
To reach a particular point:
“His hair comes down to his shoulders.”
come under sth 1
To start to experience sth unpleasant:
“But the plan quickly came under criticism from the opposing political party.”
come under sth 2
To be judged or controlled by a law, rule, or authority:
“Much of the Aegean came under the rule of the Ptolemies, along with Egypt.”
come up 1
To move towards sb:
“A young girl came up to me and asked for money.”
come up 2
To be mentioned or talked about in conversation:
“What points came up at the meeting?”
come up 3
Appear:
“When the sun or moon comes up, it rises.”
come up 4
If a job or opportunity comes up, it becomes available:
“A position has come up in the accounts department.”
come up 5
To happen, usually unexpectedly:
“I’ve got to go - sth has just come up at home and I’m needed there.”
come up with sth
To suggest or think of an idea or plan:
“He came up with a great idea for the ad campaign.”
come between sb
To cause problems between two people or interrupt two people:
“Don’t let one little quarrel come between you!”
come down 1
To fall and land on the ground:
“A lot of trees came down in the storm.”
come down 2
If a price or a level comes down, it becomes lower:
“House prices have come down recently.”
come down 3 (informal)
To feel less excited after a very enjoyable experience:
“The whole weekend was so wonderful I haven’t come down yet.”
come down 4
To decide that you support a particular person or side in an argument, etc.:
“The government has come down on the side of military action.”
come down to sth
To have a particular thing as the most important matter:
“It all comes down to money in the end.”
come in 1
To enter a room or building:
“Do you want to come in for a cup of tea?”
come in 2
If a fashion or product comes in, it becomes available or popular:
“Flared trousers first came in during the 1970s.”
come in 3
To become involved in a situation, story, or plan:
“We need expert advice, and that’s where you come in.”
come in 4
if a law comes in, it is passed and starts to be used:
“Law enforcement officials have been swamped with information since new regulations came in earlier this year.”
come into sth 1
To enter a place or a new position or state:
“As we drove over the hill, the ocean came into view.”
come into sth 2
Someone who comes into money or property receives it as a result of the death of a relative:
“I came into a little money and bought a house.”
comer over 1
To seem to be a particular type of person:
“He came over as very knowledgeable.”
come over 2
To come to a place, move from one place to another, or move towards sb:
“Is your family coming over from Greece for the wedding?”
come over 3 (UK)
To be influenced suddenly and unexpectedly by a strange feeling:
“I stood up too quickly and came over all dizzy/faint/peculiar.”
come over 4
To visit sb’s home:
“Ron came over for dinner the other night.”
come through 1
If a piece of information or a document comes through, you receive it:
“Have the test results come through yet?”
come through 2
If an emotion comes through, other people can notice it:
“His nervousness came through when he spoke.”
come through 3
To succeed in a difficult situation:
“He’s a great leader who always comes through under pressure.”
come through with sth
To do sth that you have agreed to do or been asked to do:
“He’s still hoping the bank will come through with a loan.”
come to
To become conscious again after an accident or operation:
“Has he come to yet?”
come together
To start working successfully with each other:
“I remember how the community came together and were so supportive of each other.”
