Showing 37 phrasal verbs and 60 definitions related to the verb 'Come'.
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Come about phrasal verb
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Meaning: Happen, occur
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The meeting CAME ABOUT because both sides were sick of fighting. -
Meaning: Shift direction (nautical)
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The yacht CAME ABOUT to a heading of 240 degrees.
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Meaning: Happen, occur
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Come across phrasal verb
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Meaning: Find by accident
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: I CAME ACROSS my old school reports when I was clearing out my desk. -
Meaning: Agree to have sex with someone
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» Example: I was surprised when she CAME ACROSS on the first night. -
Meaning: The way other people see you
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: He CAME ACROSS as shy because he spoke so quietly.
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Meaning: Find by accident
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Come along phrasal verb
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Meaning: Accompany
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: May I COME ALONG on your trip tomorrow? -
Meaning: Move faster or keep up
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: COME ALONG, we’ll never get there if you don’t keep up with us.
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Meaning: Accompany
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Come apart phrasal verb
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Meaning: Break into pieces
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: It CAME APART when I tried to lift it off the floor and I had to glue it back together.
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Meaning: Break into pieces
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Come around phrasal verb
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Meaning: Recover consciousness
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» Example: It took several hours after the operation before he CAME AROUND.
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Meaning: Recover consciousness
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Come around to phrasal verb
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Meaning: Agree with or accept something you had previously disapproved of or disliked.
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» Example: They have started COMING AROUND TO our way of thinking and are less hostile.
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Meaning: Agree with or accept something you had previously disapproved of or disliked.
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Come back phrasal verb
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Meaning: Return
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: I left work and CAME BACK home early.
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Meaning: Return
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Come before phrasal verb
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Meaning: Appear in court charged with a crime or offence
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: He CAME BEFORE the court on charges of speeding.
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Meaning: Appear in court charged with a crime or offence
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Come by phrasal verb
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Meaning: Visit
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: I'll COME BY after work and see if you need any help. -
Meaning: Acquire
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: How did you COME BY that Rolex?
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Meaning: Visit
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Come down phrasal verb
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Meaning: Rain
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: Just look at the rain COMING DOWN! I'm not going out in that. -
Meaning: Travel
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: When you're next in London, COME DOWN and see us.
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Meaning: Rain
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Come down on phrasal verb
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Meaning: Criticise heavily
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: The management really CAME DOWN ON him for losing the contract.
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Meaning: Criticise heavily
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Come down to phrasal verb
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Meaning: Amount to, be the most important aspect
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: It all COMES DOWN TO a question of who tries hardest.
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Meaning: Amount to, be the most important aspect
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Come down upon phrasal verb
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Meaning: Criticise, reprimand severely
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: They will COME DOWN UPON us if we are late.
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Meaning: Criticise, reprimand severely
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Come down with phrasal verb
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Meaning: Fall ill
(Inseparable | American English)
» Example: She CAME DOWN WITH a virus.
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Meaning: Fall ill
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Come forth phrasal verb
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Meaning: Appear
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The draft proposal CAME FORTH in April.
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Meaning: Appear
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Come forth with phrasal verb
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Meaning: Provide information
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: None of the witnesses CAME FORTH WITH an accurate description of the gang.
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Meaning: Provide information
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Come from phrasal verb
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Meaning: Country or town where you were born
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: She COMES FROM Somalia.
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Meaning: Country or town where you were born
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Come in phrasal verb
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Meaning: Arrive for flights
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The plane CAME IN at two-thirty in the morning. -
Meaning: Place or ranking in a competition, etc.
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: I did my best but CAME IN last but one in the race. -
Meaning: Receive news
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: Reports are just COMING IN of an assassination attempt on the President.
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Meaning: Arrive for flights
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Come in for phrasal verb
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Meaning: Receive (criticism or praise)
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: Jack\'s COME IN FOR quite a lot of criticism of late.
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Meaning: Receive (criticism or praise)
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Come into phrasal verb
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Meaning: Be important or relevant
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: Money doesn't COME INTO it; I simply will not do it under any circumstances. -
Meaning: Inherit
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: She CAME INTO a lot of money when her grandmother died.
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Meaning: Be important or relevant
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Come into use phrasal verb
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Meaning: Start being used
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The computerised system CAME INTO USE at the end of last year.
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Meaning: Start being used
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Come off phrasal verb
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Meaning: When something breaks off
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: I picked it up and the handle CAME OFF in my hand. -
Meaning: Be successful
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: I was surprised when the plan CAME OFF so easily.
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Meaning: When something breaks off
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Come off it phrasal verb
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Meaning: I don't believe what you're saying; used as an imperative
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: COME OFF IT; tell me the truth for goodness' sake.
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Meaning: I don't believe what you're saying; used as an imperative
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Come on phrasal verb
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Meaning: Encouragement
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: COME ON; don't give up now when you're so close to finishing. -
Meaning: Start an illness
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» Example: I've got a bit of a headache. I hope it doesn't mean I've got flu COMING ON. -
Meaning: Start functioning (machines, etc)
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The central heating COMES ON automatically an hour before I have to get up.
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Meaning: Encouragement
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Come out phrasal verb
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Meaning: A secret is revealed
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The details of the scandal CAME OUT in the press and she had to resign. -
Meaning: Be published or otherwise available to the public
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» Example: The band's new CD is COMING OUT in September. -
Meaning: Disappear when washed
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» Example: The red wine I spilt just will not COME OUT of the carpet no matter what I try to clean it with. -
Meaning: Let people know that you are lesbian or gay
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» Example: She CAME OUT at university and has been living with her partner, Jane, for the last couple of years. -
Meaning: When the sun appears
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: It started cloudy, but then the sun CAME OUT and we all went to the park.
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Meaning: A secret is revealed
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Come out in phrasal verb
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Meaning: Have a rash or similar skin problem
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» Example: She CAME OUT IN a nasty rash after touching the poisonous plant by mistake.
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Meaning: Have a rash or similar skin problem
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Come out of phrasal verb
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Meaning: Recover consciousness
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: After three years, he CAME OUT OF the coma.
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Meaning: Recover consciousness
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Come out with phrasal verb
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Meaning: Make something available
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» Example: They have just COME OUT WITH a new version. -
Meaning: Say something publicly and unexpectedly
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: She CAME OUT WITH the answer when everyone was expecting it to remain unsolved.
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Meaning: Make something available
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Come over phrasal verb
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Meaning: Feel strange
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» Example: I CAME OVER all faint and weak because my sugar level was too low. (British) -
Meaning: Affect mentally in such a way as to change behaviour (possibly related to 'overcome')
(Inseparable | International English | Contributed By: BobK)
» Example: I'm sorry about last night - I don't know what CAME OVER me.
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Meaning: Feel strange
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Come round phrasal verb
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Meaning: Become conscious, wake up from anaesthetic
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» Example: She CAME ROUND and learned that the operation had been a complete success. -
Meaning: Change your opinion
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: At first she didn't like the idea, but she CAME ROUND to our way of thinking in the end.
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Meaning: Become conscious, wake up from anaesthetic
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Come through phrasal verb
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Meaning: Arrive (messages and information)
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: News is COMING THROUGH of a major accident on the M25, where freezing fog has been making driving conditions extremely dangerous. -
Meaning: Communicate an emotion
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» Example: The anger she felt COMES THROUGH. -
Meaning: Produce a result
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: They promised they'd do it, but they haven't COME THROUGH yet.
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Meaning: Arrive (messages and information)
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Come through with phrasal verb
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Meaning: Provide something needed
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: He didn't COME THROUGH WITH the money and they went bust.
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Meaning: Provide something needed
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Come to phrasal verb
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Meaning: Become conscious, wake up from anaesthetic
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: She CAME TO an hour after the operation. -
Meaning: Result in
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: The two men started arguing but they soon CAME TO blows and started fighting in earnest.
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Meaning: Become conscious, wake up from anaesthetic
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Come up phrasal verb
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Meaning: Appear
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: I'll be late home tonight because something's COME UP at work has to be ready for tomorrow morning. -
Meaning: Rise (the sun)
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The sun CAME UP just as we reached the outskirts of the town.
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Meaning: Appear
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Come up against phrasal verb
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Meaning: Encounter problems or difficulties
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: They CAME UP AGAINST a lot of opposition to their plans for an out-of-town supermarket development.
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Meaning: Encounter problems or difficulties
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Come up with phrasal verb
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Meaning: Think of a solution, excuse, etc.
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: Nobody could COME UP WITH a satisfactory explanation for the accident.
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Meaning: Think of a solution, excuse, etc.
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Come upon phrasal verb
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Meaning: Find by chance
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: I CAME UPON the book in a little second-hand bookshop in Dorset.
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Meaning: Find by chance