37 English Phrasal Verbs With 'COME'

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37 phrasal verbs with 'COME'

Come about

1. Happen, occur
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The meeting CAME ABOUT because both sides were sick of fighting.
2. Shift direction (nautical)
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The yacht CAME ABOUT to a heading of 240 degrees.

Come across

1. Find by accident
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I CAME ACROSS my old school reports when I was clearing out my desk.
2. Agree to have sex with someone
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: I was surprised when she CAME ACROSS on the first night.
3. The way other people see you
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: He CAME ACROSS as shy because he spoke so quietly.

Come along

1. Accompany
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: May I COME ALONG on your trip tomorrow?
2. Move faster or keep up
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: COME ALONG, we’ll never get there if you don’t keep up with us.

Come apart

1. 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.

Come around

1. Recover consciousness
   ( | International English)
   
   » Example: It took several hours after the operation before he CAME AROUND.

Come around to

1. Agree with or accept something you had previously disapproved of or disliked.
   ( | International English)
   
   » Example: They have started COMING AROUND TO our way of thinking and are less hostile.

Come back

1. Return
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: I left work and CAME BACK home early.

Come before

1. Appear in court charged with a crime or offence
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He CAME BEFORE the court on charges of speeding.

Come by

1. Visit
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: I'll COME BY after work and see if you need any help.
2. Acquire
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: How did you COME BY that Rolex?

Come down

1. Rain
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: Just look at the rain COMING DOWN! I'm not going out in that.
2. Travel
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: When you're next in London, COME DOWN and see us.

Come down on

1. Criticise heavily
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: The management really CAME DOWN ON him for losing the contract.

Come down to

1. Amount to, be the most important aspect
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: It all COMES DOWN TO a question of who tries hardest.

Come down upon

1. Criticise, reprimand severely
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: They will COME DOWN UPON us if we are late.

Come down with

1. Fall ill
   (Inseparable | American English)
   
   » Example: She CAME DOWN WITH a virus.

Come forth

1. Appear
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The draft proposal CAME FORTH in April.

Come forth with

1. Provide information
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: None of the witnesses CAME FORTH WITH an accurate description of the gang.

Come from

1. Country or town where you were born
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She COMES FROM Somalia.

Come in

1. Arrive for flights
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The plane CAME IN at two-thirty in the morning.
2. Place or ranking in a competition, etc.
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I did my best but CAME IN last but one in the race.
3. Receive news
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: Reports are just COMING IN of an assassination attempt on the President.

Come in for

1. Receive (criticism or praise)
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Jack\'s COME IN FOR quite a lot of criticism of late.

Come into

1. Be important or relevant
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Money doesn't COME INTO it; I simply will not do it under any circumstances.
2. Inherit
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She CAME INTO a lot of money when her grandmother died.

Come into use

1. Start being used
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The computerised system CAME INTO USE at the end of last year.

Come off

1. When something breaks off
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: I picked it up and the handle CAME OFF in my hand.
2. Be successful
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: I was surprised when the plan CAME OFF so easily.

Come off it

1. 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.

Come on

1. Encouragement
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: COME ON; don't give up now when you're so close to finishing.
2. Start an illness
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: I've got a bit of a headache. I hope it doesn't mean I've got flu COMING ON.
3. Start functioning (machines, etc)
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The central heating COMES ON automatically an hour before I have to get up.

Come out

1. A secret is revealed
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The details of the scandal CAME OUT in the press and she had to resign.
2. Be published or otherwise available to the public
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The band's new CD is COMING OUT in September.
3. Disappear when washed
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The red wine I spilt just will not COME OUT of the carpet no matter what I try to clean it with.
4. Let people know that you are lesbian or gay
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: She CAME OUT at university and has been living with her partner, Jane, for the last couple of years.
5. When the sun appears
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: It started cloudy, but then the sun CAME OUT and we all went to the park.

Come out in

1. Have a rash or similar skin problem
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She CAME OUT IN a nasty rash after touching the poisonous plant by mistake.

Come out of

1. Recover consciousness
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: After three years, he CAME OUT OF the coma.

Come out with

1. Make something available
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: They have just COME OUT WITH a new version.
2. Say something publicly and unexpectedly
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: She CAME OUT WITH the answer when everyone was expecting it to remain unsolved.

Come over

1. Feel strange
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I CAME OVER all faint and weak because my sugar level was too low. (British)
2. 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.

Come round

1. Become conscious, wake up from anaesthetic
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: She CAME ROUND and learned that the operation had been a complete success.
2. 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.

Come through

1. 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.
2. Communicate an emotion
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The anger she felt COMES THROUGH.
3. Produce a result
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: They promised they'd do it, but they haven't COME THROUGH yet.

Come through with

1. Provide something needed
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He didn't COME THROUGH WITH the money and they went bust.

Come to

1. Become conscious, wake up from anaesthetic
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: She CAME TO an hour after the operation.
2. Result in
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: The two men started arguing but they soon CAME TO blows and started fighting in earnest.

Come up

1. 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.
2. Rise (the sun)
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The sun CAME UP just as we reached the outskirts of the town.

Come up against

1. 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.

Come up with

1. Think of a solution, excuse, etc.
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Nobody could COME UP WITH a satisfactory explanation for the accident.

Come upon

1. Find by chance
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I CAME UPON the book in a little second-hand bookshop in Dorset.

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