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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: )
    » 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.

Take our Exercise on 'COME'

Quiz for Verb: 'To COME'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Come over' means...

'Come on' means...

'Come up' means...

'Come forth' means...

'Come out of' means...

'Come round' means...

'Come down upon' means...

'Come from' means...

'Come through' means...

'Come out' means...

 

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