Come - phrasal verb Flashcards
(22 cards)
Come up
-(of plants)
- (of the sun)
- (situation)
- (meeting)
- (event)
- (court)
come up (to…) (from…) [north]
come up (to somebody) [approach]
come up
-(of plants) to appear above the soil: The daffodils are just beginning to come up.
- (of the sun) to rise: We watched the sun come up.
- to happen:I’m afraid something urgent has come up./We’ll let you know if any vacancies come up.
- to be mentioned or discussed:The subject came up in conversation./The question is bound to come up at the meeting.
- (usually used in the progressive tenses):to be going to happen, arrive or be ready soon: Her birthday is coming up soon.
- to be dealt with by a court: Her divorce case comes up next month.
come up (to…) (from…):to come from one place to another, especially from the south of a country to the north or from a smaller place to a larger one: Why don’t you come up to Scotland for a few days?
come up (to somebody):to move towards somebody, in order to talk to them: He came up to me and asked me the way to the station.
Come up + prep.
Come up with
1/Come up with sth [ideas]
2/come up with the goods | deliver the goods [promises]
come up against somebody/something [plan]
come up for something [no passive]
1/ [position]
2/ [time]
come up to something [no passive]:
1/[level]
2/[standard]
Come up with:
1/to find a new idea; to produce something: Finally, we came up with the solution that each of us will pay half of the monthly bills./ I’ve come up with an idea for Mom’s birthday present. /How could you come up with such a large amount of money?
2/come up with the goods | deliver the goods :(informal) to do what you have promised to do or what people expect or want you to do: We expected great things of the England team, but on the day they simply failed to deliver the goods.
come up against somebody/something: [no passive] to be faced with or opposed by somebody/something: We expect to come up against a lot of opposition to the plan.
come up for something
1/to be considered for a job, an important position, etc: She comes up for re-election next year.
2/ to be reaching the time when something must be done: His contract is coming up for renewal
come up to something
1/to reach as far as a particular point:The water came up to my neck.
2/ to reach an acceptable level or standard: His performance didn’t really come up to his usual high standard.
come across (also come over):
1/[meaning]
2/[well/badly in a situation]
come across somebody/something:[no passive] [by chance]
come across (with something: some information):[no passive] [in need]
come across (also come over):
1/ to be understood: He spoke for a long time but his meaning didn’t really come across.
2/ to make a particular impression: She comes across well in interviews.
come across somebody/something:[no passive] to meet or find somebody/something by chance:I came across children sleeping under bridges./She came across some old photographs in a drawer.
come across (with something):[no passive] to provide or supply something when you need it: I hoped she’d come across with some more information.
Come round/around:
come around (also come round especially in British English)
1/ (consciousness)
2/(of a date )
come around (to…) [place] (also come round (to…) especially in British English)
come around (to something) [thinking] (also come round (to something) especially in British English)
come around (also come round especially in British English)
(also come to) to become conscious again: Your mother hasn’t yet come around from the anaesthetic.
(of a date or a regular event) to happen again:My birthday seems to come around more quickly every year.
come around (to…) (also come round (to…) especially in British English): to come to a place, especially somebody’s house, to visit for a short time: Come round tonight and we’ll watch a video.
come around (to something) (also come round (to something) especially in British English):to change your mood or your opinion; He’ll never come around to my way of thinking.
Come about [situation]
to happen: Can you tell me how the accident came about? / How did the coincidence come about?
Come along:
1/[of chance]
2/ [of people]
3/[of skills]
4/[imperatives: hurry ,hard]
1/to arrive; to appear: When the right opportunity comes along, she’ll take it.
2/ to go somewhere with somebody: I’m glad you came along.
3/ (informal) to improve or develop in the way that you want: SYNONYM progress: Your French has come along a lot recently.
4/ used in orders to tell somebody to hurry, or to try harder: Come along! We’re late./Come along! It’s easy!
Come out:
1/ of flower
2/ of sun
3/ of artwork
4/ of news
5/ (of qualities)
6/ of words
7/ (bias)
8/ of LGBT
9/ of workers
10/ (of photograph/film)
come out (of something):
1/ of an object
2/ of a dirt, mark
to appear; to reveal the truth:The sun comes out after a dark night./He has decided to come out to his parents./ Don’t worry about the scandal. The truth will come out soon.
1/ when the sun, moon or stars come out, they appear: The rain stopped and the sun came out.
2/ (of flowers) to open: The daffodils came out early this year.
3/ to be produced or published: When is her new novel coming out?
4/(of news, the truth, etc.) to become known: The full story came out at the trial.
5/ to be shown clearly; Her best qualities come out in a crisis.
6/ when words come out, they are spoken: I tried to say ‘I love you,’ but the words wouldn’t come out.
7/to say publicly whether you agree or disagree with something:He came out against the plan./In her speech, the senator came out in favour of a change in the law.
8/ to tell other people that you are gay: My best friend came out when she was 18.
9/ (British English) to stop work and go on strike: On 10 August the railway workers came out on strike.
10/ if a photograph taken on film comes out, it is a clear picture when it is developed and printed: In the 1950s photographs often didn’t come out at all.
come out (of something):
1/(of an object) to be removed from a place where it is fixed: This nail won’t come out.
2/(of dirt, a mark, etc.) to be removed from something by washing or cleaning: These ink stains won’t come out of my dress./Will the colour come out (= become faint or disappear) if I wash it?
1/Come back: [home]
2/come back (at somebody) (with something) [reply]
3.come back (to somebody): [memory]
Comeback + prep,
(come back to something) [earlier] [question]
1/to return: You came back (= came home) very late last night./ The next day, he came back to me and said “sorry.”
2/come back (at somebody) (with something):to reply to somebody angrily or with force: She came back at the speaker with some sharp questions
3/ come back (to somebody): to return to somebody’s memory: It’s all coming back to me now./ Once you’ve been in France a few days, your French will soon come back.
Comeback + prep,
(come back to something) [earlier] to deal again with something that you were dealing with earlier: Can we come back to my original question?
Come over
1/[feelings] Come over + adj
2/ [attraction]
3/ come over (to…) (from…) [travel]
4/ come across (also come over): [meaning]
come over somebody[no passive] [of affection] .
come over (to …) : [place]
(come over to something) [change side]
Come over
1/(British English, informal) to suddenly feel something [+ adj. to come over funny/dizzy/faint ]: I come over all shy whenever I see her.
2/ to make a particular impression: He came over well in the interview.
3/ come over (to…) (from…): to travel from one place to another, usually over a long distance: Sorry, I’ve got to go. My parents just came over from England.
4/ come across (also come over): to be understood: He spoke for a long time but his meaning didn’t really come across.
come over somebody[no passive] to affect somebody: A fit of dizziness came over her./I can’t think what came over me (= I do not know what caused me to behave in that way).
come over (to …) 1/: to make a social visit to (a place): Why don’t you come over to my place after work?
come over to something: to change to (the other side) in a disagreement, competition, etc.: I’ve been trying to persuade her to come over to our side, but I haven’t convinced her yet.
Come through
1/come through: (of news or a message
2/ come through (something: the operation) [survive]
3/come through (with something: the money) [success]
Come through
1/come through: (of news or a message) to arrive by phone, radio, etc. or through an official organization: A message is just coming through.
2/ come through (something): to get better after a serious illness or to avoid serious injury SYNONYM survive: With such a weak heart she was lucky to come through the operation.
3/come through (with something): to successfully do or complete something that you have promised to do: We were worried she wouldn’t be able to handle it, but she came through in the end./The bank finally came through with the money.
Come apart [pieces]
Come apart: to be separated into pieces: Our new dryer has come apart. I’ll return it to the store./ Jack’s car came apart in the car crash./ Don’t sit on that chair. It will soon come apart.
Come before + sth:
1/[position]
2/[court]
Come before + sth:
1/to take higher priority than others: Wendy is such a selfish girl. Her needs always come before anything else./
2/ to be brought to a discussion or for consideration: That case will come before the court soon
Come to
1/ [become conscious] (also come around/round)
Come to somebody: [no passive] (of an idea)
come to something [no passive]
1/[amount]
2/[bad situation]
Come to
1/ [health] (also come around/round) to become conscious again: Has he come to yet?
Come to somebody: [no passive] (of an idea) to enter your mind: The idea came to me in the bath./ come to somebody that… It suddenly came to her that she had been wrong all along.
come to something [no passive]
1/[amount] to add up to something: The bill came to $30./ I never expected those few items to come to so much.
2/[situation] to reach a particular situation, especially a bad one: The doctors will operate if necessary—but it may not come to that./ Who’d have thought things would come to this (= become so bad)?
Come for somebody
1/ [police]
2/ [violence]
Come for somebody
1/ [police] to arrive in order to arrest somebody: Brad was at home when the police came for him.
2/ [violence] to move towards somebody to attack them: The guy was coming for me with a knife.
Come down
1/[ceiling]
2/(of rain, snow, etc.) to fall:
3/(of an aircraft)
4/[ price, a temperature, a rate,]
5/ [decision]
6/[point]
7/[drugs] (informal)
come down (from…) (to…): [south]:
Come down
1/[ceiling] to break and fall to the ground: The ceiling came down with a terrific crash.
2/(of rain, snow, etc.) to fall: The rain came down in torrents.
3/(of an aircraft) to land or fall from the sky: We were forced to come down in a field.
4/[ price, a temperature, a rate,] if a price, a temperature, a rate, etc. comes down, it gets lower: The price of gas is coming down./Gas is coming down in price.
5/ [decision] to decide and say publicly that you support or oppose somebody/something: The committee came down in support of his application.
6/[point]to reach as far down as a particular point: Her hair comes down to her waist.
7/[drugs] (informal) to become less excited or happy, especially after taking drugs: As the drug wore off I felt myself coming down.
come down (from…) (to…): [south]: to come from one place to another, usually from the north of a country to the south, or from a larger place to a smaller one: They don’t come down to London much because it’s too tiring with the kids.
Come off
1/ [of clothes, dirt]
2/ [trip] (informal)
3/ (of a plan, etc.) (informal)
4/ [in a fight, contest]
come off something: [no passive] [medicine,drugs,alcohol].
come off (as something) (North American English) [expression]
Come off
1/ [of clothes, dirt]to be able to be removed: Does this hood come off?/That mark won’t come off.
2/ [trip] (informal) to take place; to happen: Did the trip to Rome ever come off?
3/ (of a plan, etc.) (informal) to be successful; to have the intended effect or result: They had wanted it to be a surprise but the plan didn’t come off.
4/ [in a fight, contest] come off well, badly, etc. (especially British English, informal) to be successful/not successful in a fight, contest, etc.: I thought they came off very well in the debate.
come off something: [no passive] to stop taking medicine, a drug, alcohol, etc.: I’ve tried to get him to come off the tranquillizers.
come off (as something) (North American English): to give a particular impression: She always comes off as a snob because she doesn’t like to hang out with any of the others./It came off like he was trying to control us.
Come at
come at somebody:[no passive] [violence]
come at something: [problem]
Come at
come at somebody:[no passive] [violence] to move towards somebody as though you are going to attack them:She came at me with a knife.
come at something: [question] to think about a problem, question, etc. in a particular way:SYNONYM approach: We’re getting nowhere—let’s come at it from another angle./ I think we should start over because we’ve been coming at this problem all wrong.
Come in
1/[imperative]
2/[tide] opposite: go out,
3/ [race]
4/[fashion]
5/ [publisher]
6/[involment] : come in (on something) [on the deal]
7/[to be received] :
a/[of news]:
b/[of money]:
8/[arrive]
9/[ discussion ]
10/(of a law or rule)
Come in
1/[imperative]to enter a room or building: Come in! (= used when somebody knocks at a door)
2/[tide] opposite: go out, when the tide comes in, it moves towards the land: Make sure that you head back before the tide comes in though
3/ [race] to finish a race in a particular position: My horse came in last.
4/[fashion] to become fashionable: Long hair for men came in in the sixties.
5/ [publisher] to become available” We’re still waiting for copies of the book to come in.
6/[involment] to have a part in something:I understand the plan perfectly, but I can’t see where I come in. / come in (on something): to become involved in something: If you want to come in on the deal, you need to decide now.
7/to be received
a/Reports are just coming in of a major accident on the motorway.
b/With Dave unemployed, we don’t have much money coming in at the moment.
8/ OPPOSITE go out: The train is coming in now.
9/[ discussion ]to take part in a discussion: Would you like to come in at this point, Susan?
10/(of a law or rule) to be introduced; to begin to be used: Law enforcement officials have been swamped with information since new regulations came in earlier this year.
Come on
Come on
1/ [imperatives]
2/(of a player)
3/[of a project] (informal)
4/[exclamatory]
5/(usually used in the progressive tenses)
(of an illness or a mood) : come on to do something
6/(of a TV programme, etc.)
7/[of equipment]
Come on to sb: [attracted to] informal
come on to something: [no passive] [subject]
Come on
Come on
1/ [time] used in orders to tell somebody to hurry or to try harder: Come on! We don’t have much time.
2/(of a player) to join a team during a game” Wilson came on for Kane ten minutes before the end of the game.
3/[project] (informal) to improve or develop in the way you want:The project is coming on fine.
4/[fact]used to show that you know what somebody has said is not correct:Oh, come on—you know that isn’t true!
5/(usually used in the progressive tenses)
(of an illness or a mood) to begin
I can feel a cold coming on./I think there’s rain coming on.
come on to do something It came on to rain.
6/(of a TV programme, etc.) to start: What time does the news come on?
7/[equipment] to begin to operate: Set the oven to come on at six./When does the heating come on?
Come on to sb: [attracted to] informal if someone comes on to another person, they make it very clear that they are sexually interested in themThe way she was coming on to Jack, I’m amazed he managed to get out alive!
come on to something: [no passive] [talking] to start talking about a subject: I’d like to come on to that question later.
Come down + prep.:
come down on someone [insult]
come down to something [aspect]
Come down with sth [ill]
Come down + prep.:
come down on someone [insult] to criticize or punish someone severely: She came down pretty hard on the kids for making a mess.
come down to something [aspect] to be the most important aspect of a situation or problem: In the end, it all comes down to who wants the job the most.
Come down with sth [ill]: to start to suffer from an illness, especially one that is not serious: I think I’m coming down with flu.
come in + prep.
(come in at something)[amount]
(come in for something) [criticism]
(come out in something) [allergy]
(come in at something)[amount] to cost a particular amount: That particular carpet comes in at around £40 a square metre.
(come in for something) [criticism] to receive something such as criticism: Fast food has come in for further criticism in a report published today.
(come out in something) [allergy] to become covered in spots because you are ill or because your body reacts to a food or medicine:She can’t eat shellfish without coming out in spots.
Come out + prep.
come out of something: [no passive] [origin]
come out in something [allergy]
come out with something: [no passive] [rude]
Come out + prep.
come out of something: [no passive] to develop from something: The book came out of his experiences in India./Rock music came out of the blues.
come out in something to become covered in spots because you are ill or because your body reacts to a food or medicine: She can’t eat shellfish without coming out in spots.
come out with something: [no passive] to say something, especially something surprising or rude: He came out with a stream of abuse./She sometimes comes out with the most extraordinary remarks.
