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come British & World English

move or travel towards or into a place thought of as near or familiar to the speaker

come in come British & World English

move or travel towards or into a place thought of as near or familiar to the speaker

to come in come British & World English

(following a noun) in the future

come at in come British & World English

launch oneself at (someone) to attack them

come by in come British & World English

call casually and briefly as a visitor

come in in come British & World English

join or become involved in an enterprise

come on in come British & World English

(of a state or condition) start to arrive or happen

come upon in come British & World English

meet or find by chance

come to in come British & World English

(of an expense) reach in total; amount to

come up in come British & World English

(of an issue, situation, or problem) occur or present itself, especially unexpectedly

come-on British & World English

a gesture or remark that is intended to attract someone sexually

come the —— in come British & World English

play the part of; behave like

how come? in come British & World English

said when asking how or why something happened or is the case

come amid in come British & World English

(of an action or event) be accompanied by; happen at the same time as

come away in come British & World English

be left with a specified feeling, impression, or result after doing something

come back in come British & World English

(in sport) recover from a deficit

come down in come British & World English

(of a building or other structure) collapse or be demolished

come for in come British & World English

arrive to arrest or detain (someone)

come from in come British & World English

originate in; have as its source

come into in come British & World English

suddenly receive (money or property), especially by inheriting it

come off in come British & World English

(of an action) succeed; be accomplished

come out in come British & World English

(of a fact) emerge; become known

come over in come British & World English

(of a feeling or manner) begin to affect (someone)

come home in home British & World English

play the second nine holes in a round of eighteen holes

come true in true British & World English

actually happen or become the case

come clean in clean British & World English

be completely honest; keep nothing hidden

come again? in come British & World English

used to ask someone to repeat or explain something they have said

come right in come British & World English

have a good outcome; end well

come across in come British & World English

meet or find by chance

come along in come British & World English

said when encouraging someone or telling them to hurry up

come before in come British & World English

be dealt with by (a judge or court)

come round in come British & World English

recover consciousness

come under in come British & World English

be classified as or among

come-along British & World English

a hand-operated winch

come-hither British & World English

(of a woman or her manner) playfully showing or expressing sexual interest; coquettish

come-outer British & World English

a person who dissociates themselves from an organization

come between in come British & World English

interfere with or disturb the relationship of (two people)

come forward in come British & World English

volunteer oneself for a task or post or to give evidence about a crime

come on to in come British & World English

make sexual advances towards

come through in come British & World English

succeed in surviving or dealing with (an illness or ordeal)

be or come nowhere in nowhere British & World English

be badly beaten or completely unsuccessful in a race or competition

come running in run British & World English

be eager to do what someone wants

come unglued in unglued British & World English

(of plans or an enterprise) end in failure

come or get unstuck in unstick British & World English

become separated or unfastened