to come
- verb
- /kʌm/
- She decided to come to the meeting after all.
- come back
- come here
- come home
Well, if you want to kill me, come and chase me, OK?
- Well, if you want to kill me, come and chase me, OK?
- People come, people go, People come, people stay.
- And so though their audience would come watch my videos.
- For some of you, your radical was coming here, right?
- I'd have it all and man, school came fast, man.
- So we want people to come and see a Matrim show.
- And once they've done that, they'll come for scientists.
- Then I left my mattress to inflate and came home to that handprint.
Examples
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Trust your wife and come back home.
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I found your note when I came down from London this afternoon.
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But why do they need to come and talk to us?
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I thought it might be fun to come here in a dress.
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Honey, I got your message and I came right over.
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Thank you guys for coming to us.
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You have to come see this.
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When... when did they come back?
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And it's your duty, young man, to come along with us!
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Who would like to come and play Menace?
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Start thinking and acting in a sensible way again after being foolish or upset
- Informal
To be a normal and unavoidable part of a job or situation
- Informal
Reach a point where the result is not decided until the last moment
- Informal
To become more confident and willing to talk to other people
- Informal
A warning that bad behavior on a work trip can lead to punishment at work when you return
- Informal
To tell other people that you practice witchcraft or Pagan beliefs after keeping it secret
- Informal
Things that rise will later fall, for example prices or fortunes
Phrasal Verbs
A thing included with a product as a usual extra, for example a charger with a phone
A result that happens because of something, for example more work after a promotion
Compounds
- Informal
A time when someone faces a hard truth and decides to change what they do
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Come goes back to the Old English word cuman, which meant 'to move toward' or 'arrive', so the basic image of 'coming' as moving to a place helps explain why come means to move or arrive now.