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词组 come
释义 come
  [came, came, coming]
 come about
   come about to happen, especially in a way that was not planned or expected:
   ▪ The discovery of penicillin came about entirely by chance.
   ▪ The cold war came about because America and the Soviet Union were deeply suspicious of each other.
   ▪ This increase in food production has come about through the use of technology.
   how did sth come about?
   ▪ When did life begin on Earth, and how did it come about?
 come across
  1. come across sth/sb not passive to find something or meet someone by chance, when you are not expecting it:
   ▪ I came across a fascinating book in the library.
   ▪ Jill came across her son's diary when she was tidying his room one day.
   ▪ You must have come across some weird and wonderful people while you were there.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑stumble across
  2. come across sth to experience a particular type of problem, situation etc:
   ▪ I expect you'll come across all sorts of difficulties, but it's still worth trying.
   ▪ The judge said that he'd never come across a case quite like that before.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑meet
  3. come across to seem to be a particular type of person or thing, or to have particular qualities:
   come across as (being) sth
   ▪ Lisa's teachers always complain that she comes across as lazy.
   ▪ In the interview, Madonna came across as being very intelligent.
   ▪ His comments came across as rather unsympathetic.
   come across well/badly (=make people have a good or bad opinion of you)
   ▪ People say he's a very nice man, but he comes across badly on television.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come over especially BrE
  4. come across if an idea or emotion comes across, people understand or notice it because it is clearly expressed:
   ▪ What comes across very strongly in her letters is her wonderful sense of humour.
   ▪ The Prime Minister's message came across with absolute clarity.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come over especially BrE
 come after
   come after sb to chase or search for someone, often in order to get something from them or punish them:
   ▪ Ned looked round and saw two police officers coming after him.
   ▪ Isabel knew that Fitzlan would come after her, wherever she went.
 come along
  1. come along to go somewhere with someone or to go to the same place as them:
   ▪ We're going to watch the football - do you want to come along?
   ▪ You go ahead if you're in a hurry - I'll come along later.
  2. come along if something new such as a job or an opportunity comes along, it becomes available for you:
   ▪ This job came along just at the right time.
   ▪ If a deal came along obviously I would consider it.
   ▪ You really must take advantage of any opportunities that come along.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come up
  3. come along to arrive or appear somewhere - use this especially about something or someone that you have been waiting for:
   ▪ A bus usually comes along every ten minutes, so you shouldn't have to wait long.
   ▪ The police eventually came along and took the man away.
  4. be coming along to be making good progress or developing in the way you want:
   ▪ The doctor said that Richard was coming along nicely and would be able to go home on Friday.
   how's sth coming along? (=used to ask whether something is making good progress)
   ▪ How are your guitar lessons coming along?
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come on
  5. come along! spoken, especially BrE used to tell someone to hurry or make more effort:
   ▪ Come along, girls! We'll be late if we don't go now.
   ▪ Come along, Rob. I'm sure you know the answer!
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come on
 come apart
  1. come apart if a situation, relationship, agreement etc comes apart, it is not possible to make it work successfully any more:
   ▪ The terrorists refused to hand in their weapons, and the peace agreement seemed to be coming apart.
   come apart at the seams (=used to emphasize that something has a lot of problems and is likely to fail completely)
   ▪ His whole life seemed to be coming apart at the seams.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑fall apart
  2. come apart if something comes apart, it breaks or separates into pieces, often by accident, especially because it is not very strong or is in bad condition:
   ▪ Bruce grabbed the book from me and it came apart in his hands.
   ▪ You can't use this old suitcase - it's coming apart!
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑fall apart
 come at
  1. come at sb to move towards someone in a threatening way, especially in order to attack them:
   ▪ I was just leaving the club when this guy came at me with a knife.
  2. come at sb if a lot of information, problems, ideas etc come at you, you have to deal with them all at the same time, and this is often confusing or difficult:
   ▪ Consumers have so much information coming at them about different products, that it is often difficult for them to choose which one to buy.
  3. come at sth informal to consider or try to deal with a problem or situation in a particular way:
   ▪ We need to come at the problem from a different angle.
   ▪ New trainees, who come at the job fresh, can often teach us something too.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: approach
 come away
  1. come away to leave a place:
   ▪ "Come away," said the children's father, "it doesn't look very safe."
   + from
   ▪ We came away from the meeting feeling very optimistic.
   come away with the impression that/feeling that
   ▪ I came away with the impression that they `were not very happy together.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑leave
  2. come away if something comes away, it breaks and separates from something else, especially because it is not very strong or is in bad condition:
   ▪ Alex pulled at the door handle, but it came away in her hands.
   + from
   ▪ Large sections of the tiles had come away from the roof.
 come away with
   come away with sth to succeed in winning something, or in getting something that you want:
   ▪ Nadia Comaneci competed for Romania in the 1976 Olympics, and came away with seven gold medals.
   ▪ The negotiations should be fair and open, so that all sides come away with something.
 come back
  1. come back to return to a place:
   ▪ My sister lived in Italy, and only came back home at Christmas.
   ▪ When do you think you'll be coming back to work?
   + from
   ▪ He's just come back from a holiday in Mauritius.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑return
  2. come back to start to happen or be present again:
   ▪ As soon as I do any exercise, the pain comes back again.
   ▪ It took a long time for my confidence to come back after the accident.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑return
  3. come back to become fashionable or popular again, after being unfashionable for some time - used especially about styles of clothes, hair, music etc:
   ▪ Apparently, the styles of the 60s and 70s are coming back.
   come back in
   ▪ Some of the words that we used at school have come back in again recently.
   come back into fashion
   ▪ I never throw away old clothes in case they come back into fashion.
   ■ OPPOSITE: go out
    comeback n C when something becomes fashionable again, or a famous person becomes popular again:
   ▪ Aerosmith's comeback tour was a huge success, and won them a whole new generation of fans.
   make a comeback
   ▪ Long boots are expected to make a comeback in the autumn.
   ▪ The group made a terrific comeback when they were in their fifties.
  4. come back if something from the past comes back to you, you remember it
   it all comes back to you
   ▪ She looked at the photograph, and suddenly it all came back.
   + to
   ▪ His name will come back to me if I think about it.
  5. come back to reply with humour or anger to something someone says
   + with
   ▪ When Maria insulted him, Billy came back with a witty reply.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: reply, respond
    comeback n C usually singular especially AmE a humorous or angry reply:
   ▪ I can never think of a good comeback until it's too late.
 come back to
   come back to sth to talk about or consider a particular point or subject again, after you have stopped talking about it:
   ▪ "Now," she said, "coming back to your original point ..."
   ▪ Spence kept coming back to the same old argument again and again.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑return to
 come before
   come before sb/sth to be brought to a person or group in authority in order to be judged or discussed:
   ▪ Murphy's case came before Judge Holden at the Crown Court.
   ▪ It was some of the most important civil rights legislation to come before Congress.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑go before
 come around ! In British English, people usually use come round. In American English, people use come around.
  1. come around/round to come to someone's house in order to see them:
   ▪ Valerie and John said they might come around this evening.
   + for
   ▪ Why don't you come round for a drink after work?
   + to do
   ▪ Could I come around and have a chat with you sometime?
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come over
  2. come around/round to move around a group of people or houses in order to give them something or to collect something from them:
   ▪ The mailman usually comes around at about 8 o'clock.
   + with
   ▪ A waiter came around with glasses of champagne.
  3. come around/round to start to agree with an idea that you did not agree with before, or to like someone that you did not like, because someone has persuaded you to change your opinion or you have thought about it for a long time:
   ▪ My mother stopped speaking to me when I first married Tom, but she's slowly coming around now.
   come around to the idea/view etc that
   ▪ A lot of companies are coming around to the view that older employees tend to be more reliable.
   come around to doing sth
   ▪ We're hoping that they will eventually come round to accepting our offer.
  4. come around/round if a particular time or event comes around, it arrives or happens as usual or as expected:
   ▪ By the time spring comes around, I always feel ready for a holiday somewhere hot.
   ▪ The World Cup will be coming round again soon.
   ▪ The big day for my talk soon came around.
  5. come around/round to become conscious again, for example after an accident or operation:
   ▪ She was in hospital for two weeks before she finally came round.
   ▪ "It'll take a couple of hours for him to come around," the doctor said.
  6. come around/round if a letter or message comes around, it is sent to a group of people:
   ▪ An e-mail came around, telling us that the meeting had been cancelled.
 come between
  1. come between sb to spoil the relationship between two or more people, by causing problems or arguments:
   ▪ In the end it was Jed's jealousy and pride that came between us.
   ▪ My girlfriend's mother doesn't like me, she's always trying to come between us.
  2. come between sb and sth to prevent someone from giving enough attention to something:
   ▪ He was an ambitious man, who never let anyone come between him and his work.
 come by
  1. come by sth to get something, especially something that is unusual or difficult to get:
   ▪ How on earth did you come by these photographs - they're extraordinary!
   ▪ I wonder how he came by so much money at his age.
   be hard/difficult etc to come by
   ▪ Exact figures for unemployment are hard to come by.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get, obtain formal
  2. come by especially AmE to make a short visit to a place on your way to somewhere else:
   ▪ Can I come by tonight and get my stuff?
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑stop by
 come down
  1. come down to fall down from a higher position to a lower one, often to the ground:
   ▪ Snow was coming down in huge flakes which soon covered the ground.
   ▪ The ceiling looked like it might come down at any moment.
  2. come down if a price or the level of something comes down, it becomes lower:
   ▪ Do you think property prices might come down even further?
   ▪ Interest rates have come down considerably over the past year.
   ▪ Lottie had a terrible fever in the night, but by the next morning her temperature was coming down.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑fall, decrease formal
  3. come down to visit or move to the place where the person speaking is - use this especially when the place is further south:
   ▪ Would you like to come down for the weekend?
   + from
   ▪ Corinne's coming down from New York for Thanksgiving.
  4. come down to accept a lower price than you have asked, for something that you are selling:
   ▪ They're asking $150, 000 for the house, but they might come down a bit.
   + to
   ▪ In the end he agreed to come down to $2000.
  5. come down if a building, wall etc comes down, it is destroyed because it is not wanted any more:
   ▪ The Berlin wall came down in 1989.
   ▪ Eventually the old farm cottages came down, and modern housing developments went up.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: be demolished
  6. come down if a plane comes down, it crashes to the ground, or it lands somewhere where it had not planned to land:
   ▪ The plane came down in Bilmermeer, and there were no survivors.
   ▪ Due to a severe sandstorm, the plane had to come down in the desert.
  7. come down to reach as far as a particular point or place:
   ▪ I'd love to have a garden that comes down to the river here.
   ▪ His fine blond hair came down almost to his shoulders.
  8. come down if knowledge, tradition, ideas etc come down to people, they have been passed from older people to younger people over a long period of time:
   + to
   ▪ Most of what we know of this civilization comes down to us in stories.
   ▪ It's a tradition that has come down to us through several centuries.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: be handed down
  9. come down in favour of/against sth/sb to decide to support or oppose something or someone, after thinking about it carefully
   come down in favour of sth/sb
   ▪ The president is expected to come down in favor of military intervention in Kosovo.
   come down on the side of sth/sb
   ▪ When the German people had to decide whether Berlin or Bonn should be their capital, they came down on the side of Berlin.
   ▪ The judge in the case came down on the side of the unions.
   come down against sth/sb
   ▪ The Board of Directors came down against the merger.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come out
  10. come down informal to gradually stop feeling the excitement caused by taking an illegal drug or by a very enjoyable experience
   + off
   ▪ An addict coming down off heroin is in a dangerous and deeply depressed state.
   + from
   ▪ International matches are incredibly exciting, and players have to learn how to come down from them afterwards.
    come-down n singular BrE something that is much less enjoyable or interesting than what you have been doing before, or than what you expected:
   ▪ My next job was a bit of a come-down, but I needed the money.
  11. come down if an order, message etc comes down, it is sent to people from someone in authority:
   ▪ The order came down from the boss that we were to speed up the production and worry less about the quality.
   ▪ It'll be ages before a decision comes down to us about it.
  12. come down BrE old-fashioned to leave a university after finishing your course
   + from
   ▪ Adrian joined the family firm after coming down from Cambridge.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑leave
 come down on
   come down on sb to criticize or punish someone for something, especially severely and often unfairly:
   ▪ Your manager will really come down on you if the job isn't finished in time.
   come down on sb like a ton of bricks (=criticize or punish someone extremely severely)
   ▪ He made one tiny mistake and they all came down on him like a ton of bricks.
   come down hard/heavily on sb
   ▪ The judge came down hard on Davis, and sentenced him to six months imprisonment.
 come down to
  1. come down to sth if a problem or difficult situation comes down to something, that is the most important point or idea to consider
   it all comes down to sth
   ▪ It all comes down to money when you're trying to buy a house.
   ▪ Sure, you have to have talent, but in the end it all comes down to having confidence in yourself.
   when it comes down to it (=this is the most basic and important point)
   ▪ When it comes down to it, you have to remember she's only sixteen.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑boil down to
  2. if it comes down to it ... spoken used to say that if something becomes really necessary, that is what you will have to do:
   ▪ If it comes down to it, we'll just have to sell the house.
 come down with
   come down with sth to get an illness, especially one that is not very serious and is passed from one person to another:
   ▪ Almost everyone in the office came down with flu.
   ▪ I think I'm coming down with something - I feel really hot.
 come for
  1. come for sth/sb to come to collect something or someone and take them away:
   ▪ The taxi's coming for us at 6 o'clock.
   ▪ I've come for the curtains I ordered.
  2. come for sb to move towards someone with the intention of harming them or making them go somewhere with you:
   ▪ What would you do if a lion was coming for you?
   ▪ He threatened to come for my daughter, unless I gave him the money.
 come forth
  1. come forth formal to appear or be produced from somewhere
   + from
   ▪ Letters like this came forth from every corner of the nation.
    forthcoming adj always before noun a forthcoming event, product etc is one which will happen or be produced soon:
   ▪ the forthcoming election
   ▪ the band's forthcoming album
    forthcoming formal adj not before noun if money, information, help etc is forthcoming, it is given by someone or offered when it is needed:
   ▪ Morris was informed that he was no longer in the team, but no explanation was forthcoming.
   ▪ We've been assured that sufficient financial support will be forthcoming.
  2. come forth AmE to give important information or ideas to someone
   + with
   ▪ "Today I call on the congressional Democrats to come forth with their proposed spending cuts," Quayle said.
   ▪ A group of Englishmen came forth a few months ago with claims that the UFO sightings were all a hoax.
 come forward
  1. come forward to offer or be willing to do something
   + for
   ▪ Fewer and fewer people are coming forward for teacher training.
   + to do sth
   ▪ No one came forward to compete with Perot for the nomination.
  2. come forward to offer to help the police or people in authority, by giving information to them:
   ▪ People who are bullied at work are often too frightened to come forward.
   + with
   ▪ The police are hoping that new witnesses will come forward with more information.
 come forward with
   come forward with sth to suggest an idea or plan, or to give the money needed for something, especially after you have been officially asked for it:
   ▪ The Guggenheim Foundation came forward with the funds necessary for the research.
   ▪ Delors came forward with detailed proposals for a range of reforms.
 come from
  1. come from sth not progressive if you come from a particular place, you were born there or have your home there:
   ▪ Most of our students come from Europe.
   ▪ "Where do you come from, Jose?" "I'm from Brazil."
   ■ SIMILAR TO: be from
  2. come from sth not progressive to belong to a particular type of family or a particular social class:
   ▪ Penelope came from a very rich family, who lived in Atlanta.
   ▪ In our school we have kids who come from all kinds of backgrounds.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: be from
  3. come from sth not progressive to be made or produced in a particular place:
   ▪ It was a beautiful nineteenth century vase, which came from Italy.
   ▪ Their electricity comes from three power stations on the coast.
  4. come from sth not progressive to be obtained from somewhere, or to develop from something:
   ▪ Where did your information come from?
   ▪ Three important lessons came from this experience.
   ▪ A lot of English words come from Latin.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: be derived from
  5. understand/know where sb's coming from spoken informal to understand someone's character or attitude to something, or why someone says something:
   ▪ I find I disagree with her all the time - I just don't understand where she's coming from.
   ▪ I've had a few problems with Lisa in the past, so I know where you're coming from.
 come in
  1. come in to enter a room or a building - used especially when asking someone to enter the room or building that you are in:
   ▪ "Come in!" said a deep voice from inside the room.
   ▪ Would you like to come in and have a drink?
  2. come in to come to the place where you work:
   ▪ Which days are you coming in this week?
   ▪ Don't forget to telephone the office if you're not coming in.
  3. come in if a train, bus, plane, or ship comes in, it arrives at a station, airport, or port:
   ▪ What time should the train from Boston come in?
   ▪ Crowds of people were down at the port, waiting for the ship to come in.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑arrive
    incoming adj always before noun travelling towards a place and arriving soon:
   ▪ incoming flights
   ▪ incoming passengers
  4. come in to come to your house, office etc in order to do some work for you:
   ▪ Tina, the housekeeper, comes in three times a week.
   ▪ The builders are coming in during August, while we're on holiday.
  5. come in if something such as a report, a letter, a telephone call etc comes in, you receive it:
   ▪ The call I was waiting for came in at 9 o'clock on Saturday.
   ▪ When reports of the disaster first came in, people found it hard to believe.
   ▪ Several job offers had come in, but none of them were what I wanted.
    adj always before noun an incoming message or telephone call is one that you receive:
   ▪ incoming messages
  6. come in to become involved in or part of a plan, organized activity etc
   + on
   ▪ Everyone who joins the company is asked if they want to come in on the share purchase scheme.
   where/how sb/sth comes in (=what someone or something's part in a plan is)
   ▪ It's sounds interesting, but I'm afraid I still don't see how I come in.
   ▪ We need someone who knows the area well, and that's where Mick comes in.
  7. come in if money or work comes in, you earn it or get it:
   ▪ We never had enough money - we spent it as soon as it came in.
   ▪ Have you got much work coming in at the moment?
   ▪ Engineering firms say they have a lot of new orders coming in this year.
    income n C the amount of money that you earn each month or year:
   ▪ an annual income of $28,000
  8. come in to finish a race, competition etc in a particular position, or within a particular time:
   ▪ The favourite horse only just finished the race, coming in way behind the others.
   come in first/second etc
   ▪ In the women's competition, Irina Slutskaya of Russia came in first.
  9. come in if something in a shop comes in, a supply of it reaches the shop and becomes available:
   ▪ Our winter coats don't usually come in until September.
   ▪ Thousands of copies of the song sold out as soon as they came in.
  10. come in BrE if a new law or something that has recently been invented comes in, it starts to be used and to have an effect:
   ▪ A new law came in today requiring all bars and restaurants in Athens to close by 2 am.
   ▪ In the early 80s, computers were just starting to come in.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: be introduced
  11. come in if a new fashion comes in, it starts to be fashionable:
   ▪ Bright colours are coming in again for this summer.
   ▪ When did short skirts first come in?
  12. come in useful/handy to be useful for something:
   ▪ Keep that box - it might come in handy for something.
   ▪ My medical training's come in very useful in a lot of different ways.
  13. come in to get a position of power, or start to do an important job:
   ▪ "The last thing we need now is for the Socialists to come in and wreck the economy," Michael said.
   + as
   ▪ Bastiaens came in as chief executive and took over the running of the company.
    incoming adj always before noun an incoming government, official etc has recently been elected or chosen for that position:
   ▪ the incoming government
  14. come in BrE to join a conversation or discussion, often by interrupting someone:
   ▪ Excuse me, can I come in here?
   + on
   ▪ Then George suddenly came in on the conversation too.
  15. come in to cost or be a particular amount - used in business to talk about the figures involved in something
   + at
   ▪ We were quoted $60 a square yard to do this work, and now it's coming in at $150.
   ▪ If the national wheat crop comes in at only 30 bushels an acre, prices will stay high.
  16. the tide/sea comes in when the tide comes in, the sea moves towards the land. The tide is the regular movement or the sea, caused by the moon.:
   ▪ It's only safe to swim here when the tide's coming in.
   ■ OPPOSITE: go out
    incoming adj always before noun an incoming tide is coming further in to the land:
   ▪ The rocks were slowly being covered by the incoming tide.
  17. come in BrE if a season or a month comes in, it begins:
   ▪ The winter came in early that year, and lasted through till April.
 come in for
   come in for criticism, praise etc to be criticized, praised etc for something:
   ▪ The police have come in for criticism for not providing enough officers.
   ▪ In Dr Yates' speech, Samuel Whitbread came in for special praise.
 come into
  1. come into effect/force/operation/use if a new law, tax, agreement, or system comes into effect etc, it begins to be used and to have an effect:
   ▪ The new tax came into operation on April 1st.
   ▪ In 1952, the peace treaty came into effect.
   ▪ New restrictions designed to make it more difficult for people to smoke, came into force today.
  2. come into being/existence if something, for example a country or organization, comes into being, it starts to exist:
   ▪ The Mali Empire soon came into being, and spread along the banks of the Niger.
   ▪ Weinreich argues that the Yiddish language came into existence when Jews moved to Germany around the year 1100.
  3. come into sight/view if something comes into sight or view, you begin to be able to see it:
   ▪ We finally reached the top of the hill, and the town came into view.
  4. come into it spoken to be an important part of a situation, or be something that you must consider:
   ▪ You have to consider my feelings too - don't they come into it?
   ▪ I didn't want to be unemployed, not only because of the money - pride came into it as well.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑enter into
  5. come into office/power to start to have a position of power - used especially about governments:
   ▪ When the government came into power, unemployment was 1.25 million.
  6. come into money/land/a fortune etc to receive money, land etc from someone who has died:
   ▪ Apparently she came into an enormous sum of money from her grandmother.
   ▪ When the Duke dies, his oldest son will come into the estate.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: inherit
 come of
   come of sth to happen as the result of a situation, or of something that you do:
   something/nothing comes of sth
   ▪ I've written a long letter to the school, and I hope something comes of it.
   ▪ If nothing came of the interview, Joe knew he could always work for his father.
   that's what comes of sth BrE
   ▪ Lisa failed her music exam - that's what comes of not practising.
 come off
  1. come off • come off sth to stop being connected to something, or to stop sticking to sth:
   ▪ My bicycle chain's come off again.
   ▪ This white paint will never come off my clothes.
  2. come off well/badly/best/worst etc to be more or less successful or fortunate compared to someone else, for example in an argument, fight, or competition:
   ▪ Anthony wasn't as intelligent as Geoffrey, and always came off worse in an argument.
   ▪ Even leopards sometimes come off second-best in a fight with a bear.
   ▪ Compared to its competitors, the company has come off badly, with profits of only $17.9 million.
  3. come off if something that you have been planning or intend to do comes off, it happens or is successful:
   ▪ We've been thinking of going on a trip to Africa for years, but I don't think it'll ever come off.
   ▪ Apple wanted to merge with Sun Microsystems, but the deal hasn't come off yet.
   ▪ The ceremony had been carefully organized and it came off without any problems.
   ▪ Irene was trying to be funny, but the joke didn't quite come off.
  4. come off it! spoken informal used to tell someone that what they have just said is wrong or stupid, in your opinion:
   ▪ "I'm thinking of studying medicine." "Come off it ! You can't even stand the sight of blood!"
  5. come off sth to stop taking drugs, medicine, or alcohol, especially after taking them for a long time:
   ▪ It can take years to come off heroin.
   ▪ Clapton finally came off the booze and the drugs and started playing great music again.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get off
 come off as
   come off as sth AmE to seem like you have a particular attitude or quality because of something you say or do:
   ▪ Miller sometimes comes off as egotistical and unkind, but he's really a good person.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come across
 come on
  1. come on! spoken
  used to tell someone to come with you somewhere, or to hurry:
   ▪ Come on, Luke, let's go inside.
   ▪ Come on, you two! It's time to get up.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come along
  used to encourage someone to do something, or to try harder:
   ▪ Come on, George, give me a kiss.
   ▪ "Come on," urged Marie, "You can tell me what's wrong."
   ▪ Come on United! Let's have another goal!
  used to tell someone that you do not believe or agree with what they have just said:
   ▪ Come on, John. You didn't think I'd believe that, did you?
   ▪ Oh, come on. She's a lot older than that.
  used to comfort someone or tell them not to worry:
   ▪ Come on. Everything's going to be fine.
  2. come on in/over/up etc spoken used to tell someone to come in, over, up etc:
   ▪ "Come on in," Miller said, "Make yourself at home."
   ▪ Karen leaned out of her bedroom window. "Come on up," she said.
  3. come on to start working - use this especially about lights, a piece of equipment, or a heating system:
   ▪ The front door light will come on automatically when it gets dark.
   ▪ My hi-fi comes on and wakes me up at 7 o'clock.
   ▪ Why hasn't the heating come on yet?
   ■ OPPOSITE: go off
  4. come on if a television or radio programme comes on, it begins:
   ▪ The news usually comes on after `Neighbours' doesn't it?
  5. come on • come on sth to appear on a stage, in a film, or on television or radio:
   ▪ He's one of those actors that make you laugh every time they come on.
   come on stage/television/radio
   ▪ Then President Clinton came on television and repeated Gore's message.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: appear
  6. come on especially BrE to start to take part in a game of football, especially instead of another player:
   ▪ When Batty came on, Fairclough dropped back into the centre of defence.
   ▪ The game changed in Arsenal's favour when Paul Merson came on as substitute after half-time.
  7. come on to improve, especially in something you are learning, or to make progress:
   ▪ Joe's really come on a lot since he went to his new school.
   how's sth/sb coming on? (=what progress is something or someone making)
   ▪ How's all your building work coming on?
   ■ SIMILAR TO: be coming along
  8. come on strong to start to be very successful, or do something very well:
   ▪ In recent months, Cuba have been coming on strong, twice beating the US in World League play.
   ▪ Los Angeles, coming on strong as an arts centre, is getting its first big antiques fair in May.
  9. come on if an illness or a pain comes on, you start to get the illness or feel the pain:
   ▪ I think I have a cold coming on.
   ▪ Nick said he had a headache coming on, so he's gone back to the house.
  10. come on • come on sth to start speaking to you on the telephone, often after someone else has just finished:
   ▪ Then my mother came on, and started asking me if I was eating properly.
   come on the line/phone
   ▪ Sherman dialled the number in front of him, and waited for Levy to come on the line.
  11. come on if a particular season, period of time, or type of weather comes on, it starts or is nearly starting:
   ▪ A lot of birds fly further south as winter comes on.
   ▪ Evening was coming on, so we found some dry wood and lit a fire.
   ▪ The rain suddenly came on so hard that we stopped and sheltered in a doorway.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: approach
  12. come on sb/sth literary to meet someone or find something by chance or when you do not expect it:
   ▪ Turning the corner, we came on a group of about fifty cyclists.
   ▪ I was just in the library one day, when I came on this quite extraordinary book.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come across, ↑come upon, ↑chance upon/on
 come on to
  1. come on to sb informal to make it very clear to someone that you are sexually interested in them, from the way you behave:
   ▪ There was this girl at the bar - we'd only just met and she started coming on to me!
    come-on n singular informal something that you do or say that is clearly intended to attract someone sexually
   give sb the come-on
   ▪ She was definitely giving me the come-on, with her gorgeous big green eyes.
  2. come on to sth spoken to start talking or writing about a particular subject or idea, especially after talking or writing about other things:
   ▪ I'll come on to that point in more detail later.
   ▪ We began to wonder whether the speaker would ever come on to the subject we had come to hear about.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get onto/get on to
 come out
  1. come out to leave a room, building, or place where you are hiding:
   ▪ "Come out!" shouted the police officer. "We know you're in there!"
   + of
   ▪ Donald came out of his office, looking tired and worried.
  2. come out to leave prison, hospital, the army etc after completing the amount of time you have to spend in it:
   ▪ I'm going to pick up my Mum from hospital. She's coming out today.
   + of
   ▪ Nelson Mandela came out of jail without having changed any of his demands.
  3. come out to go somewhere with someone in order to enjoy yourself socially:
   ▪ Jack said he couldn't come out tonight because he has an exam tomorrow.
   + for
   ▪ What about coming out for a meal with all of us?
  4. come out if something comes out of somewhere, it is produced there and spreads out from there:
   ▪ The window was open onto the street, and music was coming out.
   + of
   ▪ I looked and saw that blood was coming out of his mouth.
   ▪ Our companies should take a close look at the new technology coming out of Japan.
  5. come out if a book, piece of music, film etc comes out, it becomes available to buy in the shops, or to see at the cinema:
   ▪ People are always waiting for Terry Pratchett's next book to come out.
   ▪ When the movie came out, it was an instant success and made a lot of money.
   ▪ The National Geographic comes out once a month.
  6. come out if something comes out, it is removed or separated from its place or the place where it should be:
   ▪ I gave the tooth a sharp pull, and it came out really easily.
   ▪ The key had got stuck in the door and it wouldn't come out.
   + of
   ▪ Just a minute - the plug's come out of its socket.
  7. come out if the true information about something comes out, it becomes known, especially after being kept secret:
   ▪ I knew that Ruth had problems, but it was several months before the truth came out.
   ▪ The President had publicly promised that the full facts would come out.
   it came out that
   ▪ It eventually came out that Mandelson had borrowed nearly $400,000.
  8. come out if results, figures etc come out, they are given to people or made public:
   ▪ The exam results don't come out until the end of August.
   ▪ I'd like to see our latest sales figures as soon as they come out.
  9. come out if a particular quality or fact comes out, you notice that it exists for the first time, or more than you did before:
   ▪ He's a very quiet man, but his understanding of people comes out in his writing.
   ▪ None of these difficulties came out until we were half way through the project.
  10. come out used when saying how good or bad something was
   come out well/badly/ahead etc
   ▪ It took him a long time to write the book, but it came out really well.
   come out on top (=be judged to be better than the others)
   ▪ Of all the washing-machines in the survey, this one came out on top.
   how did sth come out?
   ▪ How did that dress you were making come out?
  11. come out if something you say comes out in a particular way, you say it in that way, or that is how it sounds:
   ▪ I tried to explain how I feel, but it all came out wrong, and she just walked out and left me.
   + as
   ▪ "But why?" Kelly's question came out as a loud protest.
  12. come out if the sun, moon, or stars come out, they appear in the sky after being hidden:
   ▪ Just as we were about to leave the beach, the sun came out.
   ■ OPPOSITE: go in
  13. come out if marks or colours come out of something, especially something made of cloth, they disappear or become less strong when you clean or wash them:
   ▪ I don't think this stain will come out, whatever I do.
   ▪ You should really wash dark clothes separately, in case the colour comes out of them.
  14. come out in favour of/against sth sb to publicly support or oppose a particular idea, plan, person, or organization
   come out in favour/favor of sth/sb
   ▪ Many Democrats, concerned about their popularity, have come out in favor of the anti-gay-marriage bill.
   come out in support of sth/sb
   ▪ Bardot has come out in support of Le Pen, the leader of the French National Front party.
   come out against sth/sb
   ▪ Martin Luther King came out against the Vietnam War.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come down
  15. come out to tell people that you are gay, instead of keeping it secret. People who are gay have sexual relationships with people of their own sex.:
   ▪ Peter had been gay for years before he finally decided to come out.
  16. come out to admit something that you feel embarrassed or ashamed about, after keeping it secret
   come out and say/tell/talk etc
   ▪ Months later Julie came out and talked about what had happened.
  17. come out to succeed in living through an unpleasant experience without being seriously harmed:
   ▪ The two girls had been kidnapped and were lucky to come out alive.
   + of
   ▪ Of course there are arguments in every family, but most children come out of the experience without permanent damage.
  18. come out if flowers come out, they develop and open:
   ▪ Roses come out at the end of June, and again later in the summer.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: bloom
  19. come out if a photograph comes out, the photograph is successful and the picture is clear:
   ▪ That photograph I took of you came out really well.
   ▪ The view didn't come out because there wasn't enough light.
  20. come out if someone comes out to the country where you are, they travel there to visit or stay:
   ▪ You're welcome to stay if you ever want to come out to Hong Kong.
   ▪ Our daughter and her family came out to visit us for three weeks.
  21. come out if something comes out at a particular place, it leads towards that place and often ends there:
   ▪ Do you know where this road comes out?
   ▪ The pipes from the bathroom come out at the back of the house.
   come out if something comes out from a particular place, it appears there and leads away from that place:
   ▪ There were several loose wires coming out from the wall.
  22. come out BrE if workers come out, they refuse to work, especially until their employer agrees to their demands:
   ▪ Other workers came out in support of the miners' strike.
   come out on strike
   ▪ When their pay claims were refused, the teachers came out on strike.
  23. come out old-fashioned if a young woman comes out, she spends time going to a lot of dances and other social events in order to be introduced to upper-class society:
   ▪ Eighteen was considered the right age for a young lady to come out.
    coming-out party/dance etc n C a coming-out party or dance is one given by a young woman's parents when she is being formally introduced to upper-class society:
   ▪ I went to Ellen's coming-out party last week.
 come out in
   come out in spots/a rash etc BrE to develop spots etc on your skin, especially a lot of them:
   ▪ I tend to come out in a rash if I eat certain foods.
   ▪ Children should definitely see the doctor if they come out in spots.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑break out
 come out of
  1. come out of sth to result from an activity, event, or process, especially one that has been deliberately organized:
   ▪ A lot of interesting new ideas came out of the meeting.
   ▪ Scientists are hoping that a new vaccine will eventually come out of their research.
   ▪ I don't think any good at all has come out of this war.
  2. come out of sth to stop being in a particular situation or state - used especially to say that a country stops being in a bad economic situation, or that someone stops being in a bad mood:
   ▪ Various signs suggest that the economy may be coming out of recession.
   ▪ The US was just coming out of a major financial panic.
   ▪ "She seems very depressed." "Don't worry, she'll soon come out of it."
  3. come out of sth well/badly etc if you come out of a situation well, you get a good result, or people have a good opinion of you:
   ▪ Water companies come out of the study well, with profits of between 25%-54% of sales.
   ▪ "Irene's gone to Hawaii on vacation." "Oh - she must have come out of her divorce quite well then."
   ▪ I've just read a book about him. He doesn't come out of it very well - he seems very arrogant and selfish.
 come out with
  1. come out with sth to produce a new product, idea, plan etc:
   ▪ Hewlett-Packard is coming out with a new version of its HP/UX operating system.
   ▪ The German naturalist, Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, came out with a similar theory.
  2. come out with sth to say something suddenly, especially something that is unexpected:
   ▪ When I asked for his opinion, he came out with a long list of criticisms.
   come out with it
   ▪ Martia took a deep breath and came out with it: "I've met another man."
 come over
  1. come over if someone comes over, they move to where you are in a room or other place, especially in order to speak to you:
   ▪ Miguel came over and put his arm around me.
   + to
   ▪ An official came over to him and asked him what was in his bag.
  2. come over to visit you at your house:
   ▪ Why don't you come over this evening and we'll talk about it then?
   ▪ Some of our relatives are coming over for lunch this weekend.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come around/round
  3. come over to travel to the country where you are now from a different country, especially one that is across the sea:
   + from
   ▪ A lot of unskilled workers came over from Ireland to work in the construction industry.
   + to
   ▪ Greg and Pippa came over to America, and stayed with us for eight days.
  4. come over sb if a feeling or a change comes over you, you experience it and it affects the way you behave or look:
   ▪ She knew he was watching her, and a feeling of panic came over her.
   ▪ It was six months since I'd seen Bruce, and a change had come over him in that time.
   what has come over sb? (=used when you are surprised because someone has suddenly started behaving in a way that is very different from usual)
   ▪ I don't know what's come over Mr Wechsler - he actually smiled at me this morning!
   ▪ I don't know what came over me - I slipped my hand inside the dead man's jacket, and took his wallet.
  5. come over especially BrE to seem to be a particular type of person or thing, or to have particular qualities:
   + as
   ▪ Mrs Robins came over as a cold strict woman who was always giving orders.
   ▪ The band's new album comes over as both traditional and modern at the same time.
   come over well/badly (=make people have a good or bad opinion of you)
   ▪ I was so nervous - I think I came over really badly in the interview.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come across
  6. come over sth • come over if someone's voice or a message comes over a phone, radio etc, it is sent or broadcast and you hear it:
   ▪ The terrible news came over the radio that the president had been shot.
   ▪ I picked up the phone and Will's voice came over loud and clear.
  7. come over especially BrE if an idea, meaning, or quality comes over, it is clearly expressed and easy to notice or understand:
   ▪ I know what you're trying to say, but I don't think it really comes over in this essay.
   ▪ There was an air of sadness about her, that came over very strongly.
   ▪ The same message is coming over again and again: we are slowly destroying the planet.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come across
  8. come over to leave a group, team, or organization and join one that is competing against it:
   + from
   ▪ Patrice Tardif was one of the three players who came over from the Blues.
   + to
   ▪ By July large numbers of Charles' opponents had been captured or had come over to him.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: defect formal
  9. come over a bit funny/all romantic/rather faint etc informal, especially BrE to suddenly start to feel a little strange, start behaving in a romantic way etc:
   ▪ I came over a bit funny after I'd had that second drink.
   ▪ Towards the end of the evening he started coming over all romantic.
 come round BrE
   ► see ↑come around/round
 come through
  1. come through if something comes through, you receive it - use this about something such as a message, phone call, official document, or permission to do something:
   ▪ I was in Boston when the news came through about President Kennedy's son.
   ▪ It was November before Philip's visa finally came through.
   ▪ Hank's divorce came through sooner than he had expected.
  2. come through sth to succeed in getting to the end of a dangerous or difficult situation without being badly harmed or damaged:
   ▪ Chris was the only one who had come through the war unharmed.
   ▪ Amazingly, our house came through the storm without much damage.
  3. come through sth • come through BrE to succeed in passing a test, or in proving that you are able to do something difficult:
   ▪ Dwyer was allowed to take part in the final after coming through a fitness test without any problems.
   come through with flying colours (=do something very successfully)
   ▪ This was Reagan's first tough presidential decision, and he came through with flying colours.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑pass
  4. come through to move from one room to another:
   ▪ Do you want to come through and have your dinner?
   + to/into BrE
   ▪ Come through to the sitting-room, there's more room in there.
  5. come through to provide something that someone needs or has asked for, or to do what you have promised:
   + with
   ▪ The oil companies say they could come through with a cleaner fuel, but it would cost more.
   ▪ The US came through with $1 billion in aid.
   come through for sb (=provide someone with the support or help that they need)
   ▪ When Jim asked Donato for help, she came through for him, pointing out where more work was needed and offering suggestions.
  6. come through if a quality, feeling, or idea comes through, it is noticeable to other people:
   ▪ Bob was such a comedian - his humour came through so clearly.
   ▪ What came through about the refugees was their courage and determination.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come across, ↑come over especially BrE
 come to
  1. come to sth to reach a particular state or situation - used especially in the following phrases
   come to an end (=finish)
   ▪ My stay in San Francisco was coming to an end, and I decided to visit Natalie one last time.
   come to an agreement (=agree about something, especially formally)
   ▪ It was several months before we eventually came to an agreement.
   it comes to the point where (=used to say that you have reached a particular situation)
   ▪ It came to the point where we could no longer bear to talk to each other.
  2. come to a decision/conclusion/verdict to make a decision about something, or to decide what you think about something:
   ▪ All the candidates were good, and it took us a long time to come to a decision.
   ▪ By the end of the holiday, we'd come to the conclusion that camping in England isn't much fun.
  3. when it comes to sth especially spoken used to introduce the particular subject that you are going to talk about or deal with:
   ▪ When it comes to relationships, everyone makes mistakes.
   ▪ Joe didn't sing or play guitar particularly well, but when it came to songwriting, he was a genius.
   ▪ The government has had little success when it comes to education.
  4. come to power to officially start to rule a country - used about leaders, parties, or groups:
   ▪ The Communists came to power in China in 1949.
   ▪ Nasser came to power in a nationalist revolution, which signalled the end of European domination of Egyptian affairs.
  5. come to nothing/not come to anything to develop or not develop into something successful:
   ▪ It was obvious that the relationship would come to nothing in the end.
   ▪ I had a great idea for a book once, but it never came to anything.
  6. come to sth spoken if you come to a particular point or subject in a discussion or speech, you start to talk about or deal with it after talking about others first:
   ▪ There are reasons for our decision, which I'll come to later.
   ▪ I'm coming to the Labour party's proposal in a minute.
   ▪ We now come to item three on the agenda.
  7. come to sth to be a particular total when the numbers or amounts are added together:
   ▪ At the end of the evening the bill came to $50.
  8. come to sb if a thought or idea comes to you, you think of it or remember it, especially suddenly:
   ▪ I've forgotten the name of the restaurant - it'll come to me in a minute.
   ▪ The idea for the programme first came to us when we were in America.
  9. come to to become conscious again after an accident or operation:
   ▪ When I came to, I was lying in a hospital bed.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come around/round
 come together
  1. come together if two or more people, groups etc come together, they join together, especially in order to do something:
   ▪ Palmer and Jones came together and started work on the research.
   + to do sth
   ▪ Several local groups had come together to form the new party.
  2. be coming together if something is coming together, it is finally starting to be successful or develop as you want, especially when you have been trying to get it right for a long time:
   ▪ Linda was just beginning to feel that her life was coming together.
   ▪ A plan for an International Trade Centre is at last coming together.
   it's coming together
   ▪ After five years of hard work it's all coming together, and their latest album has been a huge success.
 come under
  1. come under attack/criticism/threat/pressure etc if someone or something comes under attack, criticism, threat, pressure etc, they are attacked, criticized, threatened, face pressure etc:
   ▪ Oil tankers and trucks on the roads from Iraq to Jordan came under air attack on January 29.
   ▪ The report came under severe criticism.
   ▪ Bush came under pressure to negotiate with Noriega.
   ▪ Thousands of jobs came under threat when Powergen announced that it was cancelling its contract with British Rail.
   come under fire (=be criticized or attacked)
   ▪ TV companies have come under fire for the amount of violence on our screens.
  2. come under scrutiny/review etc to be examined or considered carefully, in order to make a decision or form an opinion:
   ▪ During the coming year, all areas of the company will come under review.
   ▪ The new policy came under intense scrutiny.
  3. come under sth to be controlled or dealt with by a particular rule, authority, country, or person:
   ▪ All doctors come under the same rules of professional conduct.
   come under sb's control/jurisdiction
   ▪ Moldavia became a part of the Ottoman Empire, and then came under Russian control.
  4. come under sth if something comes under a particular group of things, it belongs to that group, or is kept with that group:
   ▪ Excuse me, do his novels come under fiction or literature?
   come under the heading/category of sth
   ▪ Anger, jealousy and fear all come under the heading of negative emotions.
 come up
  1. come up to move towards someone or something until you are near them or next to them:
   ▪ She came up and put her arms around him.
   + to/behind/beside sb
   ▪ A lot of people came up to me and started asking questions.
   ▪ I looked in the mirror and saw a police car coming up behind us.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: approach
  2. come up to travel to or visit a place that is further north than where you are now, or that is in a city:
   ▪ I thought I might come up to London for the weekend and see a show.
   ▪ You must come up and visit us some time.
  3. come up if an opportunity comes up, for example for a job, it becomes available:
   ▪ Let me know if you hear of any suitable jobs coming up.
   ▪ An opportunity came up to work in Ethiopia for a year, so I went.
   ▪ If you keep on trying, I'm sure something will come up.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: arise formal
  4. come up if a subject, name etc comes up in a conversation or meeting, it is mentioned or discussed:
   ▪ We'd been going out together for two years before the subject of marriage came up.
   ▪ The school needs some new governors, and your name kept coming up.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: be mentioned, arise formal
  5. come up if a problem or difficulty comes up, it suddenly appears and you have to try and deal with it:
   ▪ It's been one of those days when problems keep coming up all the time.
   something's come up
   ▪ I'm afraid I'm going to be home late - something's come up at work.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑crop up, arise formal
  6. be coming up if a particular event or occasion is coming up, it is going to happen soon at a definite time in the future:
   ▪ Your birthday's coming up next month, isn't it?
   ▪ The Annual Folk Festival is coming up on Saturday May 3rd.
   ▪ Coming up in a few minutes on Central News: plans to make the centre of Oxford into a traffic-free zone.
  7. come up if a legal case comes up, it is dealt with in a court of law:
   ▪ Kate's divorce is coming up before the courts next week.
   ▪ When the Louise Woodward case came up, the newspapers were full of it.
  8. come up if information comes up on a computer screen, it appears there:
   ▪ Click on `Search', and a list of your options comes up.
   + on
   ▪ It was only half an hour until our plane left, and the number of our boarding gate still hadn't come up on the screen.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: to appear
  9. come up to reach a particular point or level:
   ▪ When the river flooded, how far did it come up?
   + to
   ▪ Ed's quite tall now - he comes up to my shoulders!
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑reach
  10. come up if the sun or moon comes up, it moves up into the sky where you can see it:
   ▪ We got up early to watch the sun come up behind the mountains.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑rise
   ■ OPPOSITE: go down
  11. come up if a plant or seed comes up, it begins to appear above the ground:
   ▪ If you plant the seeds now they should come up in about ten days' time.
  12. come up if a wind or storm comes up, it starts and gradually gets stronger or worse:
   ▪ It was hard work walking, with a strong wind coming up.
   ▪ We were a mile out to sea when the storm came up.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑blow up
  13. come up if a question or a subject comes up in an examination, it is one of the questions or subjects in the examination:
   ▪ Did any questions on geographical locations come up in the exam?
  14. come up to gradually become more successful by improving your position in your job or in society:
   ▪ Douglas had spent twenty years coming up through the company to where he was now.
   come up in the world
   ▪ Jo smiled as she parked her brand new Mercedes outside her house - she was coming up in the world at last.
    up-and-coming adj always before noun likely to be very successful in the future:
   ▪ up-and-coming young artists
  15. come up BrE if the lights come up in a theatre or cinema, they are turned on at the end of the play or film:
   ▪ The show finally ended and the lights came up.
  16. come up if a number comes up in a competition, you win something if you have a ticket with that number on it:
   ▪ You'll win about sixty dollars if three of your numbers come up.
  17. come up BrE if something comes up in a particular way, that is how it looks after you have done something to it:
   ▪ I've washed all the curtains and they've come up like new.
   ▪ If you let your hair dry in the sun, it should help it come up even blonder.
  18. come up if food comes up, it rises from your stomach after you have eaten it, especially because you are sick:
   ▪ Ben had eaten too many hamburgers, so it wasn't surprising when the whole lot came up again.
  19. coming (right) up! spoken used to tell someone that the drinks or food they have just ordered will be ready very soon:
   ▪ "Two Martinis, please." "Coming up, sir!"
  20. come up BrE old-fashioned to begin studying at a university:
   ▪ I came up in the autumn of 1953, to study medicine.
 come up against
  1. come up against sth/sb not passive to be faced with a problem, or a difficult situation or person, and have to find a way of dealing with them:
   ▪ Women in the police force often complain that they come up against a lot of prejudice.
   ▪ Thompson described his commander as one of the cruellest men he'd ever come up against.
  2. come up against sb not passive to have to compete against a person or team that is very good and hard to defeat, especially in a sports competition:
   ▪ The team were doing well at first, but then they came up against last year's World Champions.
 come up for
  1. come up for sale/auction if property, especially houses or land, comes up for sale or auction, it becomes available to buy. An auction is a public meeting where things are sold to the person who offers to pay the most money for them.:
   ▪ I'd really love to buy that house, if it ever comes up for sale.
   ▪ A painting by Van Gogh came up for auction in 1990, and fetched $43 million.
  2. come up for discussion/debate to be discussed, especially at a formal meeting, so that a decision can be made:
   ▪ The issue came up for debate in Parliament three days later.
  3. come up for sth to reach the time when something should be dealt with or done, according to an official system to agreement:
   ▪ The case came up for review, and the men, who had already spent fifteen years in jail, were found innocent.
   ▪ In November, one third of the Senate comes up for re-election.
   ▪ When Checkland's contract came up for renewal, it was extended for only a year.
 come up to
  1. come up to sth usually negative BrE to reach a particular standard, or be as good as you expect something to be
   come up to sb's/sth's standards
   ▪ Many of Britain's beaches do not come up to EC standards.
   come up to expectations
   ▪ We loved the island, but the hotel didn't really come up to our expectations.
   come up to scratch (=be as good as expected or as something should be)
   ▪ Over a third of the schools in the survey didn't come up to scratch.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑reach
  2. be coming up to sth BrE to be getting near a particular time or age:
   ▪ It was coming up to two o'clock by the time everyone had left.
   ▪ My oldest son's just coming up to sixteen.
   ▪ Frank will be coming up to retirement in a year or two, won't he?
   ■ SIMILAR TO: to approaching formal
 come up with
  1. come up with sth to think of an idea, plan, solution, or answer:
   ▪ A good leader has to be able to identify problems and come up with solutions.
   ▪ Morrissey was really good at coming up with great titles for songs.
   ▪ I'm sure I can get the money, if you give me one more day to come up with something.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑think up, ↑think of
  2. come up with sth/sb to produce a particular sum of money, or to find a suitable person or thing:
   ▪ Anyone wishing to buy the company would have to come up with $8.5 million.
   ▪ We've advertised several times, but so far we haven't been able to come up with a suitable candidate.
 come upon
  1. come upon sb/sth literary to meet someone or find something by chance or when you do not expect it:
   ▪ On the second day we came upon the remains of a Roman villa.
   ▪ Lovage and his men came upon a group of Mexicans camped somewhere in Fresno county.
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come across, ↑come on literary, ↑stumble across
  2. come upon literary if a feeling or idea comes upon you, you suddenly feel it or think of it:
   ▪ A wave of tiredness came upon her.
   ▪ The idea for a party came upon them one Saturday morning over breakfast.
 come with
  1. come with sth if something that you can buy comes with another thing, it always includes the second thing:
   ▪ All our garden furniture comes with a four-year guarantee.
   ▪ Both models come with sixteen megabytes of memory.
  2. come with sth if one thing comes with another, it develops or results from it:
   ▪ Experience comes with age.
   ▪ Good exam technique only comes with practice.
  3. come with sth if one thing comes with another thing, the first thing is a natural part of the second:
   ▪ Long hours just come with the job, I'm afraid.
   ▪ Lack of sleep tends to come with being a new mother.
 come within
  1. come within seconds/inches/a few points etc of doing sth used to say that someone very nearly does something, or something very nearly happens to someone:
   ▪ Clinton came within two percentage points of winning Arizona.
   ▪ Afterwards I realized I'd come within seconds of death.
   ▪ The plane came within thirty feet of disaster, which it just missed a skyscraper.
  2. come within sight/range/reach to be close enough to something to see it or reach it, or to be seen or reached
   + of
   ▪ As Beatty came within sight of his office, he was surprised to see a small group waiting at the door.
   ▪ Parts of Seoul were coming within range of North Korean heavy artillery.
  3. come within the power/scope etc of sb/sth to be included in what a person or group has the power or ability to do:
   ▪ It doesn't come within the their power to authorize such a large sum of money.
   ▪ The course is only for a week, so certain areas will not come within its scope.
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