Phrasal verbs with 'COME'

COME ABOUT – to happen, to occur.

I’m sure that most people wouldn’t have read the books if the show had never come about.

COME ACROSS – to find or meet by accident, by chance / to seem, to make a certain impression.

I was surfing the Internet once and came across this YouTube channel about history. I really like the content but the narrator comes across as a very rude man.

COME ALONG – to appear, arrive / to accompany.

If the opportunity comes along and we go abroad, I would like you to come along with us.

COME APART – to break into pieces.

Nate looked around and saw an ancient book on the floor; as soon as he picked it up, it came apart.

COME AROUND – to change your views, to agree with an opinion you had previously disagreed with / to go somewhere where someone is / to regain consciousness.

It took years for Larry’s father to come around after their argument. But he came around to see his son when he was checked into a hospital. When Larry had finally come around, he was over the moon to see his father at his bed.

COME BACK – to return.

Treebeard told Merry and Pippin about the Entwives and recited a poem where the Ents asked their wives to come back.

COME BEFORE – to be present in court when your case is considered / to be more important than.

Dora was trembling when her case came before the jury. But she always believed that justice must come before everything else.

COME BY – to make a short visit / to get your hands on smth that is usually hard to get.

When Gabby asked her to come by, Vicky thought it had something to do with their work. But it turned out Gabby had heard about Vicky’s hobby, so she gave her several postage stamps that are really hard to come by.

COME DOWN – to fall / to become lower.

A lot of trees came down after the hurricane. The disaster also caused airline ticket prices to come down.

COME DOWN ON – to punish or criticize severely.

Alice always comes down hard on people who don’t care about the environment.

COME DOWN TO – to be influenced mostly by certain important aspects.

In the end, it all comes down to whether you’re a decent person or not.

COME DOWN WITH – to be affected (by an illness).

Nobody was surprised when Ian came down with a fever after his stunt in freezing water.

COME FORWARD - to offer help, information.

The police had no leads until Barbara Newsy came forward with some solid evidence

COME IN – to enter / to become trendy / to finish a race in a certain place.

Bobby came in and everybody stared at him. He was wearing bootcut jeans and a psychedelic shirt, you know, like the ones that came in during the 70s. He explained that he lost a bet when his horse came in last and now he had to wear this ridiculous outfit for two months.

COME IN FOR – to receive (e.g. blame, criticism).

The famous YouTuber came in for further criticism in videos posted today by his colleagues.

COME INTO – to receive (e.g. a fortune)/to be involved in a situation.

Last year, Ben came into some money. That’s why she married him, love never came into it.

COME OFF – to become detached, removed / to happen as planned.

While I was sleeping, my so-called friends drew a rude picture on my forehead with a permanent marker that’s not supposed to come off. They wanted me to show up in school looking like that but I managed to wash it off before school, so their plan didn’t come off.

COME OUT – to appear / to become available (when talking about a film, book, game, etc.) / to become known/to disclose your sexual orientation.

The movie is called Stars That Come Out At Noon. It came out in 2015 and brought fame to Ronald Heady who played the leading role. The theme of the movie is that the truth always comes out. Its title is rather ironic since the leading actor surprised everyone by coming out as gay a couple of weeks after the premiere.

COME OUT WITH – to launch (e.g. a product) / to say smth unexpected.

Initially, people loved the new product the company came out with. Things soured when the CEO of the company came out with some controversial opinions about the infamous accident in their rival company.

COME OVER – to visit someone / to feel smth weird unexpectedly/to seem, to make a certain impression.

My boss invited me and my wife for dinner and we came over to his place. I was very nervous and I ate too much, and then I stood up too quickly and came over all dizzy. I hope I didn’t come over as some greedy and pathetic creature to my boss and his wife.

COME ROUND (see COME AROUND).

COME THROUGH – to reach an addressee / ​to endure a dangerous experience, a difficult situation.

A message has just come through that our president came through the surgery.

COME THROUGH WITH – to complete a task that you have promised to do.

We were never sure that Noah would hold his end of the bargain but he actually came through with money in the end.

COME TO – to regain consciousness / ​to add up to / to result in (esp. smth negative).

When Darryl came to after the car accident, he didn’t expect his medical bill to come to such a big sum. He spent so much effort to save his money and now it's all come to nothing by some cruel chance.

COME UP – to rise (when talking about the sun) / to happen, to appear.

“What time does the sun come up in your town this time of the year?”

“No idea. That’s the first time I hear this question come up in a conversation.”

COME UP AGAINST – to be faced with problems, opposition.

During the first stages of development, we came up against many tricky issues.

COME UP WITH – to think of an idea, solution.

Norman came up with the idea for his business when he saw an old man selling his paintings.

COME UPON – find by accident, by chance.

I came upon this article when I was doing research for my paper.

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