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[coming-out]{adj.} Introducing a girl to polite society. •/Mary’s parents gave her a coming-out party when she was 17./

[come out for]{v. phr.} To support; declare oneself in favor of another, especially during a political election. •/Candidates for the presidency of the United States are anxious for the major newspapers to come out for them./

[come out in the open]{v. phr.} 1. To reveal one’s true identity or intentions. •/Fred finally came out in the open and admitted that he was gay./ 2. To declare one’s position openly. •/The conservative Democratic candidate came out in the open and declared that he would join the Republican party./

[come out with]{v. phr.} 1. To make a public announcement of; make known. •/He came out with a clear declaration of his principles./ 2. To say. •/He comes out with the funniest remarks you can imagine./

[come over]{v.} To take control of; cause sudden strong feeling in; happen to. •/A sudden fit of anger came over him./ •/A great tenderness came over her./ •/What has come over him?/

[come round] or [come around]{v.} 1. To happen or appear again and again in regular order. •/And so Saturday night came around again./ •/I will tell him when he comes round again./ 2. {informal} To get back health or knowledge of things; get well from sickness or a faint./ •/Someone brought out smelling salts and Mary soon came round./ •/Jim has come around after having had stomach ulcers./ 3. To change direction, •/The wind has come round to the south./ 4. {informal} To change your opinion or purpose to agree with another’s. •/Tom came round when Dick told him the whole story./

[come through]{v.}, {informal} To be equal to a demand; meet trouble or a sudden need with success; satisfy a need. •/When the baseball team needed a hit, Willie came through with a double./ •/John needed money for college and his father came through./

[come to]{v.} (stress on "to") 1. To wake up after losing consciousness; get the use of your senses back again after fainting or being knocked out. •/She fainted in the store and found herself in the first aid room when she came to./ •/The boxer who was knocked out did not come to for five minutes./ •/The doctor gave her a pill and after she took it she didn’t come to for two days./ Compare: BRING TO. 2. (stress on "come") To get enough familiarity or understanding to; learn to; grow to. — Used with an infinitive. •/John was selfish at first, but he came to realize that other people counted, too./ •/During her years at the school, Mary came to know that road well./ 3. To result in or change to; reach the point of; arrive at. •/Mr. Smith lived to see his invention come to success./ •/Grandfather doesn’t like the way young people act today; he says, "I don’t know what the world is coming to."/ 4. To have something to do with; be in the field of; be about. — Usually used in the phrase "when it comes to". •/Joe is not good in sports, but when it comes to arithmetic he’s the best in the class./ •/The school has very good teachers, but when it comes to buildings, the school is poor./

[come to a dead end]{v. phr.} To reach a point from which one cannot proceed further, either because of a physical obstacle or because of some forbidding circumstance. •/Our car came to a dead end; the only way to get out was to drive back in reverse./ •/The factory expansion project came to a dead end because of a lack of funds./

[come to blows]{v. phr.} To begin to fight. •/The two quarreling boys came to blows after school./ •/The two countries came to blows because one wanted to be independent from the other./

[come to grief]{v. phr.} To have a bad accident or disappointment; meet trouble or ruin; end badly; wreck; fail. •/Bill came to grief learning to drive a car./ •/Nick’s hopes for a new house came to grief when the house he was building burned down./ •/The fishing boat came to grief off Cape Cod./

[come to grips with]{v. phr.} 1. To get hold of (another wrestler) in close fighting. •/After circling around for a minute, the two wrestlers came to grips with each other./ 2. To struggle seriously with (an idea or problem). •/Mr. Blake’s leaching helps students come to grips with the important ideas in the history lesson./ •/Harry cannot be a leader, because he never quite comes to grips with a problem./ Compare: COME TO TERMS(2).

[come to hand]{v. phr.} To be received or obtained. •/Father’s letter was mailed from Florida last week and came to hand today./ •/The new books came to hand today./ •/New information about the boy’s disappearance came to hand yesterday./

[come to heel] See: TO HEEL.

[come to life] See: COME ALIVE.

[come to light]{v. phr.} To be discovered; become known; appear. •/John’s thefts from the bank where he worked came to light when the bank examiners made an inspection./ •/When the old woman died it came to light that she was actually rich./ •/New facts about ancient Egypt have recently come to light./ Compare: BRING TO LIGHT.

[come to mind]{v. phr.} To occur to someone. •/A new idea for the advertising campaign came to mind as I was reading your book./

[come to nothing] also {formal}[come to naught]{v. phr.} To end in failure; fail; be in vain. •/The dog’s attempts to climb the tree after the cat came to nothing./

[come to one’s senses]{v. phr.} 1. Become conscious again; wake up. •/The boxer was knocked out and did not come to his senses for several minutes./ •/The doctors gave Tom an anesthetic before his operation; then the doctor took out Tom’s appendix before he came to his senses./ Compare: COME TO(1). 2. To think clearly; behave as usual or as you should; act sensibly. •/A boy threw a snowball at me and before I could come to my senses he ran away./ •/Don’t act so foolishly. Come to your senses!/ Contrast: OUT OF ONE’S HEAD.

[come to pass]{v. phr.}, {literary} To happen; occur. •/Strange things come to pass in troubled times./ •/It came to pass that the jailer visited him by night./ •/His hopes of success did not come to pass./ Compare: BRING TO PASS, COME ABOUT.

[come to terms]{v. phr.} To reach an agreement. •/Management and the labor union came to terms about a new arrangement and a strike was prevented./

[come to the point] or [get to the point]{v. phr.} To talk about the important thing; reach the important facts of the matter; reach the central question or fact. •/Henry was giving a lot of history and explanation, but his father asked him to come to the point./ •/A good newspaper story must come right to the point and save the details for later./ Contrast: BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH.

[come to think of it]{v. phr.}, {informal} As I think again; indeed; really. •/Come to think of it, he has already been given what he needs./ •/Come to think of it, I should write my daughter today./

[come true]{v.} To really happen; change from a dream or a plan into a fact. •/It took years of planning and saving, but their seagoing vacation came true at last./ •/It was a dream come true when he met the President./ •/His hope of living to 100 did not come true./

[come up]{v.} 1. To become a subject for discussion or decision to talk about or decide about. •/"He was a good salesman, and price never came up until the very last," Mary said./ •/The question of wage increases came up at the board meeting./ •/Mayor Jones comes up for reelection this fall./ 2. To be equal; match in value. — Used with "to". •/The new model car comes up to last year’s./ 3. To approach; come close. •/We saw a big black bear coming up on us from the woods./ •/Christmas is coming up soon./ •/The team was out practicing for the big game coming up./ 4. To provide; supply; furnish. — Used with "with". •/For years Jones kept coming up with new and good ideas./ •/The teacher asked a difficult question, but finally Ted came up with a good answer./