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单词 come
释义
come
(kʌm )
Word forms: comes , coming , came language note:   The form come is used in the present tense and is the past participle.Come is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in this dictionary. For example, the expression 'to come to terms with something' is explained at 'term'.
1. verb A1
When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there.
Two police officers came into the hall. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Come here, Tom. [VERB preposition/adverb]
You'll have to come with us. [VERB preposition/adverb]
We want you to come to lunch. [VERB preposition/adverb]
I came over from Ireland to start a new life after my divorce. [VERB preposition/adverb]
We heard the train coming. [VERB]
Can I come too? [VERB]
The impact blew out some of the windows and the sea came rushing in. [V v-ing prep/adv]
Synonyms: arrive, move, appear, enter  
2. verb A1
When someone comes to do something, they move to the place where someone else is in order to do it, and they do it. In British English, someone can also come and do something and in American English, someone can come do something. However, you always say that someone came and did something.
Eleanor had come to visit her. [VERB to-infinitive]
Come and meet Roger. [V and v]
A lot of our friends came and saw me. [V and v]
I want you to come visit me. [V inf]
3. verb A2
When you come to a place, you reach it.
He came to a door that led into a passageway. [VERB + to]
4. verb B2
If something comes up to a particular point or down to it, it is tall enough, deep enough, or long enough to reach that point.
The water came up to my chest. [V up prep]
I wore a large shirt of Jamie's which came down over my hips. [V down prep]
Synonyms: reach, extend  
5. verb
If something comes apart or comes to pieces, it breaks into pieces. If something comes off or comes away, it becomes detached from something else.
The pistol came to pieces, easily and quickly. [VERB adverb/preposition]
The door knobs came off in our hands. [VERB adverb/preposition]
6. link verb B2
You use come in expressions such as come to an end or come into operation to indicate that someone or something enters or reaches a particular state or situation.
The summer came to an end. [VERB to noun]
The Communists came to power in 1944. [VERB + to]
I came into contact with very bright Harvard and Yale students. [VERB + into]
...new taxes which come into force next month. [VERB into noun]
Their worst fears may be coming true. [VERB adjective]
7. verb
If someone comes to do something, they do it at the end of a long process or period of time.
She said it so many times that she came to believe it. [VERB to-infinitive]
Although it was a secret wedding, the press did eventually come to hear about it. [VERB to-infinitive]
8. verb
You can ask how something came to happen when you want to know what caused it to happen or made it possible.
How did you come to meet him? [VERB to-infinitive]
9. verb B2
When a particular event or time comes, it arrives or happens.
The announcement came after a meeting at the Home Office. [VERB preposition/adverb]
The time has come for us to move on. [VERB]
There will come a time when the crisis will occur. [VERB]
coming singular noun
Most of my patients welcome the coming of summer. [+ of]
Synonyms: up-and-coming, future, promising, aspiring  
Synonyms: arrival, approach, advent, accession  
10. preposition
You can use come before a date, time, or event to mean when that date, time, or event arrives. For example, you can say come the spring to mean 'when the spring arrives'.
Come the election on the 20th of May, we will have to decide.
He's going to be up there again come Sunday.
11. verb
If a thought, idea, or memory comes to you, you suddenly think of it or remember it.
He was about to shut the door when an idea came to him. [VERB + to]
Then it came to me that perhaps he did understand. [V to n that]
12. verb
If money or property is going to come to you, you are going to inherit or receive it.
The fortune will come to you. [VERB to noun]
He did have pension money coming to him when the factory shut down. [VERB + to]
13. verb
If a case comes before a court or tribunal or comes to court, it is presented there so that the court or tribunal can examine it.
They were ready to explain their case when it came before the planning committee. [V + before]
President Cristiani expected the case to come to court within ninety days. [VERB + to]
14. verb B2
If something comes to a particular number or amount, it adds up to it.
Lunch came to $80. [VERB + to]
15. verb A1
If someone or something comes from a particular place or thing, that place or thing is their origin, source, or starting point.
Nearly half the students come from abroad. [VERB + from]
Chocolate comes from the cacao tree. [VERB + from]
The term 'claret', used to describe Bordeaux wines, may come from the French word 'clairet'. [VERB + from]
16. verb
Something that comes from something else or comes of it is the result of it.
There is a feeling of power that comes from driving fast. [VERB + from]
Some good might come of all this gloomy business. [V of n/-ing]
He asked to be transferred there some years ago, but nothing came of it. [VERB + of]
17. verb
If someone comes of a particular family or type of family, they are descended from them. [formal]
She comes of a very good family. [VERB of noun]
18. verb B1
If someone or something comes first, next, or last, they are first, next, or last in a series, list, or competition.
The two countries have been unable to agree which step should come next. [VERB]
The alphabet might be more rational if all the vowels came first. [V ord]
The horse had already won at Lincolnshire and come second at Lowesby. [V ord]
19. verb
If a type of thing comes in a particular range of colours, forms, styles, or sizes, it can have any of those colours, forms, styles, or sizes.
Bikes come in all shapes and sizes. [VERB + in]
The wallpaper comes in black and white only. [VERB + in]
Synonyms: be available, be made, be offered, be produced  
20. verb
You use come in expressions such as it came as a surprise when indicating a person's reaction to something that happens.
Major's reply came as a complete surprise to the House of Commons. [VERB + as]
The arrest has come as a terrible shock. [VERB + as]
21. verb
The next subject in a discussion that you come to is the one that you talk about next.
Finally in the programme, we come to the news that the American composer and conductor, Leonard Bernstein, has died. [VERB + to]
That is another matter altogether. And we shall come to that next. [VERB + to]
22. convention
People say 'Come' to encourage or comfort someone. [old-fashioned]
'Come, eat!' the old woman urged.
23. verb
To come means to have an orgasm. [informal]
24.  See also coming, comings and goings
25. come again convention
Some people say ' Come again?' when they want you to repeat what you have just said. [informal, spoken, formulae]
26. as good/stupid/quick etc as they come phrase
If you say that someone is, for example, as good as they come, or as stupid as they come, you are emphasizing that they are extremely good or extremely stupid. [emphasis]
The new finance minister was educated at Oxford and is as traditional as they come.
27. come come convention
People say ' Come, come' to indicate that they disapprove of or disagree with what someone has just said or done. [old-fashioned]
'You hope for something in her will?'—'Come, come, Mr Trethowan. Of course not.'
28. when you come/it comes down to it phrase
You can use the expression when it comes down to it or when you come down to it for emphasis, when you are giving a general statement or conclusion. [emphasis]
When you come down to it, however, the basic problems of life have not changed.
Few people, when it comes down to it, are so selfless.
29. to have it/get what's coming to you phrase
If you say that someone has it coming to them, you mean that they deserve everything bad that is going to happen to them, because they have done something wrong or are a bad person. If you say that someone got what was coming to them, you mean that they deserved the punishment or bad experience that they have had. [informal]
He was pleased that Brady was dead because he probably had it coming to him.
30. come to think of it phrase
You use the expression come to think of it to indicate that you have suddenly realized something, often something obvious.
He was his distant relative, as was everyone else on the island, come to think of it.
You know, when you come to think of it, this is very odd.
31. to come phrase
When you refer to a time or an event to come or one that is still to come, you are referring to a future time or event.
The War will remain a heated topic of debate for some time to come.
I hope in years to come he will reflect on his decision.
The worst of the storm is yet to come.
32. when it comes (down) to phrase
You can use the expression when it comes to or when it comes down to in order to introduce a new topic or a new aspect of a topic that you are talking about.
We know we should cut down on fat but that doesn't help when it comes to eating.
However, when it comes down to somebody that they know, they have a different feeling.
33. where someone is coming from phrase
You can use expressions like I know where you're coming from or you can see where she's coming from to say that you understand someone's attitude or point of view.
To understand why they are doing it, it is necessary to know where they are coming from.
You see where I'm coming from?
Phrasal verbs:
come about
phrasal verb
When you say how or when something came about, you say how or when it happened.
Any possible solution can only come about through dialogue. [V P + through]
That came about when we went to Glastonbury last year. [VERB PARTICLE]
It came about that he combined his businesses. [VERB PARTICLE that]
come across
1. phrasal verb B2
If you come across something or someone, you find them or meet them by chance.
I came across a group of children playing. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If someone or what they are saying comes across in a particular way, they make that impression on people who meet them or are listening to them.
When sober he can come across as an extremely pleasant and charming young man. [VERB PARTICLE + as]
He came across very, very well. [VERB PARTICLE adverb]
come along
1. phrasal verb B1+
You tell someone to come along to encourage them in a friendly way to do something, especially to attend something.
There's a big press launch today and you're most welcome to come along. [VERB PARTICLE]
2. convention
You say 'come along' to someone to encourage them to hurry up, usually when you are rather annoyed with them.
Come along, Osmond. No sense in your standing around. [VERB PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb B2
When something or someone comes along, they occur or arrive by chance.
I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny. [VERB PARTICLE]
It was lucky you came along. [VERB PARTICLE]
4. phrasal verb
If something is coming along, it is developing or making progress.
The Pentagon spokesperson says talks are coming along quite well. [VERB PARTICLE adverb]
How's Ferguson coming along? [VERB PARTICLE]
come around
regional note:   in BRIT, also use come round
1. phrasal verb A2
If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
Beryl came round this morning to apologize. [VERB PARTICLE]
Quite a lot of people came round to the house. [VERB PARTICLE + to]
2. phrasal verb
If you come around or come round to an idea, you eventually change your mind and accept it or agree with it.
It looks like they're coming around to our way of thinking. [VERB PARTICLE + to]
She will eventually come round. [VERB PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb
When something comes around or comes round, it happens as a regular or predictable event.
I hope still to be in the side when the World Cup comes around next year. [VERB PARTICLE]
4. phrasal verb
When someone who is unconscious comes around or comes round, they recover consciousness.
When I came round I was on the kitchen floor. [VERB PARTICLE]
come at
phrasal verb
If a person or animal comes at you, they move towards you in a threatening way and try to attack you.
He told police the man had come at him with a knife. [V P n + with]
[Also VERB PARTICLE noun]
come back
1. phrasal verb B2
If something that you had forgotten comes back to you, you remember it.
I'll think of his name in a moment when it comes back to me. [VERB PARTICLE + to]
When I thought about it, it all came back. [VERB PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
When something comes back, it becomes fashionable again.
I'm glad hats are coming back. [VERB PARTICLE]
3.  See also comeback
come back to
phrasal verb B2
If you come back to a topic or point, you talk about it again later.
'What does that mean please?'—'I'm coming back to that. Just write it down for the minute.' [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
come between
phrasal verb [no passive]
If someone or something comes between two people, or comes between a person and a thing, they make the relationship or connection between them less close or happy.
It's difficult to imagine anything coming between them. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
He's coming between you and your work. [V P pl-n]
come by
phrasal verb
To come by something means to obtain it or find it.
How did you come by that cheque? [VERB PARTICLE noun]
In rural France, English language magazines are rather hard to come by. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
come down
1. phrasal verb B1
If the cost, level, or amount of something comes down, it becomes less than it was before.
Interest rates should come down. [VERB PARTICLE]
If you buy three bottles, the bottle price comes down to £2.42. [V P + to/from]
The price of petrol is coming down by four pence a gallon. [V P + by]
2. phrasal verb B1
If something comes down, it falls to the ground.
The cold rain came down. [VERB PARTICLE]
The curtain came down after the first act. [VERB PARTICLE]
come down on
1. phrasal verb
If you come down on one side of an argument, you declare that you support that side.
After much quibbling, the judges came down on the side of Thornton. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If you come down on someone, you punish or criticize them severely.
Referees will come down hard on such cheating. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
come down to
phrasal verb
If a problem, decision, or question comes down to a particular thing, that thing is the most important factor involved.
Walter Crowley says the problem comes down to money. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
I think that it comes down to the fact that people do feel very dependent on their automobile. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
What it comes down to is, there are bad people out there, and somebody has to deal with them. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
come down with
phrasal verb B2
If you come down with an illness, you get it.
Thomas came down with chickenpox at the weekend. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
come for
phrasal verb
If people such as soldiers or police come for you, they come to find you, usually in order to harm you or take you away, for example to prison.
Lotte was getting ready to fight if they came for her. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
come forward
phrasal verb
If someone comes forward, they offer to do something or to give some information in response to a request for help.
A vital witness came forward to say that she saw Tanner wearing the boots. [VERB PARTICLE]
come in
1. phrasal verb B2
If information, a report, or a phone call comes in, it is received.
Reports are now coming in of trouble at yet another jail. [VERB PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb [usually cont] B2
If you have some money coming in, you receive it regularly as your income.
She had no money coming in and no funds. [VERB PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb
If someone comes in on a discussion, arrangement, or task, they join it.
Can I come in here too, on both points? [VERB PARTICLE + on]
He had a designer come in and redesign the uniforms. [VERB PARTICLE]
4. phrasal verb
When a new idea, fashion, or product comes in, it becomes popular or available.
It was just when geography was really beginning to change and lots of new ideas were coming in. [VERB PARTICLE]
I wouldn't be sorry to see proportional representation come in. [VERB PARTICLE]
5. phrasal verb
If you ask where something or someone comes in, you are asking what their role is in a particular matter.
Rose asked again, 'But where do we come in, Henry?' [VERB PARTICLE]
Finally, he could do no more, which is where Jacques came in. [VERB PARTICLE]
6. phrasal verb
When the tide comes in, the water in the sea gradually moves so that it covers more of the land.
come in for
phrasal verb
If someone or something comes in for criticism or blame, they receive it.
The plans have already come in for fierce criticism in many quarters of the country. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
come into
1. phrasal verb [no passive]
If someone comes into some money, some property, or a title, they inherit it.
My father has just come into a fortune in diamonds. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb [no passive]
If someone or something comes into a situation, they have a role in it.
We don't really know where Hortense comes into all this. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
It's an unrestricted journey, and rules of any sort don't come into it. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
come off
1. phrasal verb
If something comes off, it is successful or effective.
It was a good try but it didn't quite come off. [VERB PARTICLE]
He hoped would come off in an orderly and peaceful way. [VERB PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If someone comes off worst in a contest or conflict, they are in the worst position after it. If they come off best, they are in the best position.
Some Democrats still have bitter memories of how, against all odds, they came off worst during the inquiry. [VERB PARTICLE adverb]
In these circumstances, it is the managers who come off best. [VERB PARTICLE adverb]
3. phrasal verb [no passive]
If you come off a drug or medicine, you stop taking it.
...people trying to come off tranquillizers. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
4. convention
You say 'come off it' to someone to show them that you think what they are saying is untrue or wrong. [informal, spoken]
come on
1. convention B1
You say ' Come on' to someone to encourage them to do something they do not much want to do. [spoken]
Come on Doreen, let's dance.
2. convention B1
You say 'Come on' to someone to encourage them to hurry up. [spoken]
3. convention
You say 'Come on' to someone when you think that what they are saying is silly or unreasonable. [spoken]
'Have you said all this to the police?'—'Aw, come on!'.
Come on, Sue, that was two years ago.
4. phrasal verb [usually cont]
If you have an illness or a headache coming on, you can feel it starting.
Tiredness and fever are much more likely to be a sign of flu coming on. [VERB PARTICLE]
5. phrasal verb [usually cont]
If something or someone is coming on well, they are developing well or making good progress.
Lee is coming on very well now and it's a matter of deciding how to fit him into the team. [VERB PARTICLE adverb]
The knee's coming on fine, I'm walking comfortably already. [VERB PARTICLE adverb]
6. phrasal verb B2
When something such as a machine or system comes on, it starts working or functioning.
The central heating was coming on and the ancient wooden boards creaked. [VERB PARTICLE]
7. phrasal verb [usually cont]
If a new season or type of weather is coming on, it is starting to arrive.
Winter was coming on again. [VERB PARTICLE]
I had two miles to go and it was just coming on to rain. [VERB PARTICLE to-infinitive]
come on to
1. phrasal verb B2
When you come on to a particular topic, you start discussing it.
We're now looking at a smaller system but I'll come on to that later. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If someone comes on to you, they show that they are interested in starting a sexual relationship with you. [informal]
I don't think that a woman, by using make-up, is trying to come on to a man. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
come out
1. phrasal verb B1
When a new product such as a book or CD comes out, it becomes available to the public.
The book comes out this week. [VERB PARTICLE]
He has a new movie coming out next month in which he plays a vigilante. [VERB PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb B2
If a fact comes out, it becomes known to people.
The truth is beginning to come out about what happened. [VERB PARTICLE]
It came out that he was already married. [VERB PARTICLE that]
3. phrasal verb
If someone comes out, they reveal their sexuality or gender identity.
...the few gay men there who dare to come out. [VERB PARTICLE]
I came out as a lesbian when I was still in my teens. [VERB PARTICLE + as]
4.  come out of the closet
5. phrasal verb
To come out in a particular way means to be in the position or state described at the end of a process or event.
In this grim little episode, few people come out well. [VERB PARTICLE adverb/preposition]
So what makes a good marriage? Faithfulness comes out top of the list. [V P adj]
Julian ought to have resigned, then he'd have come out of it with some credit. [VERB PARTICLE + of]
6. phrasal verb
If you come out for something, you declare that you support it. If you come out against something, you declare that you do not support it.
The German Chancellor and the French President have come out in favour of direct financial aid. [VERB PARTICLE preposition/adverb]
Its members had come out virtually unanimously against the tests. [VERB PARTICLE preposition/adverb]
7. phrasal verb
When a group of workers comes out on strike, they go on strike. [British]
On September 18 the dockers again came out on strike. [VERB PARTICLE preposition]
regional note:   in AM, use go out on strike
8. phrasal verb
If a photograph does not come out, it does not appear or is unclear when it is developed and printed.
None of her snaps came out. [VERB PARTICLE]
9. phrasal verb B1
When the sun, moon, or stars come out, they appear in the sky.
Oh, look. The sun's come out. [VERB PARTICLE]
come out in
phrasal verb [no passive]
If you come out in spots, you become covered with them. [British]
When I changed to a new soap I came out in a terrible rash. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
regional note:   in AM, use break out
come out with
phrasal verb [no passive]
If you come out with a remark, especially a surprising one, you make it.
Everyone who heard it just burst out laughing when he came out with it. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
What was that marvellous quote that she came out with? [VERB PARTICLE noun]
come over
1. phrasal verb [no passive]
If a feeling or desire, especially a strange or surprising one, comes over you, it affects you strongly.
As I entered the corridor which led to my room that eerie feeling came over me. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If someone comes over all dizzy or shy, for example, they suddenly start feeling or acting in that way.
When Connie pours her troubles out to him, Joe comes over all sensitive. [V P adj]
Now you are coming over all puritanical about nothing. [V P adj]
3. phrasal verb
If someone or what they are saying comes over in a particular way, they make that impression on people who meet them or are listening to them.
You come over as a capable and amusing companion. [VERB PARTICLE + as]
He came over well–perhaps a little pompous, but nevertheless honest and straightforward. [VERB PARTICLE adverb]
come round come around
come through
1. phrasal verb [no passive] B2
To come through a dangerous or difficult situation means to survive it and recover from it.
The city had faced racial crisis and come through it. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
He's too old to come through a fall like that. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If a feeling or message comes through, it is clearly shown in what is said or done.
I hope my love for the material came through, because it is a great script. [VERB PARTICLE]
Their talk is often hard to fathom but their exuberance still comes through. [VERB PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb
If something comes through, it arrives, especially after some procedure has been carried out.
A huge cheer of relief went up when the result came through. [VERB PARTICLE]
The news came through at about five o'clock on election day. [VERB PARTICLE]
4. phrasal verb
If you come through with what is expected or needed from you, you succeed in doing or providing it.
He puts his administration at risk if he doesn't come through on these promises for reform. [V P + on/with]
We found that we were totally helpless, and our women came through for us. [VERB PARTICLE + for]
come to
phrasal verb
When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
When he came to and raised his head he saw Barney. [VERB PARTICLE]
come under
1. phrasal verb [no passive]
If you come under attack or pressure, for example, people attack you or put pressure on you.
The police came under attack from angry crowds. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
In parliament last week the Finance Minister came under heavy pressure to resign. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
His relationship with the KGB came under scrutiny. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb [no passive]
If something comes under a particular authority, it is managed or controlled by that authority.
The prison comes under the authority of the Security Committee. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
3. phrasal verb [no passive]
If something comes under a particular heading, it is in the category mentioned.
The news came under the heading of human interest. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
come up
1. phrasal verb B1+
If someone comes up or comes up to you, they approach you until they are standing close to you.
Her cat came up and rubbed itself against their legs. [VERB PARTICLE]
He came up to me and said: 'Come on, John.' [VERB PARTICLE + to]
2. phrasal verb B2
If something comes up in a conversation or meeting, it is mentioned or discussed.
The subject came up at a news conference in Beijing today. [VERB PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb B2
If something is coming up, it is about to happen or take place.
Plan your activities so that you are rested and refreshed when something important is coming up. [VERB PARTICLE]
We do have elections coming up. [VERB PARTICLE]
4. phrasal verb B2
If something comes up, it happens unexpectedly.
I was delayed–something came up at home. [VERB PARTICLE]
Other projects came up and the emphasis of my work altered. [VERB PARTICLE]
5. phrasal verb
If a job comes up or if something comes up for sale, it becomes available.
A research fellowship came up at Girton and I applied for it and got it. [VERB PARTICLE]
The house came up for sale and the couple realised they could just about afford it. [VERB PARTICLE + for]
6. phrasal verb B2
When the sun or moon comes up, it rises.
It will be so great watching the sun come up. [VERB PARTICLE]
7. phrasal verb
In law, when a case comes up, it is heard in a court of law.
He is one of the reservists who will plead not guilty when their cases come up. [VERB PARTICLE]
come up against
phrasal verb
If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
We came up against a great deal of resistance in dealing with the case. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
come up for
phrasal verb
When someone or something comes up for consideration or action of some kind, the time arrives when they have to be considered or dealt with.
The TV rights contract came up for renegotiation. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
These three clubs could come under close scrutiny when their licenses come up for renewal. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
come upon
1. phrasal verb
If you come upon someone or something, you meet them or find them by chance.
I came upon an irresistible item at a yard sale. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If an attitude or feeling comes upon you, it begins to affect you. [literary]
A sense of impending doom came upon all of us. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
come up to
phrasal verb [usually cont]
To be coming up to a time or state means to be getting near to it.
It's just coming up to ten minutes past eleven now. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
come up with
1. phrasal verb B2
If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
Several of the members have come up with suggestions of their own. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
Einstein came up with the theory of relativity on a cycle ride. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If you come up with a sum of money, you manage to produce it when it is needed.
If Warren can come up with the $15 million, we'll go to London. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun]
Collocations:
announcement came
Yesterday's announcement came after a 10- year treasury bond sale was undersubscribed this week.
Globe and Mail (2003)
An announcement came over the speakers to say that the Desperados de Amor would be performing in half an hour.
O'Connor, Joe DESPERADOES (2002)
The announcement came less than a week after interim pre-tax profits at the pizza group nearly halved after teething problems in the fledgeling German unit.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The announcement came within hours of five directors issuing their immediate resignations.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
call comes
When the call came the atmosphere was thick with mixed emotion.
Richard Holmes Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War (2006)
The call came early in the morning after the dance that Theory's search programs had hit pay dirt.
Tony Daniel METAPLANETARY (2001)
The call came amid continuing uncertainty over the 3 billion of foreign investment commitments to the British motor industry.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
While she was waiting a call came through from White Waltham and a colleague took the call.
Giles Whittell Spitfire Women of World War II (2007)
climax comes
The climax comes with the display of his famous six-footers.
Times, Sunday Times
The climax comes in the final room, which offers a token representation of his late works.
Times, Sunday Times
Tonight sees a mini music festival at hostelries across the town; but the climax comes at 2.45pm tomorrow, with the grand procession of sweeps to the castle gardens.
Times, Sunday Times
The grisly climax comes next.
Times, Sunday Times
The climax comes at the end of a round, the last holes protruding on to a headland.
Times, Sunday Times
come as a shock
I've seen all the bad times, so they won't come as a shock.
Times, Sunday Times
It has come as a shock to you but he's harming noone.
The Sun
We'd probably see things only as they affected her, and the end would come as the shock it was not meant to be.
Christianity Today
For dancers, who know their bodies intimately - morbidly aware of every twinge or extra ounce - pregnancy's unbidden alterations must come as a shock.
Times, Sunday Times
This can come as a shock, especially after blending and nesting, where the needs of the relationship have always come first.
Times, Sunday Times
come downstairs
It could call the owner to come downstairs.
Times, Sunday Times
He didn't come downstairs in a fake moustache and slip on a banana peel.
Times, Sunday Times
I come downstairs and reach for my laptop.
Times, Sunday Times
I come downstairs, turn the coffee machine on, feed the cat and switch on my laptop.
Times, Sunday Times
The game could not begin until their eldest son had come downstairs.
Times, Sunday Times
come easily
Writing would never come easily to her, but other books soon followed.
The Times Literary Supplement
The end didn't come easily for any of them.
Houston Chronicle
My decision to become an outspoken member of the nominating committee didn't come easily.
Christianity Today
For many of us, this type of leadership doesn't come easily.
Christianity Today
They want answers that come easily, not approaches that demand study and struggle.
Christianity Today
come fast
He's investigating systems used to trade fruit and veg, and the facts come fast.
The Sun
Palace have now notched up just eight points from nine home games and the transfer window cannot come fast enough.
The Sun
The early wins come fast.
Times,Sunday Times
From fighting a giant robot octopus-type thing, to finding your way around a haunted planet, to making an ice path through lava, the ideas and levels come fast.
The Sun
Mass self-testing cannot come fast enough.
The Sun
come into contact
The first must, then - by whatever means necessary - come into contact with the second.
Times, Sunday Times
You can briefly come into contact with liquid nitrogen.
The Sun
According to legend, it touches all who come into contact with it and torments them until they also become a part of it.
The Sun
Breathe deeply and keep smiling when you come into contact with a prodder.
The Sun
Set a small heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water, making sure the base doesn't come into contact with the water.
The Sun
come nowhere near
Most accounts come nowhere near clearing such hurdles.
Times, Sunday Times
That would come nowhere near the noise of this bang.
The Sun
Even with private sector development, this will come nowhere near to the quarter of a million needed each year to meet new demand.
Times, Sunday Times
For a start, the country has come nowhere near to its credit limit.
Times, Sunday Times
They're not in it for the money: the modest entrance charge and little cafe come nowhere near to covering even the maintenance costs of the place, which are high.
Times, Sunday Times
come swiftly
Fame did not come swiftly, however.
Times, Sunday Times
When you meet him, it's those cerulean orbs that strike you first, though the faultless manners come swiftly afterwards, as do those of his bandmates.
Times, Sunday Times
Yet, not only have the past weeks taught you to wait, you've also learnt that the answers that come swiftly aren't necessarily completely honest ones.
Times, Sunday Times
Success came swiftly, with turnover of 1.2m in the first year.
Times, Sunday Times
Get it wrong and the disease comes swiftly back.
Times,Sunday Times
come to a conclusion
It wouldn't have taken much imagination to come to this conclusion, either.
Times, Sunday Times
The judge had done so, and she had been entitled to come to the conclusion that she reached.
Times, Sunday Times
She has come to the conclusion that the latter ruined the former.
The Times Literary Supplement
We had to come to that conclusion on our own.
Christianity Today
She's come to the conclusion that she'll wear what she eats.
Times, Sunday Times
come to the fore
During my career a variety of culprits have come to the fore - and public health campaigns and lobbying focused accordingly.
Times,Sunday Times
It's still not the finished article but hopefully it will come to the fore.
Times, Sunday Times
But when stock markets slide and economies slow, its stolid qualities come to the fore.
Times, Sunday Times
But perhaps the grizzli-ness only comes out when issues of personal ambition come to the fore.
Times, Sunday Times
As long as it doesn't hurt your performance, you can let those emotions come to the fore.
Times, Sunday Times
come unbidden
Should the messenger come unbidden, your response could be anything from anger to denial.
Times, Sunday Times
Thoughts, they believed, come unbidden, but each of us has a choice whether to dwell on them.
Christianity Today
She jumps in and out of memories, as personal slights that are decades old come unbidden, along with pedestrian worries for the next day.
Times,Sunday Times
When those messages come unbidden into your mind's eye, paint over them with memories of you and your wife at some of your best moments together.
The Sun
And when they do so, there's always a terrible thought at the back of your mind, one that comes unbidden: will they ever come back?
Times, Sunday Times
come unexpectedly
The cravings come unexpectedly, at any time of day or night.
Times, Sunday Times
They may not be soppy, yet they come unexpectedly from such a defended presence.
Times, Sunday Times
Because sucker punches come unexpectedly, people at risk of such blows must be alert to the proximity of potential opponents.
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This leads to refreshing new insights that reveal how some of the most promising solutions will come unexpectedly from outside of the energy sector itself.
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One of the early mile-markers of my ministry came unexpectedly.
Christianity Today
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