come about

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verb (intr, adverb)

to take place; happen

nautical to change tacks

Words nearby come about

comd., comdg., Comdr., Comdt., come, come about, come across, come again?, come alive, come-all-ye, come along

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Idioms and Phrases with come about

come about

Also, come to pass. Happen, take place, as in How did this quarrel come about? or When did this new development come to pass? Shakespeare used the first term, first recorded in 1315, in Hamlet (5:2): “How these things came about.” The variant, dating from the late 1400s, appears often in the Bible, as in, “And it came to pass ... that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus” (Luke 2:1).

Also, go about. In sailing, to change tack (direction), as in It's important to duck under the boom when we come about. [Mid-1500s]

单词	come about
释义	come about SEE SYNONYMS FOR come about ON THESAURUS.COM verb (intr, adverb) to take place; happen nautical to change tacks Words nearby come about comd., comdg., Comdr., Comdt., come, come about, come across, come again?, come alive, come-all-ye, come along Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with come about come about 1 Also, come to pass. Happen, take place, as in How did this quarrel come about? or When did this new development come to pass? Shakespeare used the first term, first recorded in 1315, in Hamlet (5:2): “How these things came about.” The variant, dating from the late 1400s, appears often in the Bible, as in, “And it came to pass ... that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus” (Luke 2:1). 2 Also, go about. In sailing, to change tack (direction), as in It's important to duck under the boom when we come about. [Mid-1500s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to come about arise, befall, occur, result, transpire, come to pass, take place
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come about

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