come to
phrasal verbcome to
- (also come around/round)to become conscious again
come to somebody
- [no passive] (of an idea) to enter your mind
- The idea came to me in the bath.
- come to somebody that… It suddenly came to her that she had been wrong all along.
come to something [no passive]
- to add up to something
- The bill came to $30.
- I never expected those few items to come to so much.
- to reach a particular situation, especially a bad one
- The doctors will operate if necessary—but it may not come to that.
- Who'd have thought things would come to this (= become so bad)?