Come down to

Come down to

Come by (something)

Come by something

Come back at

Come back to

Come away with

I came away with the impression that the school was very well run.

come back phrasal verb

1. to return to a particular place or person

ￚs ynony m return

My mother was scared that if I left home I'd never come back.

2. to become fashionable or popular again

ￚsee also c omeback Who'd have thought hippy gear would ever come back!

High heels are coming back into fashion.

3. to appear or start to affect someone or something again

ￚ synonym return

The pain in her shoulder was coming back again.

It took a while for my confidence to come back.

4. if something comes back to you, you remember it or remember how to do it

As I walked the city streets that evening, the memories came flooding back.

I can't think of her name at the moment, but it'll come back to me.

5. to reply to someone quickly, often in an angry or unkind way

ￚsee also comeback

He came back at me immediately, accusing me of being a liar.

come before somebody/something phrasal verb

to be brought to someone in authority, especially a judge in a law court, to be judged or discussed by them

When you come before the judge, it's best to tell the whole truth.

The case is due to come before the courts next month.

come between somebody phrasal verb

1. to make people argue and feel angry with each other, when they had been friends before

Nothing will ever come between us now. I didn't want to come between a husband and wife.

2. to prevent someone from giving enough attention to something

She never let anything come between her and her work.

come by phrasal verb

to manage to get something that is rare or difficult to get

How did you come by these pictures? Jobs were hard to come by.

to make a short visit to a place on your way to somewhere else

He said he'd come by later. I'll come by the house and get my stuff later, OK?

come down phrasal verb

1. a) if a price, level etc comes down, it gets lower

It looks as if interest rates will come down again this month.

b) to accept a lower price

He's asking £5000, but he may be willing to come down to £4800.

2. if someone comes down to a place, they travel south to the place where you are

Why don't you come down for the weekend sometime?

Are you coming down to Knoxville for Christmas?

3. to fall to the ground

A lot of trees came down in the storm.

We were still out in the fields when the rain started coming down.

4. come down on the side of somebody/something

also come down in favour of somebody/something

to decide to support someone or something

The committee came down in favour of making the information public.

5. i nformal to start to feel normal again after you have been feeling very happy and excited

He was on a real high all last week and he's only just come down.

6. informal to stop feeling the effects of a strong drug

When I came down, I remembered with horror some of the things I'd said.

7. British English old-fashioned to leave a university after completing a period of study

come down on somebody phrasal verb

to punish someone or criticize them severely

We need to come down hard on young offenders.

I made the mistake of answering back, and she came down on me like a ton of bricks (=very severely).

come down to somebody/something phrasal verb

1. if a complicated situation or problem comes down to something, that is the single most important thing

It all comes down to money in the end.

2. if something old has come down to you, it has been passed between people over a long period of time until you have it

The text which has come down to us is only a fragment of the original.

come down with something phrasal verb

to get an illness

I think I'm coming down with a cold.

come for somebody/something phrasal verb

1. to arrive to collect someone or something

I'll come for you at about eight o'clock.

2. to arrive at a place in order to take someone away by force

Members of the secret police came for him in the middle of the night.

come forward phrasal verb

to offer help to someone, or offer to do something

So far, only one candidate has come forward.

The police are appealing for more witnesses to come forward with information.

come from somebody/something phrasal verb

1. if you come from a place, you were born there or lived there when you were young

I come from London originally.

2. to be obtained from a place, thing, or person, or to start or be made somewhere

A lot of drugs come from quite common plants.

3. to happen as the result of doing something

come from doing something

Most of her problems come from expecting too much of people.

4. coming from him/her/you etc

spoken u sed to say that someone should not criticize another person for doing something, because they have done the same thing themselves

You think I'm too selfish? That's rich coming from you!

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