Take something as it comes

Come and go

Come to be doing something

Come to do something

Come with

Come in

Come from

Come along

Come with

I asked Rosie if she'd like to come with us.

It should be good fun. Why don't you come along?

3. TRAVEL TO A PLACE

to travel to or reach a place

Which way did you come?

come through/across/by way of etc

They came over the mountains in the north.

Legend has it that the tribe came from across the Pacific Ocean.

come by car/train/bus etc

Will you be coming by train?

come 50/100 etc miles/kilometres

Some of the birds have come thousands of miles to winter here.

4. POST

if a letter etc comes, it is delivered to you by post

ￚ synonym a rrive

A letter came for you this morning. The phone bill hasn't come yet.

5. HAPPEN

if a time or an event comes, it arrives or happens

At last the day came for us to set off.

be/have yet to come (=used when something has not happened yet but will happen)

The most exciting part is yet to come.

6. REACH A LEVEL/PLACE

[always + adverb/preposition] to reach a particular level or place

come up/down

She had blonde hair which came down to her waist. The water came up as far as my chest.

7. BE PRODUCED/SOLD

[always + adverb/preposition] to be produced or sold with particular features

This particular sofa comes in four different colours. Cats come in many shapes and sizes.

The computer comes complete with software and games.

8. ORDER

[always + adverb/preposition]to be in a particular position in an order, a series, or a list

come before/after

P comes before Q in the alphabet.

come first/second etc

She came first in the 200 metres.

9. come open/undone/loose etc

to become open etc

His shoelace had come undone. The rope came loose.

a) to begin to have a feeling or opinion

He came to think of Italy as his home. I came to believe that he was innocent after all.

b) to do something by chance, without planning or intending to do it

Can you tell me how the body came to be discovered?

I often wondered how I came to be living in such a place.

a) to be allowed to go into and leave a place whenever you want

The students can come and go as they please.

b) to keep starting and stopping

The pain comes and goes.

to accept something as it happens, without trying to plan for it or change it

We just take each year as it comes. He takes life as it comes.

13. have something coming (to you)

informal to deserve to be punished or to have something bad happen to you

I do feel sorry for him, but I'm afraid he had it coming.

14. as nice/as stupid etc as they come

informal extremely nice, stupid etc

My uncle Walter is as obstinate as they come.

15. for years/weeks/days etc to come

used to emphasize that something will continue for a long time into the future

This is a moment that will be remembered and celebrated for years to come.

16. in years/days to come

in the future

In years to come, some of the practices we take for granted now will seem quite barbaric.

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