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comen.1 Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymon: come v. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian keme arrival, -kimi , -kume (in onkimi , inkume penetration (of a weapon)), Old Saxon kumi arrival, advent (Middle Low German kume ), Old High German -quimi , -kumi (in ūfquimi , ūfkumi beginning, origin), Gothic qums arrival, coming, presence < the Germanic base of come v. In later use directly < come v. Compare comeling n.In Old English a strong masculine (i -stem) with i-mutation of the stem vowel caused by the suffix. In early Middle English the vowel started to be levelled to that of come v. (see β. forms); this process is found in derivatives already in Old English (compare tocome n.1). the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > [noun] the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > [noun] > arrival OE (1992) v. 114 Swa þæt wæs þæt Agustus se casere he ricsode ær Cristes cyme ofer ealne middangeard. lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius (Bodl.) (2009) I. xxxix. 369 Morgensteorra..bodað þære sunnan cyme. c1225 (?c1200) (Royal) (1981) 13 He wes..of his cume karles. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) l. 1977 Þe king wes gled for his kime [c1300 Otho come]. ?1316 Short Metrical Chron. (Royal) 39 in J. Ritson (1802) II. 271 (MED) Tho hy herden of Brutes come. a1400 (a1325) (Gött.) l. 17920 Bodword of his cum to bring. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 246 Thar cruell com maid cowardis for to quaik. c1540 (?a1400) (2002) f. 7v The cause of his come. c1580 ( tr. (1921) II. ii. l. 1190 [I am] glaid of thy come sickerly. 1825 J. Jamieson Suppl. (at cited word) There's a come in the grund, there is a considerable degree of vegetation. the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [noun] the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] 1862 Apr. 110 The plan is not often adopted, except where the ‘come’ of water is rather near to the surface. 1898 30 Sept. 417 The come of water was 7,363 gallons per hour. 1935 A. J. Cronin i. xx. 191 It appeared to me there was quite a come of water in Scupper Flats. 1904 16 Apr. 11/2 What is a come bet in a crap game and how does a come bet win? 1908 20 Sept. 8/5 I played the come, the line, the field, and the six-eight. 1979 E. Silberstang vi. 38 The one difference between a come bet and a pass-line bet..is that the come bet can only be made after the come-out roll. 1985 J. Gollehon (1988) ii. 29 Don't throw your chips or place them just anywhere in the come area. 1991 J. C. Oates 301 All Lynn and I did was bet on the pass line and later on the come line. 2004 F. Scoblete (new ed.) ii. 20 Emotionally, the Come is not a satisfying bet. the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > ejaculation > ejaculated semen the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > vaginal secretion > [noun] the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual secretion > specifically female 1923 J. Manchon 90 Come, sperme. ?c1934 W. Lewis (typescript, Univ. of Chicago Libr.: Ernest W. Burgess Papers, Box 98, Folder 11) 2 There was the girl with shorty’s dick in her mouth, she would not sollow [= swallow] the come but hold it in her mouth. 1967 R. Brautigan 25 The walls, the floor and even the roof of the hut were coated with your sperm and her come. 1969 P. Roth 183 Tell me! what did she do with your hot come! 1976 23 Aug. 12/4 ‘Each night I had to clean the come off the back seat of the cab,’ he remarks in reasonable disgust. 1991 N. Friday (1993) 513 I move toward her and put my face between her legs.., tasting her cum mingled with the familiar taste of Rob's. 2011 L. Leigh 83 He fought..to control the blazing hunger to fill her pussy with his come. Phrases1948 R. Brooks xxviii. 188 Play the big six, the big eight. Bet the come. Time for a lucky roller. 1977 P. N. Dangel viii. 200 Betting on the come is based on the theory that the opposition may drop because their weak hand cannot face the much larger bets threatened on subsequent cards. 2001 (Electronic ed.) Feb. 100 I spent an enjoyable hour..at the two-dollar craps table. I stood next to a fellow with a glass of whiskey in his hand who..took time to share his strategy with me: ‘Always bet on the come, always take the odds.’ 2004 (National ed.) 25 July viii. 7/4 Two years down the road, he's turned into a pretty good quarterback. You know young quarterbacks will struggle; you're betting on the come. Compounds 1973 W. Rotsler 211 Come shots seem to be one of those strange conventions as if to say, ‘See it's really real!’ That they really did do it. 1989 May 57/1 The only connection between men and women is genital, and a woman's orgasm gets edged out by ‘come shots’. 2002 Apr. 56/1 You know you're in deep water when a film..features in its uncut form an 11-second cum shot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † comen.2Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French come. Etymology: Probably < Middle French come hair of the head, mane (12th cent. in Old French; in Anglo-Norman also tip of a plant (13th cent. or earlier), branch, foliage (12th cent.)) < classical Latin coma hair of the head, foliage or top of a tree (see coma n.2). Obsolete. rare. the world > plants > part of plant > head or heart > [noun] > head or top 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens ii. lix. 225 Ye floures grow in a spiky bushe or tuffet,..of a light purple colour, and sweete sauour: speckled with smal speckes of a deeper purple, like to Cuckow Orchis.., sauing they lacke suche a come or coppe. [No corresponding word in the French original.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). comeadj. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English come , come v. Etymology: < come, past participle of come v., in early use after new-come adj. Compare earlier far-come adj. the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adjective] society > society and the community > [adjective] > that has come out (into society) 1564 A. Bacon tr. J. Jewel sig. Ki A new comen vp matter. 1606 W. Birnie x. sig. C4 Being but of the newest come-ouer antiquity. 1623 J. Mede in H. Ellis (1824) 1st Ser. III. 160 The new come-home guests. 1681 E. Hickeringill i. 12 A New-Mode, lately Invented, and new come over from beyond Seas. a1865 E. C. Gaskell (1866) I. xxi. 239 As meekly as if I were a come-out young lady. 1908 May 302/2 Those whom God receives must be a ‘clean’ people; a ‘separate’ people; a ‘come out’ people. 2008 M. Griffith i. 13 He was a come-up man, people said, but he never forgot where he came from. 1845 R. Cobden Speech 13 Nov. in 15 Nov. 1084/2 Peel was the man—not the coming man—but the come man. 1895 G. D. Herron vi. 215 True and faithful witnesses to the come King and his kingdom. 1896 C. James 21 A coming man in every sense of the words, if not, indeed, a come man, securely established. 1905 30 Mar. 154 His paper was soon to publish a symposium on ‘The Coming Man’... She would tell him for his private satisfaction that ‘The Come Man’ was good enough for her! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). comev. Inflections: Past tense came Brit.  /keɪm/, U.S. /keɪm/; past participle come Brit. /kʌm/, U.S. /kəm/; Forms: 1. Present stem. a.α. Old English cuman, Old English cumm- (chiefly Northumbrian, inflected form), Old English cunnende (present participle, transmission error), Old English cym (chiefly Anglian, imperative singular), Old English cym- (chiefly Anglian (especially Northumbrian), inflected form), Old English cyme (subjunctive), Old English cymm- (Northumbrian, inflected form), early Middle English cumenn ( Ormulum), early Middle English cumm ( Ormulum, imperative singular), early Middle English cym (subjunctive, perhaps transmission error), early Middle English sumen (transmission error), Middle English comm, Middle English covm, Middle English cowm, Middle English cwm, Middle English cwme, Middle English kome, Middle English komme, Middle English kume, Middle English–1500s coome, Middle English–1500s cum, Middle English–1500s cume, Middle English–1500s cumme, Middle English–1500s kom, Middle English–1500s kum, Middle English–1500s (1600s in representations of Scottish speech) coom, Middle English–1600s comme, Middle English–1700s com, Middle English– come, late Middle English coyme (north-east midlands), late Middle English coymm- (northern, in derivatives), late Middle English cvmne (transmission error), late Middle English cvmnyn (transmission error), 1500s comen (probably transmission error), 1500s coomm, 1500s cowme, 1500s cumhyng (present participle), 1500s cvm, 1700s coame; English regional 1800s cawm (south-western), 1800s co', 1800s coa (Yorkshire), 1800s com, 1800s comn (Lancashire), 1800s cow (Yorkshire), 1800s cu' (Yorkshire), 1800s cuh (Cumberland), 1800s keum (Devon), 1800s kim (Devon), 1800s kom, 1800s–1900s coom, 1800s–1900s cum, 1900s coum (Yorkshire); U.S. regional 1900s– co; Scottish pre-1700 comme, pre-1700 cuim, pre-1700 cume, pre-1700 cumm- (inflected form), pre-1700 cumme, pre-1700 cvm, pre-1700 cwm, pre-1700 1700s–1900s cum, pre-1700 1700s– come, pre-1700 1800s– com, 1800s co', 1800s–1900s com'; Irish English 1800s coome (Wexford). OE Beowulf (2008) 244 No her cuðlicor cuman ongunnon lindhæbbende.OE Rule St. Benet (Tiber.) (1888) xlvi. 80 Veniens continuo ante abbatem : cumende þærrihte toforan þam abbode.a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 19 Heo wisten..þet he sculde cumen.?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 102 Þat he sold come. ▸ 1440 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 108 Cum, or come [a1500 King's Cambr. cvmnyn, a1500 BL Add. 37789 cvmne], venio.a1475 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 274 Fro heuene to comyn.1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. ej Where that ye cum.1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Mowbray xxii To Englande not to coome.1588 W. Allen Admon. to Nobility & People p. xxxvi Now did he threaten to cum.1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 79 Cicero comming to Appius.1724 A. Ramsay Vision in Ever-green (1761) I. 220 All this and mair maun cum to pass.1808 W. Scott Marmion v. xii. 259 O come ye in peace here, or come ye in war?1881 J. Sargisson Joe Scoap's Jurneh 144 (Cumbld. Gloss.) Them rappucks at cuh creepan aboot t' back dooar.1904 L. J. Nicolson Tales of Thule 17 Did ye com' a mind ta chase da craws?1983 A. Grey Saigon (BNC) 121 Come, my pretty lad, you're coming with me.2005 S. Elmes Talking for Brit. v. 125 The barges used to coom along. β. Scottish 1900s– cam. 1991 K. Morrice in T. Hubbard New Makars 60 Weel, jist you cam awa ben. b. 2nd singular indicative. Old English cimest ( rare), Old English cymes (chiefly Northumbrian), Old English cymest, Old English cymstu (with personal pronoun affixed), Old English cymyst ( rare), Old English–early Middle English cymst, Old English ( Mercian)–early Middle English (1600s Scottish) cumest, late Old English (in prefixed forms)–1500s cumst, early Middle English cumesst ( Ormulum), early Middle English cymmes (in copy of Old English charter), early Middle English kimest, Middle English comes, Middle English comis, Middle English comist, Middle English commes, Middle English commez, Middle English commist, Middle English commys, Middle English commyst, Middle English comys, Middle English cumes, Middle English cummyste, Middle English cumyst, Middle English komest, Middle English–1500s comste, Middle English–1500s comyst, Middle English–1600s commest, Middle English– comest (now archaic), Middle English– comst (now archaic), 1500s comyste, 1500s coomst, 1500s cummest, 1800s custa ( English regional ( Cumberland), with personal pronoun affixed). eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) c. 1 (2) Quando uenies ad me : ðonne ðu cymes to me.OE (Mercian) Rushw. Gospels: Matt. v. 24 Tunc ueniens : þanne cumest þu.OE On Mass: Celebration on Vigils in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 228 Ðonne cymst to þam endunga, þonne cweð þu be sone.c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) 612 Kimest [c1225 Royal cumest], king, o domes dei, to deme cwike & deade.a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 330 Whanne þou komest to kourt.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24893 Quen þou cums [Gött. comes, Fairf. comis] in-til england.c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 92 Wan þu cumyst in to þe lond.1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. iii. f. xxxi Cummest thou to me?1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. iii. 9 Coward, why comst thou not?1652 tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote (new ed.) xlvii. f. 222v Commest thou..to aske mee sixe hundred Ducats?1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 14 If e'er tha comst to Hewn only to zey men.a1822 P. B. Shelley Triumph of Life in Posthumous Poems (1824) 89 Thou comest from the realm without a name.1973 R. Rendell Some lie & Some Die iii. 30 Remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. c. 3rd singular indicative. α. Old English cemð (rare), Old English cimeþ (rare), Old English cimþ, Old English cimð, Old English cumað (rare), Old English cumyð (rare), Old English cymaþ (Mercian), Old English cymæþ (rare), Old English cymes (Northumbrian), Old English cymid (Mercian, rare), Old English cymið (Northumbrian), Old English cymmes (Northumbrian), Old English cymmeð (Northumbrian), Old English cymyð (rare), Old English cyomeð (Northumbrian, rare), Old English kymþ, Old English (early Middle English in copy of Old English charter) cimeð, Old English (rare)–early Middle English cumaþ, Old English–early Middle English cumeþ, Old English–early Middle English cumeð, Old English–early Middle English cumð, Old English (Northumbrian, rare) early Middle English (in copy of Old English charter) cymað, Old English (rare)–early Middle English cymd, Old English (Northumbrian, rare)–early Middle English cymed, Old English–early Middle English cymeþ, Old English–early Middle English cymeð, Old English–early Middle English cymþ, Old English–early Middle English cymð, Old English–early Middle English kimð, Old English (early Middle English in copy of Old English charter) kymð, late Old English cumæþ (Kentish), late Old English cumæð (Kentish), late Old English kymeþ (Kentish), late Old English kymeð (Kentish, in prefixed forms), early Middle English comed, early Middle English comeð, early Middle English comid, early Middle English cumed, early Middle English cumede, early Middle English cumeþþ ( Ormulum), early Middle English cumid, early Middle English cummeð, early Middle English cymæð, early Middle English cymet, early Middle English kimed, early Middle English kimet, early Middle English kimeþ, early Middle English kimeð, early Middle English kumed, early Middle English kumeð, Middle English comeȝt, Middle English comet, Middle English cometȝ, Middle English comethþ, Middle English comeþ, Middle English comeþe, Middle English comez, Middle English comis, Middle English comit, Middle English comiþ, Middle English comiz, Middle English commeþ, Middle English commis, Middle English commiþ, Middle English comms, Middle English commys, Middle English commyt, Middle English commyþe, Middle English comþ, Middle English comþe, Middle English comyt, Middle English comyþ, Middle English comyþe, Middle English cumd (in copy of Old English charter), Middle English cumde (in copy of Old English charter), Middle English cumes, Middle English cumet, Middle English cumis, Middle English cummeþ, Middle English cummys, Middle English cumþ, Middle English cumys, Middle English cumyt, Middle English cumythe, Middle English cwmys, Middle English cynð (in copy of Old English charter, transmission error), Middle English kemet (in copy of Old English charter), Middle English komes, Middle English kometh, Middle English komethe, Middle English komeþ, Middle English komeþe, Middle English komth, Middle English komþe, Middle English komys, Middle English komyth, Middle English kumeþ, Middle English–1500s comithe, Middle English–1500s commyth, Middle English–1500s commythe, Middle English–1500s comys, Middle English–1500s comythe, Middle English–1500s coometh, Middle English–1500s cummyth, Middle English–1500s cummythe, Middle English (in copy of Old English charter)–1500s cumth, Middle English–1500s cumyth, Middle English–1600s comethe, Middle English–1600s comith, Middle English–1600s commes, Middle English–1600s commethe, Middle English–1600s commith, Middle English–1600s comyth, Middle English–1600s cummeth, Middle English–1600s (1800s English regional (Somerset)) comth, Middle English–1600s (1800s– regional) cums, Middle English–1700s coms, Middle English–1700s (1800s archaic) commeth, Middle English– comes, Middle English– cometh (now archaic), 1500s commithe, 1500s comthe, 1500s cumeth, 1500s cumethe, 1500s cumith, 1500s cumithe, 1500s cummes, 1500s cummethe, 1500s cummith, 1500s cummithe, 1500s (1800s– regional) cooms, 1700s comath (English regional (Devon)); Scottish pre-1700 comis, pre-1700 commis, pre-1700 commys, pre-1700 comys, pre-1700 cumes, pre-1700 cumeth, pre-1700 cumis, pre-1700 cumith, pre-1700 cummes, pre-1700 cummis, pre-1700 cummys, pre-1700 cumys, pre-1700 cwmis, pre-1700 cwmmis, pre-1700 1700s– comes, pre-1700 1800s cums, pre-1700 1900s– coms, 1900s com's. eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) xxxvi. 12 (13) Quod ueniet dies eius : ðæt cymeð deg his.OE Paris Psalter (1932) ciii. 21 Syþþan up cumeð æðele sunne.a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 21 Þenne kimeð þe deofel.1340 Ayenbite (1866) 87 Þe ilke vrydom comþ of grace and of uirtue.a1500 (?a1475) Guy of Warwick (Cambr. Ff.2.38) l. 11330 A man, þat comyth onys therynne.1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. ii. iii. f. 89 It cummis be the send of God.a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Battail of Yvry in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 1097 There Hee coms.1746 Exmoor Courtship 30 Tha stewardlest and vittest Wanch that comath on tha Stones o' Moulton.1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at Room) Room comth again torackly.1916 Times 1 Aug. 5/2 Today the petrol ration system comes into force.1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 242/1 It's surprisin' what cums up.2005 S. Elmes Talking for Brit. x. 247 Which is wheeah the oould miyner's cracket cooms in. β. Scottish 1900s– cams. 1983 Chapman 37 46 It cam owre'm as a splairge O licht cams owre the watter. 2. Past tense. α. early Old English cuoom, early Old English cwoom, early Old English kwomu (plural, runic), Old English common (Northumbrian, plural), Old English cuom, Old English cuommon (Northumbrian, plural), Old English cwom, Old English cwommun (Northumbrian, plural), Old English cyom (Northumbrian, rare), Old English quom (Mercian), Old English (early Middle English Ormulum) comm, Old English–Middle English coom, Old English–1600s com, Middle English con (transmission error), Middle English coome, Middle English cum, Middle English kom, Middle English kome, Middle English–1500s comme, Middle English–1600s come; English regional 1700s keum (Gloucestershire), 1700s–1800s coom, 1800s co (northern), 1800s co' (northern), 1800s coh (northern), 1800s come, 1800s coome, 1800s kom, 1800s– com (northern), 1800s– cum; U.S. regional 1800s cum, 1800s– come; Scottish pre-1700 coim, pre-1700 coime, pre-1700 comme, pre-1700 coym, pre-1700 coyme, pre-1700 cume, pre-1700 1800s–1900s cum, pre-1700 1900s com, pre-1700 1900s– come, 1900s– com'; Irish English (northern) 1900s cum, 1900s– come. eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) Introd. Ymb vi gear þæs þe hie up cuomon.eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 855 Ęþelwulf..æfter þam to his leodum cuom..& ymb ii gear þæs ðe he on Francum com he gefor.a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 9 Heo comen..to þan sinagoge and hereden heore drihten.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 10127 How prophecijs comyn [Vesp. com, Trin. Cambr. coom, Gött. cam] to end.c1400 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 458 He coome not to seche his owne glorie.?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 119 Till þai comme at þe emperour.1523 W. Bulmer in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 328 He com to me when the water was hyg.1578 in R. V. Agnew Corr. P. Waus (1887) I. 190 Ane man..cum and askit almus at ane bischop.1600 J. Darrel True Narration Strange & Greuous Vexation 17 When they were ended, & he com to himselfe, [he] said that in them he felt extreame payne.a1730 Robin an's Gonny (Folger Library MS V.a. 308) in Folk Music Jrnl. (1986) 5 221 Off coom her Shoo.a1800 Song in Glouc. Gloss. (1890) 203 The stwons..keum from the Bleakeney's Quaar.1854 W. Gaskell Lect. Lancs. Dial. 24 [Lanc. Gloss.] A Lancashire man does not say he ‘came’, but he ‘coome’.1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at Neb) He com nebbin up.1951 S. Grapes Boy John Lett. (1974) 38 He cum roun an lent a hand.1995 A. Warner Morvern Callar (1996) 63 I come in the house full as a whelk. β. late Old English (Kentish)–1700s cam, early Middle English cham, Middle English caam, Middle English camme, Middle English kam, Middle English–1600s kame, Middle English– came; English regional 1800s kam (northern), 1800s keame (Devon), 1800s kim (Devon), 1800s–1900s cam (northern and north midlands); U.S. regional 1800s kem, 1800s kim, 1800s kim'; Scottish pre-1700 1700s– cam, pre-1700 1700s– came, 1800s kim, 1800s– cam', 1900s– cemm, 1900s– kam; Irish English 1800s kem, 1900s– cam (northern); Manx English 1800s kam. lOE Canterbury Psalter lxviii. 3 Veni in altitudinem maris : ic cam on deopnesse sæs.a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 59 Hit ne cam noht of eadmode herte.a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 416 Ðan caim of eue cam.?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 158 Þe messengers kamen to þe kyng ysaak.a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. ix. 28 Whanne he cam in to the hous, the blynde men camen to hym.a1500 Roberd of Cisyle (Cambr. Ff.2.38) (1879) l. 283 To Rome came the aungell soone.1516 in E. Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) I. 12 The Quene of Scotts cam to Enfyld.1658 J. Hall Emblems with Elegant Figures 77 By the reedy bancks of aged Cam, My golden minuts softly went and came.1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i She cam wi a right thieveless errand back.1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 114 Thou camest in two days and a half.1889 S. Coy Great Conspiracy x. 183 One day we kim to Bucyrus, Ohio.1890 New Eng. Mag. Oct. 268/1 We kem here t' git fired up with relidgin and pyis thoughts.1947 ‘N. Shute’ Chequer Board x. 290 No inspiration came.1989 W. N. Herbert in J. Hendry Chapman 55–6 92 An whan thi sun cemm up an Dundee cam alist in clementines. γ. Middle English keem, Middle English kem, Middle English keme. ▸ c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) l. 1208 Hise children..ful fayre ayen hem neme Hwan he wisten þat he keme.c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 2571 Whan he to londe kem.c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 260 Among hem he ne keem.a1450 (a1400) Medit. Life & Passion of Christ (BL Add.) (1921) 140 Þe kynges thre þat kemon fro ferre.a1500 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Douce) 24 in K. Brunner Mittelengl. Vers-roman über Richard Löwenherz (1913) 100 Men keme and tolde þe kynge. δ. English regional 1700s comd, 1700s– comed, 1800s comm'd, 1800s coom'd (Lincolnshire), 1800s cum'd (Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire), 1800s kom'd, 1800s– com'd, 1900s coomed (Lincolnshire); U.S. regional 1800s com'd, 1900s– comed; Scottish pre-1700 comd, 1800s– comed. 1499 A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 226 For fraucht of ilk sek that comd in Rowll.1782 F. Burney Cecilia II. iii. i. 12 He comed home in sich a pickle you never see!a1800 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. (1803) 226 Com'd in the London dialect is used both for the preterit came and for our false participle come.1824 Casket June 76 I'd a lot of cousins, that ‘com'd all the way down from Varmount.’1875 Ld. Tennyson Northern Farmer: Old Style v, in Poet. Wks. II. 267 An' I hallus coom'd to 's choorch afoor moy Sally wur dead.1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. p. lii Pres. come; Pret. come, comed; Past participle comen.1965 J. M. Brewer Worser Days 35 A boy..went up to New York, an' comed to be in good shape.1993 S. Stewart Ramlin Rose xiv. 137 Gloster Alice comed from out Severn way.1997 J. Whinray Down 'long weth we 18 Ee com'd to tha field gaate.2017 M. Sulhunt in Lallans 90 33 A lichtsome lassie Comed sashayin doon The pass. 3. Past participle. α. Old English cymen, Old English gecumen, Old English (Northumbrian)–early Middle English cumn- (inflected form, in prefixed forms), Old English–Middle English cumen, Old English (Northumbrian) Middle English–1500s cummen, late Old English ecymen, late Old English gecuman, early Middle English cumenn ( Ormulum), early Middle English ȝecumen, early Middle English hicomen, early Middle English icumen, early Middle English icumn, early Middle English ikimen, early Middle English ikumen, Middle English comene, Middle English comin, Middle English cominne, Middle English commene, Middle English commin, Middle English common, Middle English commun, Middle English commvn, Middle English comn, Middle English comun, Middle English comvn, Middle English comyn, Middle English coomen, Middle English coomyn, Middle English cumin, Middle English cummin, Middle English cummun, Middle English cumne, Middle English cumyn, Middle English cumyne, Middle English icomen, Middle English icomin, Middle English icommen, Middle English icommin, Middle English icomyn, Middle English komen, Middle English kumen, Middle English ycomen, Middle English ycomin, Middle English ycommen, Middle English–1500s commen, Middle English–1500s commyn, Middle English–1600s comen, 1500s coommne, 1500s cummyn, 1500s–1600s com'n, 1500s–1600s comne; English regional 1800s cummen (Northumberland), 1800s cummun (Cheshire), 1800s–1900s comen (Yorkshire and Shropshire); Welsh English 1900s– cummun (Flintshire); Scottish pre-1700 commen, pre-1700 commyn, pre-1700 comyn, pre-1700 cumene, pre-1700 cumine, pre-1700 cuming, pre-1700 cummen, pre-1700 cummin, pre-1700 cumming, pre-1700 cummyn, pre-1700 cummyne, pre-1700 cummyng, pre-1700 cumyn, pre-1700 cumyne, pre-1700 cwmin, pre-1700 cwming, pre-1700 1800s cumen, pre-1700 1800s cumin, pre-1700 1900s comen, 1900s– comin. eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 893 Wæs Hæsten þa þær cumen.?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1135 Enmang þis was his nefe cumen to Engleland Stephne de Blais.a1250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 6 Ich am to ðe ikumen.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7991 Commen i am to þi consail.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 22303 Cominne ic am.1576 J. Woolton Christian Man. sig. Aijv Which thing should haue commen to passe.1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. F4 Hence it hath comen, that in arts Mechanicall, the first deuiser coms shortest.1633 T. James Strange Voy. 106 We..were now comne into such a tumbling sea.1687 P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 355 Many who are com'n lately out of Ireland.1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words 179 He'd oney cummen in a minit afore.1928 John o' Groat Jrnl. 17 Feb. in Sc. National Dict. (1952) III. (at cited word) If she hed comen six inches nearer 'e grun' A wid thocht mair o' her.1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 26/1 Gan an' see gin Jossy be comen.1987 in Sc. National Dict. New Suppl. (Electronic text) (at cited word) Ee hed comin a that wey. β. Middle English coum, Middle English cwm, Middle English icom, Middle English icome, Middle English icume, Middle English icumme, Middle English ikome, Middle English jcom, Middle English jcome, Middle English jkome, Middle English kome, Middle English kume, Middle English ycom, Middle English ycome, Middle English ycomme, Middle English–1500s coom, Middle English–1500s coome, Middle English–1500s cum, Middle English–1500s cume, Middle English–1600s com, Middle English–1600s comme, Middle English– come; English regional 1800s acome (south-western), 1800s comm, 1800s coom, 1800s cum, 1900s com (Yorkshire), 1900s coum (Yorkshire); also Scottish pre-1700 cvm, pre-1700 1800s cum, 1700s 1900s– com. c1200 Serm. in Eng. & Germanic Stud. (1961) 7 65 Þonkeþ þet lauerd þet his icume fram heuene to eorþe.a1225 (?OE) MS Vesp. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 237 Alse fele alse deade beoð, alse fele beoð to berie icome.c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 4249 Þo king arþures men ycome were echon.1340 Ayenbite (1866) 262 Þis boc is ycome to þe ende.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 10575 Qven anna was cum.a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 3617 Now ye ben ykome ageyn.a1500 (?c1450) Merlin x. 149 Is oure socour than I-come?a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1236 To the kyng [the thought] com was.1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xii. 2 And when grape time was cum, he sent his seruaunt to the same husbandmen.1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 50 The trompettes chapplettes were..not coome to perfectione.1616 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 209 Ofring to deliver me money for all our sappon which was com in this junk.1712 R. Steele Spectator 496 I am just come from Tunbridge.1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xv. 292 The Hour's come, and the Man.1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. Gloss. 296 She wer pirty but she's finely a-come ō't.1918 T. Manson Humours of Peat Comm. I. 159 I'm com ta aks dee.1976 R. Bulter Shaela 59 Da sheep is come oot a da park.2015 N.Y. Times Mag. 1 Nov. 41 (advt.) Researchers have come closer to solving these riddles. γ. 1500s commyd, 1500s cumd, 1500s cumde, 1500s cummed, 1500s cumyt, 1500s–1600s commed, 1500s–1700s com'd, 1500s–1700s comed; English regional (chiefly northern) 1800s caum'd (south-western), 1800s come't, 1800s comed, 1800s cum't, 1800s cumd, 1800s cummed, 1800s–1900s coom'd, 1800s–1900s cum'd; Scottish pre-1700 comd, pre-1700 comde, pre-1700 comeit, pre-1700 comet, pre-1700 comett, pre-1700 commed, pre-1700 commit, pre-1700 committ, pre-1700 comt, pre-1700 cuimed, pre-1700 cumde, pre-1700 cumed, pre-1700 cumid, pre-1700 cumit, pre-1700 cummed, pre-1700 cummit, pre-1700 cvmit, pre-1700 cwmit, pre-1700 1700s– comed, pre-1700 1900s cumd, 1800s com'd, 1800s cum'd; Irish English 1800s kim'd. c1525 in J. Lingard Hist. Eng. (1825) VI. 342 Dr. London is soddenlye commyd unto me.a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 371 His iniquitie was cumed to full rypenes.1614 T. White Martyrdome St. George sig. B4v Com'd to the Temple, Georg..Surueys the Idols.1652 J. Wetherall Discov. Opinions False Brethren 60 I might have com'd.a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II lvi, in Poems (1878) III. 151 Wee..Are com'd.1705 S. Whately in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church (1870) I. 170 What need they have comed over night then?1787 ‘J. Clinker’ Oration Virtues Old Women 5 If they had tell'd me tuts or prute-no, I..wou'd a com'd crack for crack o'er their hurdies.1813 R. Sharp Let. 24 June in Diary (1997) 3 Whye Sor I'se varry glad yeve cum'd.1861 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life 2nd Ser. 122 He has nayther comed himsel', nor had the ceevility tae sen' us the scart o' a pen.1915 J. Wilson Lowland Sc. Lower Strathearn 99 Hee'z fell weel cumd in noo.1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 26/1 What's coum'd on em?1952 R. T. Johnston Stenwick Days (1984) 26 An' yet thoo're comed all the wey fae Austrellia. δ. 1800s cam' (Scottish), 1900s– came (Scottish and U.S. regional), 2000s– cam (Scottish). 1887 A. Wardrop Mid-Cauther Fair 240 I hae jist cam' oot the nicht to meet you.1916 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. 732/1 I should have came this way any way.1992 Tocher No. 44. 128 I've came..tae try an help ye.2009 ‘R. Keeland’ tr. S. Larsson Girl who kicked Hornets' Nest xxv. 493 She would have came across as a con artist.2016 T. Beekman in Lallans 89 27 Hou had it cam tae this? Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian kuma , koma (West Frisian komme ), Old Dutch kuman (Middle Dutch cōmen , coemen , Dutch komen ), Old Saxon kuman (Middle Low German kōmen , kommen ), Old High German queman , koman , kuman (Middle High German komen , German kommen ), Old Icelandic koma , kuma , Old Swedish koma (Swedish komma ), Old Danish (Danish) komme , Gothic qiman , Crimean Gothic kommen < a Germanic strong verb of Class IV < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit gam- to go, ancient Greek βαίνειν to go (see base n.1), classical Latin venīre to come (see Venite n.), Old Prussian gemton to give birth, Lithuanian gimti to be born.Form history. The form of the present stem in Germanic is uncertain. The verb may show an original zero-grade (perhaps reflecting an aorist base), with the full grade (shown by Gothic qiman and Old High German queman ) subsequently introduced as a secondary development after the dominant pattern in Germanic strong verbs of Classes III-V. Alternatively, a form with full grade may have been inherited in Germanic (reflecting an aorist subjunctive), either as the only form or alongside one with zero-grade; it is not impossible that forms attested in some or all Germanic languages other than Gothic and Old High German also go back to a full grade that was obscured by later sound changes (caused by initial *kw- ). The usual Old English forms of the 2nd and 3rd present indicative cymst , cymþ show regular i-mutation of the stem vowel (see Forms 1b and 1cα. ). In the occasionally attested forms cyme of the present subjunctive and cymen of the past participle, the y may also be due to i-mutation; see discussion in R. M. Hogg & R. D. Fulk Gram. Old Eng. (2011) II. §6.59. In extant Anglian (especially Northumbrian) texts the mutated vowel is sometimes extended to other forms of the present stem (except the infinitive): compare e.g. cyme , cymmo (1st singular indicative), cymeð , cymmeð , cymas , (plural indicative and imperative), cymende , cymmende (present participle). Mutated forms occasionally survive into early Middle English, chiefly in the 3rd singular present indicative. The vowel of the past tense plural (Old English cwōmon , cōmon ) shows regular phonological development from Germanic. The vowel was extended to the singular (Old English cwōm , cōm ), probably on the pattern of the verbs of Class VI (compare e.g. fare v.1), prompted by the fact that past tense plural stems with -ō- were uncommon in Old English outside verbs of that class (compare the somewhat similar development of nim v.). The past tense singular of the historically expected type (compare Old Frisian kwam , Old Dutch quam , Old Saxon quam , Old High German quam , Gothic qam ) is not attested in Old English until very late (in the mid-12th cent. Kentish Canterbury Psalter, as cam : see Forms 2β. ). The complete lack of attestation of the form type in earlier Old English suggests that rather than having been inherited, cam appeared as a result of analogical levelling with the past tense singular of most strong verbs of Classes IV and V (compare, in particular, nam , past tense singular of nim v., and see discussion at that entry). All of the early Middle English texts that use the form normally distinguish between singular cam and plural comen , and that distinction survives in some varieties until the 15th cent. In early Middle English, cam is predominantly east midland and East Anglian, with rhyme evidence suggesting a short vowel. The mechanism of the development of a long vowel in Middle English cam (reflected in the modern standard form came ) is unclear; it is paralleled in most other strong verbs of Classes IV and V (compare e.g. steal v.1, give v., speak v.). Past tense singular comm (with short vowel) in the early Middle English Ormulum perhaps shows the influence of early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic kom , Old Swedish kom ). Middle English past tense forms like keem (see Forms 2γ. ) probably show the influence of strong verbs of Classes IV and V, which normally had ē in the past tense plural, and in later Middle English often by extension in the singular (compare e.g. bear v.1, get v.). Specific senses. With use in collocation with and (see sense 4c(b)) compare similar collocations of venire with et in post-classical Latin (Vulgate). Compare also go v. 30c and see note in the etymology at that entry. In sense 20 (especially in sense 20b) probably influenced by culm n.2: see discussion at that entry. In sense 35 probably shortened < become v. (compare branch III. at that entry). Prefixed forms. In Old English the prefixed form gecuman to come, to move towards, to approach, to arrive (compare y- prefix) is also attested; compare also acuman acome v., adūnecuman (see downcome v.), becuman become v., (Northumbrian) beforancuma (see before-come vb. at before adv., prep., conj., and n. Compounds 3), betwuxcuman , an element-by-element gloss of Latin intervenire to come between, to occur (compare betwixt prep.), (Northumbrian) efnecuma , an element-by-element gloss of Latin convenire to meet, assemble (compare even adv.), eftcuman , an element-by-element gloss of Latin redire to come again, to come back, and convenire to come together (compare eft adv.), forcuman and forecuman (see forecome v.), forþcuman forthcome v., framcuman to descend (compare from prep.), fullcuman fullcome v., incuman income v., ofcuman to spring from, to be derived from (compare of- prefix), ofercuman overcome v., oncuman oncome v., ongēancuman again-come v., samodcuman , an element-by-element gloss of Latin coire , convenire , and confluere to come together (compare samed adv.), tōcuman tocome v., (Northumbrian) þurhcuma , an element-by-element gloss of Latin pervenire to come to, to reach (compare through- prefix), (Northumbrian) undercuma , an element-by-element gloss of Latin subvenire to assist, and succedere to occur (compare under- prefix1), upcuman upcome v., ūtcuman outcome v. An elementary intransitive verb of motion, come expresses literal or figurative movement towards the point occupied (in fact or thought) by either the speaker, the person spoken to, or the subject in question. It is thus often opposed to go v., which may also be used more generally without implication of direction, or to imply movement away from a place, person, or thing (see go v. I., II.). Like go, come denotes both self-originated and passive movement, though the former is the primary application. Come is also used to express the accomplishment of the movement involved in reaching or becoming present at any place or point. I. Senses relating to motion in space. 1. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > move towards the speaker or this place eOE (Mercian) (1965) cxxv. 6 Venientes autem uenient in exultatione portantes manipulos suos : cumende soðlice cumað in wynsumnisse beorende reopan heara. OE (Northumbrian) iii. 26 Ecce hic baptizat et omnes ueniunt ad eum : heono ðes fulwas & alle cymmes [OE Rushw. Gospels comon] to him. OE Ælfric (Royal) (1997) xvii. 313 He gesihð þone wulf cuman, & he forlæt þa sceap & flihð. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) l. 874 Þa Corineus of wode com..Brutun to fulste. c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) 1803 (MED) A palmer he seȝe cominge, Messaisliche bi þe strete walkinge. c1380 (1879) l. 1637 (MED) Þey..hiderward buþ now comyng. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark v. 1 Thei camen ouer the wawe of the see into the cuntree of Genazareth. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 12362 Þe leons com him all a-bute. 1490 W. Caxton tr. (1885) viii. 195 Here comyn our enmyes. a1500 (?c1450) iii. 45 The kynge come fro chirche on a day. 1590 E. Spenser i. ix. sig. H8v Loe he comes, he comes fast after mee. a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert (1879) I. 87 He comaunded the horse to come home and make readie. 1667 S. Pepys 5 Oct. (1974) VIII. 463 What base company of men comes among them. a1726 J. Vanbrugh (1728) iv. i. 44 He's coming hither full drive. 1785 W. Cowper iv. 5 O'er yonder bridge..He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spattered boots. 1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in 19 Nov. 449 We came through a fine flock of ewes. 1848 E. C. Gaskell II. i. 8 I'll come with you. 1864 Oct. 373/1 What made you leave your wholesome country home and come to London? 1906 15 Mar. 7/2 Brr-brr-brr! ‘O, hang that telephone.’ Brr-brr-brr! ‘Yes, I'm coming. Keep on ringing.’ 1919 Aug. 20/1 Two hours later they came to Mr. Joyce's place. 1958 11 May (Comics section) 3/4 Yipes! Here comes a train! 2000 Oct. 88/1 They couldn't put me directly in touch with the Tigers, but they would let them know I was coming. society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive [verb (intransitive)] the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive OE (Corpus Cambr.) x. 35 Þonne ic cume ic hit forgylde þe. ?a1160 (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1132 Ðis gear com Henri king to þis land. Þa com Henri abbot & uureide þe muneces of Burch to þe king. c1175 ( (Bodl. 343) (1894) 6 Eala, dauid, hwæt is þin neod swa mucel þet ðu þus ær cumen eart? a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 157 He ne mei þider cume alse raðe se he walde. a1300 (c1250) (Vitell.) (1966) 184 (MED) Ich þenche on alle wise Vppon mine marchaundise, Warevore ich am hider icome. a1400 (a1325) (Gött.) l. 5050 Ruben..Had mekil ioy quen þai war comin. c1405 (c1380) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 242 And with that word, Tiburce his brother coom. a1500 (?c1450) i. 7 She sente after this woman, and she com. 1528 in J. Strype (1721) I. App. xxiv. 64 He was very sory, that he could not cumme soner..and now cummen he wold not faile to do the best he could. 1645 J. Milton Epit. Marchioness of Winchester in 24 He at their invoking came. 1660 T. Stanley III. i. 148 As soon as he came, he was made Symposiarch, Master of the Feast. 1723 J. Barker Introd. [He] ordered his Labourer..to be sure to come early on Monday-Morning to take Care of the Yard. 1782 W. Cowper Hist. John Gilpin in 14 Nov. Say why bareheaded you are come, Or why you come at all? 1820 W. Scott tr. Noble Moringer in 9 ii. p. ccccci Had I come at morrow tide, I came a day too late. 1837 W. H. Maxwell I. x. 136 The vehicle came promptly. 1903 Aug. 304/2 No sooner had he come than Hatton excused himself and started back. 1992 Spring 222 Just have your father come, co-sign, and the funds will be ready when you need them. 2010 G. Thompson i. 37 Manuel..has a workmanlike attitude. He comes, he cuts, he goes home. 1681 T. Otway iv. 40 It shall be done Sir; Coming, coming there, Coming. 1689 J. Carlile v. 65 Coming, coming Sir William. 1701 G. Farquhar ii. i. 14 Commend me to a Boy and a Bell; Coming, coming, Sir. Much noise, no Attendance, and a dirty Room. 1709 J. Addison No. 131. ⁋9 Coming, Coming, Sir, (said he) with the Air of a Drawer. 1749 H. Fielding III. viii. ii. 160 I think I hear some body call. Coming! coming ! View more context for this quotation 1825 J. Browne 101 An everlasting Peggy, who..attends him like his shadow, and is ever ready to cry, ‘Coming Sir’, but never ready to come. 1891 8 Dec. 110/1 ‘Hi Fix!.. Ain't you a-comin'?’ ‘Comin'! comin'!’ cried the tinker. 1900 J. Achurch & C. E. Wheeler tr. G. Hauptmann i. 31 (Bell rings loudly) Coming—coming! (goes off upstairs). 1921 Sept. 446/2 ‘Emmett!’ I shouted. ‘Coming!’ came the voice of the detective. 2010 C. L. Textor tr. K. Sŏk-pŏm iii. 30 He stood up as soon as her voice called him, and turned toward the voice and crossed the room as he answered, ‘Yes, coming!’ 2. With reference to passive or involuntary movement. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > move towards the speaker or this place > be brought or impelled towards speaker OE Wærferð tr. Gregory (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. xxxiii. 243 In næniges eowres muð nu todæge ne cymþ hlaf, buton þes cniht si genered ær. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) viii. 904 (MED) This lettre cam, and ther was press Tofore the king, ther as he stod. a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) l. 18479 A cloþinge is comen vs vp on. 1443 in W. H. Black (1871) 25 (MED) Rough fellys..that commyth to this Cite to be solde. c1503 R. Arnold f. xlijv/2 To alle trewe cristen pepull to whom thys present wrytting shalbe come. 1574 in W. H. Turner (1880) 353 Sr Francis Knowils letter came as it were to bayle me. 1611 Judges xiii. 5 No rasor shall come on his head. View more context for this quotation 1667 S. Pepys 17 Aug. (1974) VIII. 388 The play is the most ridiculous that sure ever came upon stage. 1720 D. Defoe 202 Her Main Top-Mast was come by the Board. 1728 R. Morris 6 Architecture came to Rome..about 461 Years before Marcellus. 1800 W. Cowper (new ed.) II. 338 The dinner comes, and down they sit. 1814 C. Lamb Let. 13 Aug. in (1978) III. 101 There comes to you..this day a volume of German. 1918 5 Jan. 44/1 The presents came literally in carload lots to this regiment. 1971 5 June 51/1 When their bill came they refused to pay it. 2003 15 Sept. 34/1 New regulations are needed to give border agents more notice on shipments coming into the country. b. OE Ælfric Homily (Paris Lat. 943) in R. Brotanek (1913) 15 Þonne cymð færlice se storm & þæt flod, & towendað þa getimbrunge. OE (1931) 180 Ne þær ænig com blod of benne. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) l. 2284 Þe wind com on weðere and þa sæ he wraðede. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) l. 8586 So gret it [sc. a wind] com þat it fulde moni hous adoun. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xxiv. 216 Þe humours comeþ fram þe heed to þe pypes of þe þrote. a1400 (a1325) (Gött.) l. 1042 Þat might neuer flod cum þar ney. a1450 in T. Austin (1888) 17 Boyle it, an when yt komyth on hy, a-lye it with wyne. 1533 J. Heywood sig. Dvi I promyse you yf any snow come when I make my snow ballyes ye shall have some. c1550 (1979) v. 27 Quhen the rane cummis. 1649 N. Culpeper 163 Such a place, where neither sun nor rain comes. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto xxx. 108 This river..comes from Tartaria, out of a lake, called Fanistor. 1720 D. Defoe 253 The Arrows..came thick among them. 1792 Jan. 8/2 When the water came into the valley, its impetuosity was so great that it was not immediately diverted. 1810 G. Fitz Let. 20 June in T. Jefferson (2005) Retirement Ser. II. 479 The sails [of a windmill] work very well..when the arm approaches the point from whence the wind comes. 1871 Ld. Tennyson No. X Sun comes, moon comes, Time slips away. 1904 Nov. 213/2 Suddenly a shower of bullets came singing through the trees. 1984 A. Hart (1989) 107 The flood waters came to Beit Hanun. 2012 E. T. Laing xxxvii. 245 When the rain came it came in a torrent. 1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet xiii. f. 20 About ten or eleuen of the clocke the winde came contrary [Fr. se trouua vent contraire]. 1578 G. Best ii. 37 The eleauenth of September about sixe a clocke at night the winde came good sowthwest, we were shot and set our course southest. 1633 T. James 23 The winde came Easterly: so that we could not budge. 1669 S. Sturmy i. 16 The Wind is fair..he comes well, as if he would stand. 1746 Oct. 577/2 The 15th the wind came fair. ?1789 J. Willock ii. 54 On the twenty-ninth, the wind coming favourable we put to sea. 1820 44 The wind came fair, and by the help of some Greeks the William got under weigh. 1894 24 218 The wind came N.E. about four o'clock. 1901 7 May 12/1 The wind came quartering as they ran down, and, Shamrock I.'s headsail drawing well, she closed on the newer yacht. 1927 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann (London ed.) II. vi. 611 He had pushed off with the wind coming slantwise at him, which was ill-advised. 2000 Sept. 46/3 The wind came abeam, and we rushed madly to the Boca Chica anchorage. society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey OE (Corpus Cambr.) ii. 44 Þa comon hig anes dæges fær. c1450 J. Capgrave (Arun. 396) (1893) i. l. 71 This kyng ryght as for a keye Of all hys kyngdam set hys tovn þer; Ho com to surre, mot come þat weye. a1500 (?c1450) (1899) 670 (MED) Pharien of Trebes and leonce of Paierne com that wey for to prise the Castell. 1567 J. Pikering sig. A.ijv Be God I am wearey, with comming this myle. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 197 Come your waies. View more context for this quotation 1698 tr. L. Hennepin lvii. 220 There arriv'd four Savages in Embassy to these People. They had come above five hundred Leagues from the West. 1773 O. Goldsmith v. 94 They are coming this way. 1805 J. Whitehouse Jrnl. 29 May in (1997) XI. 177 We had come 18 miles to day through a Mountaneous desert Country. 1828 R. Darvill 172 To come a long length at a racing pace. 1887 R. L. Stevenson i. xi. 23 We have come the primrose way. 1904 Nov. 533/1 The few who assembled at that time came many miles..with the sole object of seeking knowledge. 1922 C. Mackenzie xiii. 139 Perhaps we've come the wrong way. I believe the road forked by the ash wood above. 2013 (Nexis) 27 Oct. (Metro section) b8 Dad had come 50 miles from Richmond, through the snow, to make me a hot, homemade meal. 4. To move or travel towards a place, person, or thing while engaged in, or for the purpose of, a specified action or activity. OE Ælfric (Julius) (1900) II. 164 Þa com þærto ridan sum Cristen man sona. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 81 A vuhel com flon from houene into orðe. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) l. 12739 Þer comen seilien..scipes. c1300 St. Cuthbert (Laud) 5 in C. Horstmann (1887) 359 Þare cam gon a luyte child. c1380 (1879) l. 1554 As þese frensche men come ryde on message fro Charloun. c1380 (1879) l. 2333 (MED) Wiþ þat cam renne sire Bruyllant. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 1253 Nece y-se who cometh here ryde. c1450 (a1375) (Calig.) (1979) l. 196 The empryce mette yn sweuene An ern com fly. a1535 T. More (1553) ii. x. sig. G.viv We will folowe him & with faythfull hope come runne vnto him. 1622 J. Reynolds x. 209 Long before sixe, our two young Gentlemen come ride into the field. b. Followed by a present participle or gerund indicating a concomitant action or activity (often expressing the method or manner of movement). OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xx. 195 Eft ða comon fleogende of ðære heofenlican digelnysse englas. ?a1160 (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 Gif twa men oþer iii coman ridend to an tun, al þe tunscipe flugæn for heom, wenden ðat hi wæron ræueres. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris (1873) 2nd Ser. 111 (MED) Here he cumeð stridende fro dune to dune and ouer strit þe cnolles. c1225 (?OE) (Worcester) (Fragm. A) l. 10 Hit cumeþ weopinde and woniende. a1300 Passion our Lord 70 in R. Morris (1872) 39 Þe children of þe tune comen syngynde. a1375 (c1350) (1867) l. 1821 I wol..waite ȝif any weiȝh comes wending alone. c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) l. 5157 Ypotames comen flyngynge, Oute of roches, loude nayinge. 1485 W. Caxton tr. sig. hvij/1 He sawe rychard come rydyng vpon an hors. 1568 ii. iii. sig. C.iv I must lackey and come lugging greyhound and hound. 1590 E. Spenser iii.iii. sig. Ee5 There shall a Lion from the sea-bord wood Of Neustria come roring. 1622 L. Digges tr. G. de Céspedes y Meneses ii. iii. 423 The false Inne-keeper came leaping to the doore. 1630 T. Dekker iv. i. 159 He can come bragging hither with foure white Herrings. 1726 J. Swift II. iv. viii. 122 The Nag came galloping towards me. ?1750 18 Jack..came crying into the parlour. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott ii, in (new ed.) 12 The knights come riding, two and two. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato I. 22 You come asking in what wisdom differs from the other sciences. 1916 H. L. Wilson iii. 113 So I yelled out back to an old hick of a gardener..and he comes running. 1921 S. Colvin xvii. 295 The whole weight of the Atlantic comes crashing against the granite juts and buttresses. 2007 Dec. 84/2 Another of our members..came clutching a bag full of peacock-blue, pea-sized beans. 1528 sig. fij They come a beggyng, To the housse of a povre man. 1595 G. Peele sig. D2 Loe heere we come a reaping, a reaping, To reape our haruest fruite. 1663 J. Evelyn Let. 17 Sept. in (1859) III. 141 He suspected I came a birding. 1664 G. Etherege iv. iii. 53 Pray, Sir, are you come a House-warming, That you bring your Wine with you? 1738 J. Hildebrand Happy Constancy ii, in 29 The very first Time he came a Courting. 1764 H. Walpole v. 171 Did your Highness never hear what Count Marsigli offered me, when he came a wooing to my Lady Matilda? 1824 W. Scott II. v. 99 Send him home with his tail scalded, like a dog that has come a privateering on strange premises. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Dora in (new ed.) II. 39 I never came a-begging for myself. 1954 V. Randolph (1976) xi. 20 Whenever a boy come a-sparking she would make him look foolish. 1983 E. McClanahan (1984) ix. 117 When he came a-huggin' and a-chalkin' to the summit of Mt. Oddles, he found the flag of Speedy Gonzales Eastep already fluttering gaily on the breeze. 2014 D. Hajek xlvii. 141 The old freak-tard..had the unmitigated gall to come a-knockin' veeeerrrrryyy early that one morning. c. In construction with another verb indicating an action or activity which is the consequence or purpose of movement. OE (1931) 2455 Comon Sodomware..corðrum miclum cuman acsian. a1375 (c1350) (1867) l. 270 (MED) He praide ȝou com speke wiþ him. c1450 J. Capgrave (1910) 12 Faustus was desired for to cum speke with Augustin. ?c1500 (Digby) l. 618 I be-seche yow..thys daye to com dyne at my hows. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus f. 299v As many as wer in the citee betweene sixteen and sixtie should..come follow hym. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. ii. 74 Quicke, quicke, wee'le come dresse you straight. View more context for this quotation a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy (1647) iii. ii. 55 Spaniards, which seem'd to have come offer themselves to your sword. 1743 (ed. 2) 109 Reynard promis'd that he would teache me my Creed..; and inviting me to come sit between his legs, he caught me by the Throat. 1839 D. B. Kelly xxxiii. 124 He awoke both times from his sleep, calling his maiden niece to come listen to his Reverence. 1893 17 Oct. 864/2 We'll come see him again. 1922 E. Van Dyne viii. 101 Maybe our mother won't be dead an' will come find us. 1994 R. C. Reinhart 36 He said I ever had an idea for a show I should come see him. 2007 T. Myers xxvii. 171 I have half a mind to call the men in white coats to come take you away. OE (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1073 Malcolm cyngc com & gryðode wið Wyllelm cyngc, & wæs his man. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 183 Efter his ariste þoa he com & schawede him. c1300 St. Thomas Apostle (Laud) l. 35 in C. Horstmann (1887) 377 (MED) Huy come and metten þis Messager..a-middes þe Chepingue. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xx. 16 He schal come, and lese these tilieris [L. veniet et perdet colonos istos]. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. l. 181 In couenant þat þei come & knewleche to paye To pieres pardon þe plowman redde quod debes. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 727 In that tuelf moneth suld he Cum and clayme it, and tharfor do To the king that pertenyt thar-to. a1500 (1839) 5 Every manne was suffred to come and speke withe hym. 1535 Psalms lxxv[i]. 9 All nacions..shall come and worshipe before the o Lorde. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas i. vi. 225 Come and see the Womans rapting features. 1660 196 Several persons came and offered themselves. 1709 R. Steele No. 104. ⁋1 Jenny sent me Word she would come and dine with me. 1760 A. Murphy 4 Come and kiss me, you jade, come and kiss me. 1820 F. Edgeworth Let. 19 June in (1979) 166 Mademoiselle came and said some words to Maria. 1889 J. K. Jerome vii. 106 Well, won't you come and see the memorial window? 1914 M. Gyte 24 Aug. (1999) 28 Cox's plumber came and mended the soft water cistern. 1976 16 July 16/1 (advt.) Cotton trews in summer colours etc. Come and take your pick. 2014 C. Tóibín vii. 114 As Nora worked on files with one of the young bookkeepers, Miss Kavanagh came and stood watching over them. OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xl. 336 Of eallum leodum comon menn to gehyrenne Salomones wisdom. lOE (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 963 Syððan þa com he to se cyng Eadgar. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 286 Iesu..com to pruuen hisluue. & schaude þurch cnichtschipe. þet he wes luuewurðe. c1300 (Laud Misc. 108) (1889) 63 Ȝwan tho fendes hot fot Come to fette me away. a1400 (a1325) (Gött.) l. 190 Mari..Com to wasse vr lauerdes fete. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1894) I. lf. 30 v Knowe that I am come to take possession of thy kyngdom. 1569 R. Grafton II. 89 They came to take him. 1597 M. Drayton f. 54 When first attracted by thy heauenly eyes, I came to see thee, in a strange disguise. 1607 T. Walkington i. sig. B5 Charon and Atropos are comd to call me away from my delicies. 1690 tr. G. Buchanan xx. 277 (margin) A Scotch Troop from Denmark, comes to help the Royalists. 1726 J. Swift II. iii. ix. 121 Those who came to visit me. 1766 O. Goldsmith II. ii. 37 A servant..came to ask the 'Squire in, to stand up at country dances. 1843 C. Dickens i. 4 When will you come to see me? 1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in 253 I did not come to curse thee, Guinevere. 1920 A. Murray 121 Well, Miss Murray! I'm sure you didn't come just to sit. 1990 L. Persaud 95 George..came to give our salmon-pink walls a new coat of paint. 2012 23 Jan. 63/3 One night..he came to show me a chameleon he had found. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 12922 Þeȝȝ comenn forr to fraȝȝnenn crist. Off whære he wass att inne. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xv. 36 Se we, if Hely come for to do hym down. 1485 W. Caxton tr. (1957) 15 Were comen for to see the feste. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides vi. i. f. cl The Phenycians came for to inhabitt in a certen small countrey of the Isle.., for to trade marchandise wt the Sycilians. a1592 R. Greene (1598) v. sig. K2 I am come for to reuenge My daughters death. 1631 J. Speed 98 Now I am come for to fulfill Each royal precept. 1696 J. Lead 304 Do not think, that I am slack in coming for to reap. 1787 Mar. 239/3 All the mob from town and court, Came for to see this hotch potch sport. 1809 E. Thomas (1816) I. xxx. 245 For to come for to make mischief amongst honest women, it's a shame, and a crying shame. 1905 E. Phillpotts i. iv An' coming for to count 'em..be gormed if I didn't find but three! 1991 S. Barry Prayers of Sherkin i, in (1997) 55 There were black chimneys there and the rotted streets, and they came for to wait for the new city. eOE (Parker) anno 917 Ymbsæton þa burg & fuhton þæron oþ þam burgwarum com mara fultum to utan to helpe. lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine (Vitell.) (1922) i. 9 Cum me nu to fultome, þu þe æart ana, ece, and soð Goð. a1475 J. Shirley Death James (BL Add. 5467) in (1818) II. 19 His servantes..shuld..haf cumne to his socoure. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. f. ccxxiiiv/1 The lorde Coucy had ben ouerthrowen by ye erle of Uertues and the lombardes, if this Haconde hadde nat ben, for he came to his ayde with fyue hundred. 1600 W. Shakespeare iv. i. 220 A Daniell come to iudgement. View more context for this quotation 1650 3 Upon the request of those men,..we came to their assistance. 1705 lxxxi. 2/1 Providence so ordered it that Mr. Short came to their relief. 1748 T. Smollett I. xxii. 188 Coming to the relief of a damsel in distress. 1832 J. Peak vii. 113 Our friends came to our assistance. 1898 Nov. 601 Not that I wish to chaffer with one who had come to my rescue in so generous a manner. 1939 13 May 14/7 Hundreds of aeroplanes were lined up, including pre-eminently the German and Italian squadrons which came to the help of the hard-pressed Nationalists. 1960 6 Oct. 24 Bystanders came to his aid. 2009 G. Fur i. 15 Lenape women..met with European colonists, traded with them, and came to their aid. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Pref. sig. civ Saynt Paule..went from Damascus to Arabie, preached the gospell in Grecia, came prisoner to Rome, was scourged and stoned. 1615 W. Martyn 245 Assoone as he came Ambassador into France, he secretly informed King Charles of the chiefe points of his Commission. 1685 J. Forbes Let. 18 Mar. in G. Scot 238 Mr. Drummond..came Passenger with me to this place from Scotland. 1778 Aug. 475/1 Gen. Howe is come passenger in the above ship. 1790 J. Bruce II. 154 He then desired the king of Abyssinia might be informed that he, Don Roderigo, came ambassador from the general of the Indies. 1812 1st Ser. 4 1043 In 1795 lord Fitzwilliam came lord-lieutenant to Ireland. 1880 P. Slater x. 156 William Ward..came apprentice to this town from Blubberhouses. 5. intransitive. In imperative. the world > action or operation > doing > invitation or encouragement to action [interjection] OE (Corpus Oxf.) Prol. 2 Cume [OE Tiber. cumað, a1225 Winteney cumeð; L. venite] ge mine bearn, gehyrað me; Godes ege ic eow tæce. OE (Corpus Cambr.) xx. 14 Her ys se yrfeweard, cumaþ uton hine ofslean þæt seo æht ure sy. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 12789 Ta seȝȝde filippe. Shorrtlike till natanaæl. Cumm nu þe sellf. & loke. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xii. 7 This is the eier; come ȝe, sle we him. 1526 Mark xii. f. lxijv Come lett vs kill him. 1601 J. Marston et al. v. sig. H3 Come Brabant..giue me my Cloak. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. i. 115 Come go, I will fall prostrate at his feete. View more context for this quotation 1669 S. Sturmy i. 16 Come my hearts, have up your Anchor that we may have a good Prize. Come, Who say Amen. 1702 G. Farquhar iv. i. 42 Come Gentlemen, all hands to work. 1768 Char. in 263/2 Come, lend a hand. 1827 W. Scott Bonnie Dundee in 8 Dec. 786 Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can, Come saddle my horses and call out my men. 1851 H. W. Longfellow iv. 193 Come, old fellow, drink down to your peg! 1905 F. S. Delmer tr. G. Frenssen i. 20 Come friends, let's drink a health to the Provost. 1992 P. O'Brian iv. 111 Come gentlemen, bumpers if you please. 2013 N. Caple 43 Come help me shell some corn. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > expressions of disapproval [interjection] c1450 (a1325) (BL Add. 36983) App. ii. l. 823 Come þou art mys-bileuyd. 1594 sig. D Come come why should we fall out? a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 112 Come: you are a tedious foole. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 68 Come Dromio, come, these iests are out of season. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton 1708 Come, come, no time for lamentation now. View more context for this quotation 1688 S. Penton 41 Come, come, act like a man. 1723 D. Defoe (ed. 2) 189 Come, come, Col. says he, don't flatter me. 1728 C. Cibber ii. i. 37 Come, Sir Francis, don't put your self in a Heat for what can't be helpt. 1825 13 422 Oh! oh! come now, softly. It is not fair. 1838 C. Dickens I. xvi. 267 Come, come, Sikes..we must have civil words. 1894 ‘M. Twain’ xx. 273 Come, cheer up, old man; there's no use in losing your grip. 1946 E. O'Neill i. 56 (stage direct.) Come now, Lieutenant, isn't it a fact that you're as guilty as hell? 1991 M. Nicholson (1992) i. 17 Oh come, come now, Mrs Davies, please. What are you suggesting? 2010 B. Agbaje ii. 15 Come, Keisha, you can't even talk like that. OE St. Euphrosyne (Julius) in W. W. Skeat (1900) II. 344 Swa oft swa ða broðra comon to cyrcan, þonne besende se awyrgeda gast mænigfealde geþohtas on heora mod. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 451 Whanne þey come to bedde..Gunnora tornede here bak and here buttokes toward þe duc. 1529 S. Fish tr. H. Bomelius xx. sig. K.viiv It was the custume of old tyme..that suche religious wymen went bareheded and bare nekked and so came to churche. 1573 G. Gascoigne 367 Dukes Earles and Barons bold..breake vp house and come to courte. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) Induct. ii. 114 Madam vndresse you, and come now to bed. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne (1640) lxxvii. 789 No man thought his house well furnished, if he had not Indulgencies for every season, if he bought not all that came to market. 1689 E. Hickeringill Concl. i. 45 The Body of the Law is digested by a Lawyer, before he is fit to come to the Bar. 1753 R. Shiels & T. Cibber I. 40 He more than once came to the Bench, and calling for a cause, there was none to try. 1808 T. Jefferson Let. 20 Mar. in E. Betts (1999) 367 Some maize of Italy, of the kind called Quarentine, valuable for it's early coming to table. 1825 14 19 When I came to the bar a man's success depended upon his exertions. 1943 3 July 12/1 The House-passed measure then comes to the floor of the Senate for vote. 1951 T. Sterling vii. 81 Big-shots like that didn't come to the police—the police went to them. 2007 N. Huston (2008) 223 The Ice Capades are coming to town, shall we go see the Ice Capades? 7. To move or be brought to a particular physical position. the world > space > place > position or situation > be positioned or situated [verb (intransitive)] > come or be brought to a position the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > come to a stand or stop 1611 C. Tourneur ii. sig. D2v They march'd. And comming to a stand, Ready to passe our Channell at an ebbe. 1685 A. Lovell tr. G. Bate ii. 104 And march to the right hand, and come to a halt. 1794 H. L. Piozzi II. 402 That fellow did run upon a rope to be sure, till at length he came to a stand-still. 1828 J. F. Cooper I. 183 Both Cadwallader and myself..came to a dead halt on the threshold of this scene. 1850 L. Hunt viii. 196 Galloping one day..the horse suddenly came to a stand,..and I was agreeably surprised to find myself..unprecipitated over his head. 1963 16 Mar. 3/2 The vehicle ran off an embankment, struck a tree and came to a halt in a creek. 1996 D. Brimson & E. Brimson viii. 109 When the coaches drove down and came to a stop we steamed out. 2009 J. Kellerman xliii. 426 The Hummer came to a stop at the mouth of a broad plateau. a1766 F. Sheridan (1767) IV. ix. 52 Sir Edward took his leap first, and came on his feet at the other side. 1792 34 She went down a step or two, and slid the rest of the way; she came upon her feet, and I do not think she was hurt by it. 1804 G. Rose (1860) II. 193 The horse, on cantering down a..hill, came on his head. 1843 C. Dickens ii. 62 He appeared to wink with his legs, and came upon his feet again without a stagger. 1896 5 Aug. 131/1 The man trying to save himself jumped and came on his left foot. 1926 Oct. 90/3 There was a crash as he came on his knees. 1941 29 Dec. 3/1 Zanoah..came on his knees after landing over a fence and threw his rider. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer xxiii. 323 Though he flew; yet come, come, ô come first, Euer they cried to him; and this, euen his wise breast did moue, To more desire of victorie. a1632 T. Taylor (1635) 384 In temporall races many runne, and one gets the prize, that comes first. 1792 J. Lemprière (ed. 2) at Gymnasium In running a-foot the athletes were sometimes armed, and he who came first was declared victorious. 1831 July 214/2 The result of the Cocktail Stakes at Buxton last week, and the defeat of Tommy Tickle, who came last of four instead of first, has created much surprise and animadversion. 1879 28 July 6/1 Mr D. Nicol, Anguston, came first in the competition with a very handsome red bull. 1916 9 Feb. 5/1 She came second at eight to one. 1980 3 Nov. 2/1 Most MPs seem to expect Mr Silkin to come third with between 30 to 40 votes. 2011 A. Gibbons (2012) xvi. 160 We came first. That means we go to the regional finals. 1699 W. Dampier i. viii. 155 We set our Sails again..and ordered the man at Helm not to come to the Southward of the E.S.E. 1943 A. Wagg & D. Brown xi. 81 Upon the no-beaching order I came hard left and out to anchor about a mile offshore. 1976 E. P. Hoyt xxiii. 73 As the captain came hard right to miss that bomb, the force of the turn knocked Seaman First Class Billy Green overboard. 2010 O. P. Hall (rev. ed.) 126 He ordered the helmsman to come to due south and brought the engines up to full RPM. II. Senses in which the idea of motion in space is weakened or lost. * To extend in space; to have a particular position or order. 10. the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] OE Charter: Bp. Wærferð to Æðelred & Æðelflæd (Sawyer 1280) in A. J. Robertson (1956) 36 Andlang þæs bisceopes dic of þære ea þæt hit cymð west ut on þæt mor dic & swa norð þæt hit cymð ut on efen þæt gelad. lOE tr. Vindicta Salvatoris (Vesp.) in B. Assmann (1889) 193 Þæt adle, þe Cancre hatte, him wæs on þan nebbe fram þan swyðre nosþyrlle, oð ðet hit com to þan ege. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 64 Sexe peire of synewes comen fro þe brayne. a1400 tr. Lanfranc (Ashm.) (1894) 24 From þe brayn comen .vij. peire cordes..alle þe cordis þat comen of þe brayn. c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies ii. i, in (1885) 8 151 A cote..comynge to þe helys. a1549 A. Borde (1870) 172 The cyte is well walled, and there commeth to it an arme of the See. 1611 T. Coryate sig. Y4v Yron beames that come athwart or a crosse from one side to the other. 1675 in J. A. Picton (1883) I. 286 The..new building to come noe further in the street than the old..Channell doth extend. 1694 31 Their hind-part tapers till it come to a point. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Nerves 64 in (ed. 3) A Trunk of a Nerve, which splits into two some way before it comes as far as the End of the Metacarpus. 1776 E. Pendleton Let. 17 June in (1967) I. 185 Their bounds are to come no further than to the 40th. degree of Latitude. 1859 J. J. Mechi 151 At Colchester..they would not have the railway come near the town. 1860 J. Tyndall i. viii. 58 The fissure at length came to an end. 1871 M. T. Walworth xxii. 182 Just before the short road coming south cuts the main road coming east, it passes through a rocky gorge. 1916 C. P. Fordyce xiii. 161 The parka is a garment made like a large hooded shirt coming to the knee. 1977 J. S. Pancake iv. 57 Pennington Road..came into Trenton from the northwest. 2002 A. Davis-Goff i. 5 Where the pipes came through the floor they [sc. rats] had gnawed the edge of the wood. the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > end or terminate a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. ii. 169 In þe ferþe partye þe heed is somdel comynge narouȝ and hiȝe [L. est acutum et eleuatum]. 11. ?c1425 Crafte Nombrynge in R. Steele (1922) 11 (MED) Yf it happe þat þe neþer figure be more þen þe hier figure þat he schalle be draw out of..þou schalle borro 1 oute of þe next figure þat comes after in þe same rewe. 1551 W. Samuel sig. C.iv Thus Exodus is finyshed iuste forty chapters all Leuiticus comes next to it whych haue lykewyse ye shall. 1590 J. Stockwood 32 The relatiue is not alwaies gouerned of the verbe that he commeth before. 1630 ‘D. Primrose’ ii. 3 The next faire Pearle that comes in order here, is Chastity. 1647 R. Mather xxiv. 99 This tenth verse..should be taken in the same sense..in which it is taken in the verse before and in the verse that comes after. 1678 R. Barclay vi. 127 This similitive particle [as] makes the [all] which goes before, and comes after, to be of one and the same extent. 1774 E. Capell I. 114/2 The construction of the line that comes next it, is anomalous. 1841 2 Oct. 243/2 Civilisation should come first, and Christianity afterwards. 1891 Oct. 300 The term organized Territory is used on page 65, while the explanation comes on page 94. 1911 July 103 His prowess as a rider came second only to Hunter's. 1971 9 Dec. 70/2 Defence and space research..came low on the list of priorities. 2006 R. Ribes & P. R. Ros ii. 39 The reporting verb..can come before or after the reported clause. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > be included in something [verb (intransitive)] 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger III. v. iii. sig. Eeee.iijv/2 Holy things are not only sacrifices, but what things so euer come vnder the name of religion [L. ueniunt sub religionis censum], from whiche we doe not exclude the lawes them selues, and holy doctrine. 1607 R. Parker ii. vi. 89 As for the rabblement of idle, and of Idoll ministers, what reason is there, they should come into the reckoning multi sunt, & quis numerat? 1640 J. Mabbe tr. M. de Cervantes i. 43 No other thing shall I refuse for to give you content, that comes within my possibilitie to performe. 1741 J. Wilford 581 She never came within the reach of the most curious Suspicion of Immodesty. 1790 C. Durnford & E. H. East 3 383 The time..when the service commences..is the criterion by which the Court is guided in determining whether of not the case comes within the statute. 1876 F. G. Fleay i. ix. 86 It does not come within the scope of this book. 1878 15 199/1 This did not come into the category. 1885 14 879 The case did not come within the terms of [the] Order. 1902 Mar. 237/2 I do not think poultry really comes in the category of things the average mind really understands by ‘dairy produce’. 1967 18 Aug. 200/1 Penderecki's Passion..does not come into this category. 2006 (Nexis) 28 Nov. 3 It was declared that some of the alleged offences came within the jurisdiction of Islamic law. ** To happen, occur, or fall to a person or thing, and related senses. 12. society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > descend by succession [verb (intransitive)] the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > fall to one > of things OE tr. (Vitell.) iv. 248 Wið earena sare genim foxes gelynde gemylted, drype on þa earan, him cymð god hæl. OE (Tiber.) (2007) 322 Si uideris de manu mortui aliquid accipere de aliqua parte tibi uenire pecuniam significat : gif þu gesihst of handu deades sumþincg niman be suman dæle þe cuman feoh g[etacnað]. c1300 St. Wolston (Laud) l. 89 in C. Horstmann (1887) 73 Enguelond..neuer-eft ne cam a-ȝein to riȝhte Eyres none..Neuereft to is cuynde heritage ne cam it. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 18409 Hu come þe sa grathli gode? 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine f. ccccxxiijv/1 Thys place is belongyng to me by myn owne herytage comyng fro myn auncestrye. 1545 R. Ascham i. f. 5 The profite that may come therby to many other. a1593 H. Smith (1637) 612 Riches come, and yet the man is not pleased. 1602 ii. iv. sig. C2 Money comes not by force, money comes by chance. 1687 Bp. G. Burnet 106 The Succession came to the Dutchess of Suffolk's Daughters. 1735 I. 299 Hodnett..came by Inheritance to the Vernons. 1748 R. Arnald xxxi. 160/2 There are some so lucky as to have Success in every thing they undertake;..Wealth comes to them without their seeking. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in I. 190 He..kept little windfalls, that came to him by the negligence of customers—tooth-pick cases, loose silver. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato (ed. 2) I. 269 Tell me..whether it [sc. virtue] comes to man by nature. 1917 P. Kester 118 This inheritance came to him from an uncle. 1988 J. A. McNamara & S. Wemple in M. Erler & M. Kowaleski 88 All her wealth and power came to her though her marriage. 2014 (Nexis) 25 Nov. b1 The crown came to him by inheritance. b. In the progressive. society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (intransitive)] > deserve well or ill > get one's deserts 1787 J. Hawkins 344 Of this [sum], Johnson, who was no very accurate accountant, thought a great part would be coming to him on the conclusion of the work. 1793 in (1911) 6 356 I am satisfied that there is something considerable comming to me in the Limekills account. 1810 T. R. Gates 42 What I most dreaded, lay yet before me, which was, to collect what was coming to me for teaching and settle with those with whom I had boarded. 1896 G. Ade v. 45 You kind o' feel there's a crack comin' to him. 1914 G. Atherton i. 91 I do believe in a woman..gettin' all the admiration that's comin' to her. 1916 H. L. Wilson ix. 375 I got the long night's rest that was coming to me and started out early. 2012 M. Nazzaro x. 40 He only wanted the respect that was coming to him, is that too much to ask? 1882 Apr. 481/1 It's over beyant, on the Island, Rodman Harvey shud be, if he had what's coming to him be rights. 1907 W. Sage v. 72 If every such fellow was caught and hung right up, everybody would say he got what was coming to him. 1926 W. S. Maugham ii. 119 I'm for it and I'm prepared to take what's coming to me. 2013 S. Kernick (2014) x. 49 As far as he was concerned, they'd disobeyed instructions, got what was coming to them. 1903 S. E. White in Apr. 581/1 Just you tie on to one idea: Dicky Darrell's got it coming. 1921 H. A. Coit i. 43 Let 'em alone—this is not our funeral. Steel's got it coming to him. 1957 28 Dec. 1121/2 Tin Pan Alley, Fundamentalism, and the Man-cult had it coming to them. 2005 J. Brand Epil. 340 The fucking twat had it coming to him with knobs on. 13. the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > happen to the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > fall to one OE (2008) 23 Þæt hine on ylde eft gewunigen wilgesiþas, þonne wig cume. lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine (Vitell.) (1922) i. 33 Þonne cymð me þeah sum gedrefnesse, þæt me abysgað. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 15 Al þas wrake is icumen ouer alle þeode. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 9188 God cas & hap inou In ech alf com to king steuene. 1406 in F. J. Furnivall (1882) 13 Yef outgh come to Thomas Roos. a1500 (?a1475) (Cambr. Ff.2.38) l. 4944 And euyll chawnce came to vs ryght. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. (?1560) xxiv. sig. C.viv/2 The Emperour dothe foly to demaunde you agaynst your wyl. For perauenture there may fortune lytle good come to hym therby. 1611 Ecclus. ix. 2 All things come alike to all. View more context for this quotation 1634 T. Herbert 182 No more harme comming to either. 1742 R. North & M. North 194 It was a Disease..which render'd him heartless and dispirited, till Death came. 1748 S. Richardson IV. xl. 233 What's come to mine, that he writes not to my last! 1856 J. H. Newman 86 I don't know what has come to the gate since I was here. 1881 10 Sept. 5/2 Say—whatever happens, whatever comes, I will be the wife of Stanislas Adrianski. 1897 10 Apr. Air vitiated by the products of repeated respiration tends to make one sleep and wretched: then comes a headache. 1913 8 434 The largest changes came when we were using a regulating valve placed near the burner. 1963 S. Bedford i. vi. 85 When disaster came, they were unready and did nothing to divert it. 2003 W. T. Anderson 83 Success came late in life to Perls. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1894) I. lf. 82v Alas my fader shall put me to deth I may not faylle of hit, for as for deth hit shall not greue, saue for the fruyt that I bere, yet shall I kepe hit as well as my self at all auenture come what may come therof [Fr. et en aduiengne ce que aduenir pourra]. 1539 2 Sam. xviii. f. xliiijv/2 Then sayd Ahimaaz the sonne of Sadock agayne to Ioab: come what come wyll, let me also runne after Chusi. 1583 P. Stubbes sig. L1v They will to all kinde of wanton pastimes..with come that come will. 1587 E. Hake sig. C Through the which, Come death, come life, come what wil or can come in the world, the pledge and earnest of our saluation in Christe Ihesus is surely setled and sealed vp in our soules. 1602 A. Munday in tr. li. sig. Rr.v Come what may (replyed Trineus)..I shall be readie..to award the very vttermost, therefore I care not, come what can. 1627 M. Drayton Miseries Queene Margarite in 104 Must he loose his Crowne, come weale, come woe, She must be his, though all the world say no. 1657 tr. F. de Quevedo 189 Though I stay in Town all night, or come what will, I must kiss her hands. 1783 H. B. Dudley iv. ii. 66 I think I've marr'd his market, come what may. 1787 R. Burns (new ed.) 324 Come weel come woe, I care na by. 1836 C. Dickens (1837) xvii. 175 Nathaniel Pipkin determined, that, come what might, he would develope the state of his feelings. 1843 R. Browning Blot in 'Scutcheon i. iii, in 7/1 Come what, come will, You have been happy. 1881 G. Saintsbury 187 Follow out that scheme, come wind, come weather. 1917 C. H. Hanford xvi. 139 Come whatever may come, I will still love you. 1975 15 Apr. 6/7 Come what may, the American Ambassador to Saigon..will be rescued by the Marines. 2008 (Nexis) 17 Jan. 11 Perseverance is what it takes; come what may, you just keep going. 14. intransitive. Chiefly with prepositional phrase as complement. the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > of sights, sounds, etc. OE 401 Þa com engla sweg, dyne on dægred. c1175 ( (Bodl. 343) (1894) 32 Ða on þa ylcan nihte þa heo on hire reste wæs þa com hire an stæfne to ðæs ðe hire iðuht wæs þet hit godes engel wære. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 2800 Affterr þatt tin greting word. Wass cumenn i min ære. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 355 After ðis dede a steuone cam:—‘Ðu, nu quor art, adam, adam?’ 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry (1971) viii. 21 A voys cam sayeng..make clene this plater. 1554 Bp. T. Watson i. sig. H.iijv The sauour of hys burnte flesh came to the smellynge of the people that looked on. ?1587 R. Southwell iv. 48 Of euery gunne that is discharged, she feareth that the pellett hath hitt his bodye, ere the noyse came to her eares. 1620 J. Pyper tr. H. d'Urfé iv. 104 I sung so high, that my voyce came to his eares. 1649 H. Holland 48 Thamus an Aegyptian being in a becalmed ship at sea, a voyce came to him, commanding him..to proclaim..the death of great god Pan. 1742 M. Plant in (Royal Soc.) 42 33 About 40 Minutes past Ten the same Evening, there came a great rumbling Noise. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Mariana in South (rev. ed.) viii, in (new ed.) I. 92 There came a sound as of the sea. 1871 23 Sept. 325/2 As Roland bent over the music she was showing him, the sweet, subtle perfume came to him like a message from Dora. 1904 H. B. M. Watson i. 7 A smother of sound came to me, as if the swimmer was under water, and his voice stifled. 1922 Sept. 100/1 Strong, compelling, there came to his nostrils the pungent scent of a covey at rest. 2008 (National ed.) 7 Sept. (Arts & Leisure section) 42/4 That slow-drip voice comes to your ears like honey arriving on a moonbeam. the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible 1531 T. Elyot i. v. sig. C.ijv Infourmyng them to knowe first the names in latine of all thynges that cometh in syghte. 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin (new ed.) cliii. 787/2 Whensoeuer we open our eyes, and so many things come to our sight. 1615 H. Crooke 501 Then the flegmatick glandule commeth in sight which is almost square. 1652 16 The first part of the body coming unto the eye with a bigger angle is seen more distinctly; but the second part further off comes to the eye in a lesser angle. 1781 VIII. 5565/2 The other rays, which..would be effectual if they came to the eye, are refracted less than the violet ones. 1792 R. Heron tr. D. Chavis & M. Cazotte IV. 4 The coast of the Black Isle soon came into view. 1825 13 373 Bethlehem soon came in view. 1879 G. J. Whyte-Melville (ed. 7) xi. 201 Jump off [the horse]..to walk up and down the hills with him as they come. 1912 M. A. Stein xciv. 458 A sandy plateau came in sight. 1987 Oct. 52/3 The parking lot at Road's End came into view. 2011 J. Welsch & S. L. Moore iii. 79 Immediately coming into view is one of the most unique geologic features in southwest Montana: Quake Lake. 15. intransitive. Chiefly with prepositional phrase as complement. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)] eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) Pref. 3 Me com swiðe oft on gemynd, hwelce wiotan iu wæron giond Angelcynn. OE Ælfric (Julius) (1881) I. 18 Þonne heo [sc. seo sawul] smeað be anum þing, ne mæg heo þa hwyle be oðrum þinge smeagen, ac biþ gebysgod mid þam anum ðinge oðþæt þæt geþoht gewyte, and oðer cume. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) l. 6 Hit com him on mode..þet he wolde of Engle þa æðelæn tellen. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) l. 6553 Of alle is proute dedes ine may uorbere noȝt, Þat ine mot ȝou telle of on, nou it comeþ in mi þoȝt. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 28332 Quen idel thoght me come and vain. ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 155 It coome to my mynde. ?1548 N. Lesse tr. J. Aepinus Ep. sig. A.ivv Thincking therefore with miself howe I might bestow thys littell gyft worthely and to whome: amonge all other your grace came first vnto my minde. 1598 R. P. tr. M. Martínez xi. sig. Dd3v A thousand thoughts came vnto the Troian in imagining who this valiant Youth might be. 1628 Z. Boyd vi. 873 Such childish thinges in Heauen shall not so much as once come into his thought. 1680 J. Bunyan 271 The Book that he had written came into his mind. 1711 R. Steele No. 254. ⁋3 I wish it may never come into your Head to imitate those..Creatures. 1726 J. Swift II. iv. xii. 195 It never came once into my Thoughts. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato III. 353 The truth must often come to a man through others. 1889 Dec. 259 It came into my head to jump aloft. 1922 Oct. 1281/2 Suddenly, as he stood in thought, another idea came. 1955 95/2 The beginning of a plan came to him. 2011 28 Feb. 74/2 These giddy thoughts came to me as I whiled away the time. OE Ælfric (Julius) (1881) I. 196 Þa com him to earan be Agathes drohtnunge. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 10514 Þi gerning god and þi praier, Er cummin vn-to godds ere. 1562 W. Turner f. 141v Other kindes..of the gardin smilax then have cummed to my syght. 1565 T. Harding sig. Axiv So may they [sc. errours] be sone reiected, when they come to sight, as being light of weight, and counterfeites. 1615 T. Dekker sig. C In many other Countries, many more..haue perished, that neuer will come within reach of our knowledge. 1655 E. Terry 70 Now what he beheld did exceedingly surmount all those former Reports of him which came to his ears at such a distance from him. 1727 A. Hamilton I. 14 It never came to our Knowledge in India, what became of them, or what their Fate was. 1778 40 171/2 I am going to tell you..what came to my notice during the course of my travels in Germany. 1850 Nov. 684/1 A pretty incident..came to his knowledge. 1869 Rep. Treatm. Prisoners of War in (40th Congr., 3rd Sess: House of Representatives Doc. No. 45) 144 I do not remember in what month the matter first came to my attention. 1934 38 310 Cases have come to one's notice where engines have suffered from troubles in the form of scored..pistons. 1992 D. Pannick iv. 114 If information comes to the knowledge of the prosecuting counsel which may assist the defence, he is under obligation to see that it is disclosed. 2005 S. Cheekes x. 67 I wanted to talk to you about something that has come to my attention. 1895 H. Norman iv. 76 ‘Pidgin French’ or ‘petit nègre’, as it is called, comes as a complete surprise. 1898 Dec. 171 The necessitated withdrawal of aid from the Oahe school last year came as a great blow. 1905 A. M. Wergeland in 13 443 It is certain that the news of the rising of the populace came as a breath of fresh air to all Europe. 1965 80 195 That..standard operas..can be turned into political instruments should come as no surprise to..opera lovers. 2009 15 June 25/2 It came as a shock to stumble in the Guardian the other day across the word leptokurtic. 16. Originally U.S.1875 13 Oct. They [sc. braids]come in various widths, and the wider they are the more stylish they are considered. 1887 Apr. 132/1 Some of these charming dresses come in patterns having the entire lower skirt embroidered. 1901 V. Gurdji 87 Khiva rugs..do not come larger than 12x8.6 feet, and the usual size is 9x6 feet. 1937 D. L. Sayers xv. 302 ‘Will you have some of these little biscuits? Dear me, what a remarkable variety!’.. ‘They come assorted in boxes.’ 1951 6 Sept. 4 a (advt.) City Club ‘The World's Finest Coffee’ comes with a free coupon for regular $1.25 and $1.50 Nylon Hose for only 71c. 1982 F. H. Shu viii. 144/1 We know today that stars come in a variety of masses. 2010 29 Mar. (Kids Suppl.) 12/1 Quad bikes..come in adult-size, too. 1898 July 234/2 ‘Now just how bad are you?’... ‘About as bad as they come, sir,’ he said. 1925 21 Feb. 22/1 A play as nearly perfect as they come. 1961 6 101/1 He's as lazy as they come. 1998 (Nexis) 10 Dec. 30 We need these points to rise above mid-table but Leicester at Welford Road is as tough as it comes. 2009 (Nexis) 31 July 20 Everything about the latest incarnation of the Porsche Boxster harks back to the classic Spyder of the 1950s, but the car is as modern as they come. the world > existence and causation > existence > [verb (intransitive)] > exist or belong to some recognized type the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > in comparison with [phrase] 1909 H. K. Webster xi. 228 There's nobody just like Mr. Smith. They don't come any finer than that. 1915 2 Dec. 66 (advt.) Lilies are still the Easter flower, and Giganteum the Easter Lily. Ours may not be the best, but they don't come any better. 1919 F. Hurst 64 And you're a good man—they don't come no better. 1967 D. Hewett (1976) 88 They don't come any meaner than our Georgie. 1982 K. Kennedy 83 Do they come any better than Anthony Quinn? 1999 Apr. 98/1 Ornamental grasses don't come any more dramatic than Miscanthus sinensis ‘Strictus’. 2010 (Nexis) 20 Nov. (Weekend section) B&Bs don't come fancier than this pad in the 9th district. *** To result, proceed, or issue from something. the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > be caused by or result from [verb (transitive)] the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] eOE (Royal) (1865) ii. 166 (table of contents) Læcedom wiþ windigre aþundenesse þæs miltes, sio cymð of æpla æte. OE Ælfric (Julius) (1881) I. 16 Gif þæt yrre bið on yfel awend, þonne cymð [c1175 Bodl. 343 cymeð] of þam unrotnisse and æmylnysse. lOE (Laud) anno 1083 Ærest hit com of þæs abbotes unwisdome, þet he misbead his munecan on fela þingan. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 218 Þet Muche kimeð of lutel. 1340 (1866) 255 Manie kuedes..comeþ of kueade tonge. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 107 Certes this dreem..Comth of the grete superfluitee Of youre rede Colera pardee. a1425 (a1325) (Galba) l. 27682 Of enuy cummes oft grete grocheing. 1485–6 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1485 1st Roll §20. m. 15 The money comyng of or by the seid sales. 1568 W. Turner iii. 3 Rotten agues, of which the jaundes is commed. 1580 J. Lyly (new ed.) f. 115 Their beautie commeth by Nature, yours by Art. 1590 C. Marlowe sig. B5 What thinkst thou man, shal come of our attemptes. 1611 M. Smith in Transl. to Rdr. sig. Av He had not seene any profit to come by any Synode. 1663 S. Butler i. i. 57 Sure some mischief will come of it. 1735 H. Fielding iii. 36 There's no Good ever comes of Romping and Palming. 1774 C. Dibdin i. 15 Why the girl's distracted! but this comes of gadding about with your mother. 1833 37 350 Education comes of more things than books. 1884 W. C. Smith 48 Suspicion murders love, and from its death Come anguish and remorse. 1914 10 Jan. 9/5 We are of opinion that ill rather than good will come of misspelling the root forms of Latin derivatives. 1993 B. Sidhwa (1994) xi. 120 I told you, no good would come of sending Feroza to America! 2008 2 Feb. (Guide Suppl.) 3/1 What earthly good can come of having polished pits that look like a Sindy's? 18. the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate, derive, or arise [verb (intransitive)] OE Ælfric (St. John's Oxf.) 245 Rex cyning is frumcenned nama, and regalis cynelic cymð of þam. lOE (1982) xxx. 30 Saga me hwanon cymð ligetu. Ic secge heo kimð fram winde and fram watere. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 202 Of þi flesches fetles. kimeð þer smel of aromaz oðer of swote basme? a1350 in R. H. Robbins (1959) 28 (MED) So seyþ romaunz, whose ryht radde: ffleh com of flore, ant lous com of ladde. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 211 (MED) Of calues i-rooted comeþ bees, and of hors iroted comeþ harnettes. a1400 tr. Lanfranc (Ashm.) (1894) 7 Surgerie..comeþ, of siros..an hand, & gyros..þat is worchinge in englisch. c1460 (a1325) (Laud) l. 9579 To hym that þe falshed comyþ fro Ayen to hym let yt go. 1535 Psalms lxi[i]. 1 Of him commeth my helpe. 1581 W. Borough Disc. Variation Cumpas in R. Norman Pref. sig. A.i His vniuersall Mappe..might seeme rather to haue come from some rude vnskilfull, then from hym so famous a Doctor. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 70 Accommodated, it comes of accommodo, very good, a good phrase. View more context for this quotation 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. 413 This wine commeth of the grape about the towne Forum Appij. 1736 tr. P. J. von Strahlenberg xiii. 403 The Russian Mammoth, certainly came from the Word Behemot. 1791 ‘G. Gambado’ To Rdr. p. iii Any thing more that comes from the pen of Geoffrey Gambado. 1827 Hist. Europe 101/2 The present motion..came from a gentleman of that country. 1879 M. J. Guest xv. 142 Words which come originally from the Latin. 1915 H. La V. Twining xvi. 165 In the case of the evaporation of water the energy comes from the surrounding air or the sunlight. 1987 N. O'Brien xx. 108 If Sharp's theory, that power comes from below, is right, then as soon as the people withdraw consent the government..will fall. 2014 19 Dec. 29/5 Where has this trend come from? Not from the catwalks. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > descendant > be descended [verb (intransitive)] the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [verb (intransitive)] OE Ælfric (Laud) 25 Of Noes yldstan sunu, þe wæs Sem gehaten, com þæt Ebreisce folc. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 490 Talde laȝhess preste flocc Comm all off þa twa prestess. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) 227 Þat Dardanisc kun, þe we beoð of icomene. a1300 in C. Brown (1932) 117 Þu ert icumen of heȝe kunne. c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) (1937) l. 593 Astow art comen of gentil blode. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 2566 Þe sede þat coms o þe. ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 109 Þe folk of Tartre come of þe kynreden of Cham. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1913) 103 If of Appollo & of Mena cam a sone that sone sholde succede to the royame. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus II. Heb. vii. f. xv Leuy, who came of Abraham, gaue tithes vnto Melchisedech. 1576 W. Lambarde 12 Mankinde that came of the loines of Sem, Cham, and Iapheth. 1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. 21/2 The Children that came from Parents of such rich perfection..must needs resemble their first Derivers. 1645 W. Loe 6 The third beast was like a leopard, a mongrel beast coming of a Lion and a Pard. 1712 R. Steele No. 526. ⁋3 Any young gentleman, who is come of honest parents. 1727 R. Bradley (Dublin ed.) at Dog Mongrels, that come from a Hound-bitch, that has been by a Dog of another Kind. 1849 C. Brontë I. i. 5 Mrs. Gale does not believe one of them to be a real gentleman, or come of gentle kin. 1894 Oct. 374/1 She comes of a wealthy and intellectual family. 1921 Feb. 20/1 A good brood bitch need not be a show specimen, if she comes from the right stock. 1956 N. Algren i. 3 Six-foot-one of slack-muscled shambler, he came of a shambling race. 2006 (National ed.) 10 Sept. ix. 15/1 I come from a blue-collar family. the world > people > nations > native people > be native [verb] OE (Corpus Cambr.) vii. 41 Cymþ [c1200 Hatton cymð; L. uenit] Crist fram Galilea? c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John vii. 41 Wher Crist cometh fro Galilee? 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. lxviijv, in Cloues cometh from Inde, and growe like nailes vpon trees. 1601 R. Dolman tr. P. de la Primaudaye III. vii. liii. 245 Parrats..come from the Indies, and haue commonly their feathers greene. 1688 G. Miege at Regale Rigal, a kind of Musical Instrument, that comes from Flanders. 1776 J. Hawkins IV. 390 The Bouree is supposed to come from Auvergne in France; it seldom occurs but in compositions of French masters. 1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Count Stolberg IV. 389 A dance which is called Tarantella ; because it comes from Taranto. 1833 J. Banim & M. Banim in 14 Dec. 190/1 His tongue betokened that he came from the Black North, where they don't speak either English, or Irish, or Scotch, but a kind of mixtrum gatherum of their own. 1842 J. F. Cooper I. iv. 112 I come from New Hampshire. 1908 1 May 4/6 The famous Kerry Hill sheep..come from Kerry in Montgomeryshire. 1971 N. Mokgatle 1975 vi. 29 I never knew the name of Mokgatle's mother, or where she came from. 1986 L. Lochhead (1989) 72 Where Ah come frae there's never an incomer. It's that unspoilt it'd drive ye roon the bend. 2009 A. S. Byatt (2010) ii. 24 Burslem... ‘That's where I come from.’ **** To emerge, come into existence, develop, attain, and related senses. Chiefly without prepositional complement. 19. the world > existence and causation > existence > [verb (intransitive)] > come into existence OE Ælfric (Royal) (1997) xvi. 311 Men geseoð oft þæt of anum lytlum cyrnele cymð micel treow. lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine (Vitell.) (1922) i. 10 Treoweu foraldiað and forseriað; and cumað oððer grenu: wexað, and gearwað, and ripað [prob. read ripiað]. ?a1450 tr. Lanfranc (BL Add. 12056) (1894) 4 Off Aposteme þat comyth on þe sydes. 1565 J. Hall tr. Lanfranc ii. x. 23 Commonlye they [sc. Scrophules] come vnder the arme holes, in the throte, and in the grindes. 1587 L. Mascall ii. 136 After two dayes annoynt it euery daye with freshe Butter to make the haire come againe. 1610 H. Broughton (new ed.) ii. xvi. 239 There came boiles sore and painefull, vpon such as hath the marke of the beast, and worshipped his image. 1707 H. Sloane I. 179 The Kernel,..boil'd with Milk and fresh Butter, is mixt to an Ointments Consistence against Pimples coming in Womens pudenda. 1732 (Royal Soc.) 37 259 The Child came at full Term, but its Inquietudes for some Months before the Birth, made the Mother apprehend he was not well. 1796 July 343/2 Upon digging it over in the following spring, another crop of turnips came. 1861 R. Vaughan II. viii. ii. 473 He could say and unsay on a large scale, and no blush came when reminded of his gross inconsistency. 1869 M. Twain (1922) I. ii. 15 White-kidded gentlemen and ladies laughed till the tears came. 1925 Apr. 68/1 (advt.) Lane Bryant Maternity Clothes enable you to dress stylishly during all stages of maternity—and after baby comes, as well. 1930 P. Bowles Let. 2 Jan. in (1994) 24 A parade, even military music, makes a sticky sweat come on my temples. 2004 N. Foxx iii. 19 The spot on her shoulder where he had held her..hurt and she could see a bruise coming already. the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > be spoken or flow (of words) society > communication > writing > state of having been written > be written [verb (intransitive)] 1582 Annot. (1 Cor. xi. 24.) in 452 These wordes..are the formes of the Sacrament and wordes of consecration: neither is it a Sacrament but..when the wordes come. 1592 S. Daniel Complaynt of Rosamond in sig. Mv Striuing to tell his woes, wordes would not come; For light cares speake, when mightie griefes are dombe. 1624 R. Harris (new ed.) To Rdr. sig. A3v If words will not come, sigh, God heares the sighing of his prisoners. 1693 J. Dryden Ded. sig. B2 As his Verse came easily, he wanted the toyl of Appliction to amend it. 1734 A. Pope 123 I lisp'd in Numbers, for the Numbers came. 1855 E. C. Gaskell I. vii. 91 ‘Mr. Thornton, I believe!’ said Margaret, after a half-instant's pause, during which his unready words would not come. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer I. x. 177 But though for speech he was striving yet never a word would come. 1907 A. C. Ray x. 108 His laugh came easily, in answer to her mocking question. 1912 J. E. Canavan vi. 113 His memory failed him and the right words would not come. 2000 D. A. Richards (2001) i. 21 He..sat down in the kitchen and started to write... But when the words came he realized a crime had taken place. 20. the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout or put forth new growth a1225 (?OE) MS Vesp. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 241 Þis corn con [read com] ferst inne bethleem..hit wex and bleowu in iudea; hit ripede in ierusalem. 1731 S. Switzer 69 Jessamin..are chiefly rais'd by Off-sets, Cuttings or Layers, laid down in February or March, tho' the Althæa's come well from Seed. 1798 C. Marshall (ed. 2) xvi. 252 The seed should be sown after it is ripe, as in spring it does not come well. 1836 Jan. 31 When very wet at the time of planting, your cotton will come well without covering—that is, the rain will coat the seed over for you. 1892 7 May 665/3 The barley had come remarkably well, and had shot about an inch high. 1939 17 Nov. 42/3 Clover which doesn't come well is in most cases hindered by lack of lime. 2004 17 Apr. (Weekend Review section) 36/1 Globe artichokes come well from seed. the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > malting > [verb (intransitive)] > germinate c1430 (1844) I. 337/2 That thai lat it [sc. the malt] akyrspire..quhare it aw bot to chip and cum at the tane end. 1483 (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 86 Cummynge [?c1475 BL Add. 15562 Cummyn] as malte, germinatus. 1577 W. Harrison (1877) ii. vi. i. 156 To shoote at the root end, which maltsters call Comming. When it beginneth tharefore to shoot in this maner, theie saie it is come. 1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith i. 24 in J. Sylvester (new ed.) Oft turning corne..least it do sproute or seede, Or come againe. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. (rev. ed.) i. xxiv. 105 Raw Malt when it is almost readie to goe to the Kilne, and as the Husbandman saith, is only well comed. 1681 J. Worlidge (ed. 3) iv. 54 Let Pease be taken and steeped in as much Water as will cover them, till they Swell and Come, and be so ordered as Barley is for Maulting. 1725 R. Bradley at Malt To make the Barley Come even in the Couch. 1766 at Malt When it begins to spire, it should be turned every three or four hours..; and as it comes (for so its spiring is commonly termed) the heap must be spread thinner to cool it. 1876 13 Apr. 159/1 The rootlets that were not developed during the malting now appear,—somewhat tardily it is true, but they do come eventually. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [verb (intransitive)] > form butter or curd the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > [verb (intransitive)] > thicken or set 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach iii. f. 147 About a two or three houres after you haue put in your Rennet, the milke commeth to a curd [L. concrescit]. 1584 R. Scot xii. xxi. 281 If you put a little sugar or sope into the cherne, among the creame, the butter will neuer come. 1587 T. Dawson (new ed.) f. 22v Put a good quantitie of Ginger, with Rose water, and stirre it together... The next day, put it into your said bloud warme milke to make your cheese come. 1615 G. Markham Eng. Hus-wife in ii. iv. 111 If it [sc. butter] be ouer cold it will not come at all. 1641 J. Jackson i. 7 Not to churne the sincere milk thereof till butter come, nor to wring the nose of it till bloud come. 1710 W. Salmon (ed. 4) 73/1 Take new Milk, put Rennet to it, let it stand till the Curd comes. 1728 E. Smith (ed. 2) 56 Put to it [sc. milk and cream] three spoonfuls of Rennet; and when 'tis come, break it, and whey it. 1795 J. Holt (new ed.) xiii. 147 Into this is put a small quantity of rennet just sufficient to come the curd. 1858 H. B. Stowe I. 2 She can always step over to distressed Mrs. Smith, whose jelly won't come. 1884 R. Holland (1886) (at cited word) The curd is said to come when it coagulates; and butter is said to come when it separates from the milk in churning. 1962 K. Danaher (1964) ix. If the churn was being made, he was not to leave the house until the butter came. 2009 (Nexis) 23 Feb. 118 Bits of brass..with strange letters engraved on them, were placed upon churns to make the butter come quicker and be more plentiful. the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have orgasm 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton sig. A4 If ever I stand in neede of a wench that will come with a wet finger, Porter, thou shalt earne my mony. 1613 J. Marston & W. Barksted ii. sig. D You're best say nothing, and take it thus quietly when your husband comes. ?1661 W. N. et al. 77 She found that his spirits were spent, And that he was no more a coming. 1714 Cabinet of Love 19 in Earl of Rochester & Earl of Roscommon (ed. 4) II Just as we came, I cried, ‘I faint! I die!’ c1890 I. 132 What a naughty impatient boy, to come so quickly! 1922 J. Joyce ii. xv. [Circe] 471 Suppose you..came too quick with your best girl. 1928 D. H. Lawrence xiv. 242 And when I'd come and really finished, then she'd start on her own account. a1987 G. Fisher Jrnl. 29 Mar. in E. K. Sedgwick (1996) 210 He jerked himself, said he was going to cum on my chest. 2014 (Nexis) Feb. 150 She came really quickly and I kept my erection for ages; it was probably the best sex we'd ever had. the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > be cheerful [verb (intransitive)] > become cheerful or cheer up the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade [verb (intransitive)] > be persuaded the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > give in 1607 B. Jonson ii. vi. sig. F2 Corv. [aside]..In the point of honor, The cases are all one, of wife, and daughter. Mos. [aside] I heare him comming . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. ii. 128 Oh, to him, to him wench: he will relent, Hee's comming: I perceiue't. 1664 G. Etherege ii. iii. 26 Talk of Dice, you'l Perceive if he's coming. 1822 July 204/1 I wish this fellow to say how he got hold o' my cheque for three hundred—..let him come that, and I shall be satisfied. 1840 10 Oct. 2/1 Kent has come it... Kent has Kracked the Krown of King Martin in Maine. 1849 C. Lanman xi. 89 The fellers laughed at me and said I couldn't come it. 1863 No. 92 36/1 Shoot me if I believe I could get along with a madman or a mad-woman; I couldn't quite come that, stranger, for you see I'm a little afeared of human natur run wild in that way. 1888 B. Lowsley (at cited word) ‘I can't quite come that’ (= that is beyond me). 1949 A. B. Guthrie xx. 213 He had given the fort the go-by, taking a short cut, hard as it was... ‘I'm thinkin' we can come it, but it's hard and chancey.’ 1972 H. Cooper xxi. 93 I can't come it—I can't eat more. 25. the world > space > shape > have (specific) shape [verb (intransitive)] > assume definite shape > required 1877 M. Oliphant Young Musgrave iv. x, in Apr. 430/2 Mrs. Pennithorne had..failed entirely with Mary's frock. It would not ‘come’ as she wanted it to come. 1896 5 Nov. 7/1 The Venus was..too stunted, and when..the painter attempted to drape her, the result would not ‘come’ well. 1912 16 Oct. 576/2 A woman brought me in a group picture and asked me to take a certain face and make a portrait out of it... I went at it. The plaguey thing just wouldn't come right! 1919 5 Mar. 32/1 They declare that the price readjustment is coming slowly and that they and the country will be better off if they continue to do business..while a readjustment is under way. 1954 G. Greene (1971) i. ii. 16 I was trying to write a book that simply would not come. 1976 N. Bond xv. 279 ‘How is your paper progressing then, David?’ ‘It's coming slowly.’ 2006 J. Marillier (2007) 238 The design for Alpin's tunic just would not come right. the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make progress or advance (of action or operation) 1899 (Univ. Calif.) 16 193 Clark, '99, Beta (mistaking Earl Garrison, '99, for an ‘eligible’ Freshman): ‘How are things coming, old man?’ 1908 H. T. Barnaby xxiii. 239 Your little water deal... How's it coming? 1940 1 Apr. 19/1 How're you coming, Joe; nearly ready? 1982 R. A. Caro (1990) 414 ‘Old Herman,’ he [sc. Lyndon Johnson] would say. ‘How ya comin'?’ He would put his arm around Herman's shoulders. ‘How are ya?’ 2004 K. K. Whitson vii. 93 The group was charged with selecting five to recommend... Priest asked how it was coming. 2011 C. O. Norfleet vi. 98 ‘How's the project coming?’ ‘Good. We've made amazing progress.’ III. Senses relating to time or the course of events. 26. the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > future [verb (intransitive)] > be imminent OE (2008) 2303 Hordweard onbad earfoðlice oð ðæt æfen cwom. OE 71 Ac se dæg cymeð ðonne demeð god eorðan ymbhwyrft. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 688 Þatt seȝȝde he..forr þi. Þatt ta wass cumenn time. Þatt drihhtin wollde lesenn ut. Hiss follc off deofless walde. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 45 Louerd nu ic bidde þe..þet þu heom ȝefe rest la hwure þen sunne dei a þet cume domes-dei. c1350 (Harl. 874) (1961) 51 (MED) Þe grete day of wraþþe is comen, & who may stonde? c1384 (Royal) (1850) 1 Pet. v. 1 That glorye that is to be shewid in tyme to comynge. a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) l. 12830 He knew þe tyme come þat he wolde haue bapteme nome. 1480 in (1839) I. 69/2 The lordis assignis to patric Ramsay monunday þat next cummys. a1500 (?a1300) (Lamb.) l. 750 Whan the soneday is I-come. 1569 R. Grafton II. 218 When bed tyme came, the king went to his bed. 1609 S. Daniel (rev. ed.) viii. lxii. 219 The morning being com'n (and glad he was That it was com'n). 1663 F. Hawkins tr. (ed. 8) sig. F7/1 When two Sundayes come together. 1726 J. Swift II. iv. x. 161 When..the Day came for my Departure, I took leave of my Master. 1791 A. Thompson iii. 43 When the summer comes..By slow degrees the liquid stores decay. 1863 21 Mar. 299/2 The time will come..when London proper will consist of a series of vast suburbs connected by railroads with a central business district. 1896 Apr. 680/2 Varnishing-day came at last. 1932 Feb. 38/1 Then my big day came when a curious twist of fate placed me at the controls of a specially built three-mile-a-minute Martinsyde racer. 1953 21 Sept. 136 Seven o'clock came, and soon after somebody brought me a plate of pork. 2005 R. Douglas 263 At last Saturday came, and Ma was back. 1840 Sept. 212 He would study a proper time, and when it came time to play, he would then..go and play. 1867 Nov. 570/2 Sometimes I think..when it comes my time to go,..the first thing I shall see will be her face. 1888 W. M. Derthick 305/1 Finally, it came time to go to Paris to study for the medical diploma. 1919 B. K. Maniates i. 15 When it came closing time, Reilly came up again. 1985 J. Kelman (1987) 62 When it came time he made his way to the line of bookmakers. 2013 Apr. 61/1 When it came time to find a tattoo artist,..the Kerrs were there to help. the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > of things that arrive or take place in time OE Wulfstan (Cleo.) (1957) 249 Þonne se dom cymð, þonne weorðað ealle men gesomnode to anum Godes dome. c1175 ( Homily in A. O. Belfour (1909) 132 Cymð [OE Vercelli bið] þenne fæȝer wæder. a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 59 Adueniat regnum tuum, Cume þi riche we seggeð hit. c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) 8576 Profecies and oþer þing Þat sum beþ passed and sum coming. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. iv. l. 381 For as moche as folk þat ben to comen aftir oure dayes [L. posteros] schollen knowen it, I haue put it in scripture and remembraunce. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 2542 (MED) Late euery man..Taken his torne as it cometh a-boute. c1450 J. Capgrave (Arun. 396) (1893) v. l. 1096 (MED) That god made hir as a prophetesse To telle þinges þat were after comande. 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid iv. f. 1v Let eche of vs recite, (As euery bodyes turne shall come) some tale that may delyght. 1595 tr. J. Taffin ii. xviii. 229 After the paunche came the daunce. 1601 J. Marston et al. i. sig. A4 When the Lord my Fathers Audit comes. 1625 F. Bacon (new ed.) 267 For March, There come Violets. 1709 14 May not those that come after us esteem what's most in vogue in their time best? 1793 R. Cecil x. 72 He intended to read it when he had opportunity, but was stabbed before that opportunity came. 1851 29 Mar. 202/2 After dinner came the melancholy parting. 1878 15 776/1 It came to Janet's turn. 1905 Aug. 372/2 My wedding came a month later, on a sunny June morning. 1971 21 May 11/1 When you start smoking one type of Hash, the best rushes come during the first day of smoking. 2006 (Nexis) 17 July 26 When his turn came, he needed three wooden clubs. 28. the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (intransitive)] > cause or come to a state the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > progress or advance to another action > as an end or natural result eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) x. 61 (heading) Hwelc se bion sceal ðe to reccenddome cuman sceal. a1425 (?a1400) (Harl. 674) (1944) 77 So schuldest þou neuer come to þi purpos. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1913) 27 I hope to come to thaboue of myn enterpryse. a1535 T. More (1553) ii. xiiii. sig. H.iiiiv When it came to the penance geuing, the foxe found that the most waighty sinne in al his shrift was glotonye. 1545 R. Ascham i. f. 46 Manye that haue bene apte, and loue shootynge, bycause they knewe not whyche way to houlde to comme to shootynge, haue cleane tourned them selues from shootynge. ?1569 T. Underdowne tr. Heliodorus vi. f. 77 Shee was..afrayde leaste shee shoulde loose him, now they twoo were come to hande blowes. 1609 J. Skene tr. 94 Quhen it is cum to the giving of the sentence. 1653 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ I. v. i. 55 The Princess..was in such fears lest either of these two Princes should come to untimely death. 1728 2 To avoid coming to a Battle for the present. 1763 D. Hume (new ed.) VIII. lxv. 513 Though unwilling to come to a violent breach with the King, they would not express the least approbation of the war. 1827 W. Scott 1st Ser. viii These two haughty barons came to high and abusive words. 1849 11 Aug. 160/1 Are you cognizant of the proceedings which take place before the Attorney-General at the report?—Yes I am; but..before it comes to that stage, a party may be stopped by a caveat. 1976 6 Nov. 14/2 The scent of pot roast coming to a climax would drive me wild. 1991 T. Pakenham (1992) xvi. 291 Later, he liked to relate the breathtaking Gothic tale of how close he came to disaster. 2011 25 July 18/3 It has come to this: the world's biggest economy..can pay its bills only if it borrows more money. the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > arrange in sequence or series [verb (transitive)] > deal with in order > arrive at in course of orderly treatment the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward for discussion [verb (intransitive)] > reach a certain point OE (Tiber.) (1993) xvi. 24 Inde ueniat ad secundam orationem : þanan he cume to oþrum gebede. a1200 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Trin. Cambr.) 157 in R. Morris (1873) 2nd Ser. 224 Ich wulle nu cumen eft to þe dome ich eow ar of sade. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. l. 419 Come I to ‘ite, missa est’, I holde me yserued. a1438 i. 7 (MED) Whan sche cam to þe poynt for to seyn þat þing. 1555 H. Latimer Let. 15 May in J. Strype (1721) III. ii. xxxvi. 101 Begynne at his Birthe, and go forthe untill ye come at his Buryal. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe 258 I come now to ye pynche of my true defence. 1669 S. Sturmy i. 3 In this Treatise we will come to the Sea-Compass. 1687 Bp. G. Burnet 121 Our Author is always unhappy, when he comes to particulars. 1783 Acct. of Bks. 200/2 We now come to the reign of Queen Mary. 1859 June 56/2 By-and-by the conversation came on to the time of her step-mother's marriage. 1879 M. J. Guest l. 508 He becomes..cautious when it comes to meteors and comets. 1922 R. Ball xi. 139 Soon the talk came on to portraiture. 1990 R. Staines iv. 45 We now come to the group of nutrients known as trace elements. 2005 (Nexis) 19 Feb. 10 Her arguments reach the depths of ignorance and xenophobia when she comes to the subject of immigration. 1620 J. Webbe tr. Cicero viii. viii. 388 His father..comming to an agreement with him, gaue him the said summe. 1677 Bp. G. Burnet iii. 186 No clear Proof being brought, the Parliament could come to no other Decision. 1707 J. Freind 13 They are come to this unanimous Resolution. 1749 H. Fielding III. vii. xv. 132 They soon came to a right Understanding. View more context for this quotation 1841 S. Warren II. v. 133 Whether you have come to any arrangement with your late opponent concerning the back-rents. 1876 E. A. Freeman II. App. 678 A compromise was come to. 1916 ‘Anzac’ 105 Our little party now came to the conclusion that it was time to take the back trail. 1985 R. C. A. White ii. v. 85 Before a majority verdict can be returned, the jury must have retired for at least two hours in an attempt to come to a unanimous decision. 2015 J. Janssens v. 217 It was clear the parties would not be able to come to a compromise. 29. the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > be or remain in specific state or condition [verb (intransitive)] > come or be brought to a state or condition OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) iii. 20 Ær ðan þe he come to ðære ylde, and to þam wæstme, þe lareow habban sceal. OE Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. Bazire & J. E. Cross (1989) 96 Hit is swiðe unþæslic and pleolic þæt we on Godes huse idele spellunga..began, forði þe hit cymð us to mycelan hearme. OE (Corpus Cambr. 201) viii. xxxviii. 267 A hit wearð þe wirse for Gode & for worlde; cume nu to bote, gif hit God wille. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 9 (MED) Hu scolde oðermonnes goddede comen him to gode þe nefre on þisse liue nanes godes ne rohte? 1372 in C. Brown (1924) 71 (MED) Sing nov, moder..Wat me sal be-falle..wan i cum to eld. a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) l. 18409 How coom þou to þat gode. a1400 (a1325) (Coll. Phys.) l. 22472 Quar-to sold we be born to-day, Quen al þing sal com to way? c1400 Comm. on Canticles (Bodl. 288) in T. Arnold (1871) III. 38 Þouȝ þat it myskarie whanne it comeþ to age, þe childheed þei moun save. a1500 (?a1475) (Cambr. Ff.2.38) l. 4427 Tyll hyt came to darke nyght, Euyn they folowed me ryght. 1559 W. Cuningham v. 174/1 Cities throughe processe of time do come to ruin & decay. 1611 Job xiv. 21 His sonnes come to honour. View more context for this quotation 1687 Bp. G. Burnet 143 She bore him several children, but one Daughter only came to Age. 1758 R. Griffiths 254 He comes to his full Growth in a Year. 1793 B. Edwards II. iv. 12 The trees that come soonest to perfection. 1826 Apr. 127 I have..sown the produce of peas which came to maturity in June and July. 1889 Dec. 568 Why should Dick have come to harm? 1908 21 May 867/3 Peter and John came to fullness of belief after the scene at the tomb. 1980 20 Oct. 31/4 The pipe organ fell out of grace at roller rinks when packaged disco music came to popularity. 1982 J. Y. Case & E. N. Case v. 79 The generation which came to manhood at the turn of the century was..excited by the limitless possibilities of electric power. 2015 (Nexis) 16 Oct. 83 As the project comes to completion workers will be demobilised. c1400 (Bodl.) 129 (MED) Þoruȝ ofte doinge, synnes com into use, and fro use to consuetude. c1449 R. Pecock (1860) 214 Forto make..persoones come into remembraunce of a mater, ymagis and picturis seruen in a specialer maner than bokis doon. 1506 (de Worde) sig. c.i Whan synne cometh so in vse that the herte hath a lust & a lykynge ther in, that synne shall ful fayntly be withstande. 1570 J. Foxe (rev. ed.) I. 15/2 It [sc. the title ‘pope’] is now worthely come into contempt & execration. 1643 J. Pym sig. A4 The first step that came into action and execution was, that they procur'd this Commission. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins iv. iv. 434 It may come into comparison with any of the Languages now known. 1732 in (1852) III. 440 Divers other Nations have also sued to them..to come into Alliance with them. a1774 A. Tucker (1777) III. iv. 190 By his elder brother's death he comes into possession of the fox hounds. 1790 5 Apr. 1/4 (advt.) Double Dutch Hyacinths, a great number in Pots..just coming into bloom. 1808 13 379 Among the heavy dragoons cocked hats are abolished, among the light they are just coming into vogue. 1850 July 438/2 That such a law should have come into existence. 1911 11 Apr. 10/5 Gillis came in contact with a 30,000 volt high tension wire. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems viii. 87 Development proceeds rapidly..until the embryo comes into being. 2013 26 Nov. 35/2 Information processed in the temporal cortex..comes into conflict with information processed in our limbic system. 30. intransitive. With to-infinitive. the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [adverb] > on consideration lOE (Laud) anno 1052 Þa com hit to witenne þam eorlum ut to Sandwic, & hi þa gewendon ut æfter þam oðrum scipum. ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena (Harl.) (1966) 139 Aftir tyme he is come to be a dere freend. 1502 tr. (de Worde) i. iv. sig. e.ii As soone as he cometh to haue discrecyon & vsaunce of vnderstandynge. 1590 J. Smythe Sig. ** The same Saxons..themselves came after to be conquered by the Danes. 1629 H. Burton 86 How comes then M. Cholmeley to be thus egregiously deceiued? 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto xxxv. §3 When any exhalation comes to dissolve in the air. 1693 R. Bentley viii. 1 But how came the Sun to be Luminous? 1723 D. Defoe (ed. 2) 298 When I came to consider that Part, more Narrowly. 1785 C. Reeve I. ii. 36 The French or Franks language came at length to be called the Romaunt tongue, as often as the proper name. 1885 c. 76 Pream. The River Thames..has come to be largely used as a place of public recreation and resort. 1889 K. S. Macquoid I. 54 How came you to be up so early? 1906 J. Galsworthy 165 Now they had actually come to discuss a subject connected to the relations between the sexes he felt distrustful. 1935 Jan. 10/1 This type of mechanism has come to be known as the ‘bob-up’ type. 2009 K. Tristram ii. 14 The Latin word for pilgrim, peregrinus, came to have a particular meaning for the Irish. 1547 Queen Katherine Parr sig. B.viv My faythe (wherby I came to knowe god). 1563–87 J. Foxe viii. 327 He came to understand that. 1637 C. Dow 168 That we come to know the scriptures by the testimony of the church. a1674 T. Traherne (1675) 388 If afterwards he comes to see the Candor of his abused Friend, he that did the Injury loves him better than before. 1704 J. Norris II. iii. 122 By reflection we come to know the true state of human nature. 1783 July 38 They come to understand something of naval affairs. 1842 9 246/1 She..liked [him] more and more as she came to know him. 1862 J. R. Lowell 2nd Ser. i. ii. 41 They'll cool off when they come to understand. 1938 D. C. Peattie xxxiv. 243 He came to love all Rhoda's clothing. 1983 ‘Trevanian’ (1984) 145 The victims come to believe..the stereotypes established by the oppressor. 2008 27 Apr. 27 GM crops represent everything that the environment movement has come to hate. 31. intransitive. With adjective as complement. the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)] > pass into state, become ?a1200 (?OE) (1896) 35 Nim þanne wulle, þe ne com næfre awaxen. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) l. 7544 Þy þoght..cumþ sone on fyre, Be þou neuer so chaste. a1400 (a1325) (Fairf. 14) l. 11615 Þen come þe propheci alle clere. þat spokin was of þat childe dere. a1500 (?a1425) tr. (Lamb.) 60 To make cornes to waxe, frutes of trees to come swete. 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano sig. Y.iij In vometynge, whiche is a laborious motion, humours are specially moued to the heed. In token wherof we se the eies and face come redde. 1593 R. Bancroft iv. vii. 156 How Coppinger and Arthington came acquainted with Hacket. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene sig. D3 Tell me how this man came dead. 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. iii. 57 So came I a widow. View more context for this quotation 1609 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 116 How came it clouen? View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton ix. 563 Say, How cam'st thou speakable of mute. View more context for this quotation 1768 L. Sterne II. 185 A shoe coming loose from the fore-foot of the thill-horse. 1771 T. Smollett II. 238 She has had the good fortune to come acquainted with a pious Christian. 1836 C. Dickens (1837) xxii. 227 The brown paper parcel had ‘come untied’. 1874 5 231 The right arm came bad soon afterwards, and never really healed. 1908 Feb. 230/1 Claire pressed the spring; it came open. 1941 C. Beaton Diary Apr. in (1979) xi. 83 The door of his machine had come unhinged and might have flown off. 2008 15 Dec. 61/3 When the bomb dropped out, the wires came loose from switches inside the clock-box. the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > turn out > in a specific manner a1527 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (Elphinstoun) (1959) vi. iii. l. 61 [Al thing]..ar cum trew. 1603 xciv. sig. D2v All things ar cumde for the best. 1672 R. Wild (single sheet) Then may they find him turn a Dreamer too, And live themselves to see his Dream come true. 1701 G. Stanhope tr. St. Bernard in tr. St. Augustine 391 All I do in compliance with my own mind comes hard and strained, and goes against the grain. 1751 W. Blennerhassett I. 393 Tho' his Prediction came true, yet the King was so cruel as to hang him upon a Gibbet as a false Prophet. 1851 H. Prater iii. 83 I have times innumerable dreamt things which ‘came’ false. 1878 16 476/2 It will come very cheap to you. 1889 M. Oliphant III. iv. 62 It may come easier afterwards. 1906 G. B. Scott vi. 163 One of the British officers was taken serious ill here and my bottle of chlorodyne came useful. 1938 Sept. 4/3 Restoring balance between production and consumption will come hard. 2005 4 Apr. (Review section) 2/4 His most outré prophecies, he contends, have a habit of coming true. the world > animals > family unit > [verb (intransitive)] > in sixth year of age the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [verb (intransitive)] > be particular age 1660 Will of Richard Robarts (modernized text) in M. Archdall (1789) I. 355 To his son, Francis Yarner, the best of his three colts to come four years old next spring. 1675 No. 1008/4 Brownish bay Gelding about 14 hands high, coming seven years old. 1682 No. 1766/4 She is in Fole, and cometh six. 1756 23–25 Mar. A yellow Chestnut Mare..with a white Face, about fourteen Hands high, comes five Years old. 1769 Oct. 271 The two lower tusks are one of the most certain rules that a horse is coming five years old. 1778 G. L. Way I. 58 A young Fellow as I am, just coming four and twenty. 1858 T. Carlyle II. ix. vii. 469 Princess Elizabeth..age eighteen coming. 1899 7 Apr. 412/2 The colt..comes four years old the latter end of March or beginning of April next. 1921 230 1050/2 I was 15 years old at that time; I was coming sixteen. 1963 J. Schaefer (1981) 258 Monte was coming twenty-two, a lean length of trail hand. 2012 ‘D. Digger’ in S. McGonigal 40/1 The other terrier..is just coming two years' [sic] old now. the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 13131 Til it com on a fest dai [L. cum dies opportunus accidisset], þat king herod did for to call þe barnage. 1535 1 Sam. i. 4 Whan it came vpon a daye [L. venit ergo dies] that Elcana offred. 1548 f. clxxxvjv How commeth this, that there are so many Newe Testamentes abrode? a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 275 How com'st that you haue holpe To make this rescue? View more context for this quotation 1672 O. Walker i. vi. 49 From want of such a scope or marke it comes, that most men shoot under, employ their minds in litle by-businesses. 1738 R. Erskine 57 How comes it then, that there are more damned than saved. 1859 C. Darwin iv. 99 How..comes it that such a vast number of the seedlings are mongrelized? 1883 7 Apr. 216/1 The presence of a consul is required to preside over this trade, and thus it comes that the Russians have a settlement at Urga. 1891 A. Conan Doyle in June 16 ‘But how came this?’ asked the young clerk... ‘It came in this way,’ he said... ‘I was passing this way [etc.]’. 1916 Mar. 172/2 How's come I have such hard luck with my horses getting sores and galls in spring? 1920 17 June 593/2 How does it come that you are so sure you are an agnostic? 1968 M. Collis xxv. 258 How came it that Admiral Boyle, living in quiet retirement and much liked by high and low, was singled out? 2011 P. G. Taylor v. 37 How come that when I finally snap and have a meltdown..I get treated to a shouting display? IV. Special uses of the infinitive, with reference to time or the course of events (cf. senses 26, 28). 33. intransitive. In the infinitive with to. [Compare also discussion at tocome v.] a. Due to take place, arrive, or happen; in the future, coming. the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > future [verb (intransitive)] > to be (future) OE (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 3 Eart þu þe to cumenne eart? c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 9267 To fleon. & to forrbuȝhenn. Þatt irre þatt to cumenn iss. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) l. 8003 Of þire mucle kare þa þe is to cumene [c1300 Otho þat þe his to comene]. a1300 in C. Brown (1932) 66 (MED) Help vs nv þat we ne mysse of þat lif þat is to cume. 1340 (1866) 152 (MED) Þe þinges þet byeþ to comene he deþ poruay and ordayny. a1425 (c1395) (Royal) (1850) 1 Tim. iv. 8 That hath a biheest of lijf that now is, and that is to come [E.V. c1384 Douce 369(2) and to comynge]. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxxiv. 4 (MED) He prayes þat he wate is tocum, that is, ese til goed men, and vengaunce til ill. a1535 T. More (1553) i. ix. sig. B.vii Tribulacion is double medicine, bothe a cure of the synne passed, and a preseruatiue fro the synne yt is to come. 1567 G. Turberville tr. G. B. Spagnoli viii. f. 78 Lest creping wormes, and vermine vile in yeare that is to come Do gnaw ye corne with marring mouth. 1611 1 Tim. iv. 8 Promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil 139 He sees what is, and was, and is to come . View more context for this quotation 1758 S. Johnson 23 Dec. 100 The Have-beens are things that are past; the Shall-bes are things that are to come. 1780 S. Lee ii. ii. 26 The best fun is to come, mun! 1840 C. Thirlwall VII. liv. 55 Some weeks were still to come before the trade-winds would set in from the north-east. 1898 H. James Turn of Screw xxiii, in 160 I seem to see our poor eyes already lighted with some spark of a prevision of the anguish that was to come. 1978 J. G. MacGregor xii. 163 A day was to come however, when John Rowand was to regret being Paulet's godfather. 1986 June 34/2 Rush gave another indication of what was to come later when he headed over the bar. 2011 14 July (Viewspaper section) 5/1 Perhaps more staggering revelations are to come, but the essential contours of the scandal are clear. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. iii. 7 Who shewide to ȝou for to flee fro wrath to cumme [a1425 New Coll. Oxf. comynge; L.V. that is to come; L. a ventura ira]? c1475 (?c1400) (1842) 5 In þis tyme, and in tyme to come. 1526 W. Bonde i. sig. Biii Shadowes of thynges to come. 1526 Heb. vi. 5 The power of the worlde to come [c1384 Wycliffite, E.V. the world to comynge]. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More sig. Qviiv Hollye set vpon the dessire of the lyffe to come by watchynge and sweatynge hoping shortely to obtaine it. 1611 Exod. xiii. 14 When thy sonne asketh thee in time to come . View more context for this quotation 1611 Rom. viii. 38 Nor things present, nor things to come. 1670 J. Milton ii. 63 Certaine women in a kind of ecstasie foretold of calamities to come. 1723 E. Haywood 53 Pleasing Dreams and rapturous Images of Joys to come. 1783 G. Crabbe ii. 37 Oh! make the age to come thy better care. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in 2nd Ser. II. 111 I have a strong horoscope, and shall live for fifty years to come. 1838 June 195 Hopes of happy days to come. 1920 D. H. Lawrence i. 6 She had a strange prescience, an intimation of something yet to come. 1977 21 Nov. 28/2 Psephologists will be sorting out the particulars for months to come. 2013 D. J. Brown (2014) i. 9 There were glimmers of better times to come. 1555 W. Turner f. 49v They snatch vp all the reuersions that can be had in a countre, though the fermers haue yet .xl. or .l. yeares to come. 1592 W. West (rev. ed.) ii. i. §558 sig. Gg.i.v One lease made to T. B. of S. for the rent of xiii.li. being not aboue nynteene yeres to come. 1649 W. Grey 35 Some Londoners of late, hath disbursed their monies for the reversion of a lease of Colliery, about thirty yeares to come of the lease. 1663 (single sheet) Sir John Trevor..Did in the year 1639. (having then eleven years to come of the term to them granted) Renew the said Patent for 22. years. a1674 Earl of Clarendon (1760) II. 474 Lord Willoughby..had then eight or nine Years to come of his Lease. 1710 No. 4637/4 'Tis Leasehold, and twenty two Years to come. 1761 T. Harper 110 What is the yearly Value of an Estate 8 Years to come, allowing the Purchaser 5 per cent, when the Present Worth amounts to 1342l 17s 1d½? 1845 18 Nov. 5052/2 Such leasehold for years..not having less than sixty years to come or unexpired at the time of making any advance or advances on the security thereof. 34. intransitive. In the subjunctive. Chiefly colloquial and regional. the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > future [conjunction] > come (of a future time) > with an interval of time 1417 in F. J. Furnivall (1882) 39 He schele Haue..xv. li. at Esteren next, and .x. li. at Esteren come twelmonthe. 1478 in (1839) I. 20/2 On Monunday cum acht dais. 1569 R. Grafton II. 308 The thirde Million, to be payde..at Mighelmas come a yere after the agreement. 1631 S. Rutherford (1863) I. xviii. 76 Our Communion is on Sabbath come eight days. 1640 House of Commons Order in J. Rushworth (1692) I. 141 Ordered, That the business..be put off till Thursday come fortnight. 1724 G. Berkeley Let. 8 Dec. in (1871) IV. 110 Provided you bring my affair..to a complete issue before Christmas day come twelvemonth. 1794 R. Ramsay in B. Johnston App. p. x He will not have any crop produced by the farm, to put into the barn, until Lammas come a year after his entry to the farm. a1825 R. Forby (1830) Come, ‘to-morrow-come-se'nnight’. ‘Tuesday-come-fortnight’. Meaning, no doubt, when to-morrow se'nnight, or Tuesday fortnight shall come. 1886 W. W. Strickland tr. V. Halek 219 This very day come a year you will not come for me alone, little Staza. 1891 (at cited word) Mod. Sc. We expect him on Monday come eight days. 1901 25 Sept. I am going up to town..on the afternoon of Thursday come a fortnight. b. Preceding a future date, time, or event. When or by the time the specified date or event arrives or takes place; at or by the specified time. ?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Royal 17 D.vi) (1860) 29 In the office of the prive-seal I wone, To write there is my custume and wone Unto the seel, and have twenty yere And foure come Estren. 1597 W. Shakespeare i. iii. 19 Come Lammas Eue at night shall she be fourteene. View more context for this quotation 1636 W. Davenant iii. sig. E3 'Tis foure yeares rent, come Childermas Eve next! 1680 ii. 23 Mr. Dash. And how long have you been a Barber, Timothy? Trick. A Year, an't like your Worship, come Christmas. 1715 J. Gay i. i. 9 Come Candlemas, nine Years ago she dy'd. 1768 14 Sept. 267/1 Suppose L. takes a house of G. and..has lived in it, come Michaelmas, one quarter. 1799 R. Southey Last of Family in I. 167 Come Candlemas, and I have been their servant For five and forty years. 1888 C. E. L. Riddell II. vii. 135 You'll grant me a seven years' lease come next May twelve-month. 1899 J. London White Silence in Feb. 141/1 You remember when we foregathered on the Tanana, four years come next ice-run? 1938 D. Runyon (1945) 2 Unser Fritz..is maybe seventy-five years old, come next grass. 1973 F. D. Gilroy 35 We'll be married eighteen years come next Tuesday. 2008 M. Ripley iv. 76 I've been working here twenty-seven years come September. 1830 29 July 1/5 I guess my pig would have fed hundred weight come Christmas. 1868 19 Sept. 368/2 Come six o'clock, they were to turn into their cells. 1897 21 Oct. 397/1 One would mind the partings of life less..if only one might rise by one's own come Judgement Day. 1951 J. Kerouac (2007) 148 You can begin working at once and collect a paycheck come Friday. 1997 D. Couling tr. G. Wagner (2000) i. 19 Come rehearsals in June, there was only one subject of conversation: his Lohengrin. 2016 E. Martinez in 36 Come year's end, I was on a career high. †V. To be appropriate or becoming. the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suit or be suitable for [verb (transitive)] > be fitting or proper for c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 8696 Ne wep noȝt..leue sone, vor it ne comþ [a1400 Trin. Cambr. bicomeþ] noȝt to þe. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) l. 3974 It comes..to na kyng..To latt his pepill þus pas & perisch in ydill. a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in (1843) I. 129 It cumys the better for to dryue A dong cart or a tumrelle. a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in (1843) I. 129 Yt commyth the wele me to remorde. c1540 (?a1400) (2002) f. 36 Hit shuld come you by course as of kynd childur To be sory for my sake. a1670 J. Hacket (1693) i. 118 That which comes to the institute I handle was thus endicted. Phrases P1. Phrases in collocation with go. a. to come and go. the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > move to and fro or up and down [verb (intransitive)] the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)] > move back and forth or come and go c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark vi. 31 There weren manye that camen, and wenten aȝen [1611 King James There were many comming and going; L. veniebant et redibant]. 1434 King James I Let. 10 Mar. in (1812) p. vii Lettres of..sauf condute saufely to comme and go to our presence. 1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith (1870) 399 (MED) That euery tyler be ffree to come and go, to worche with euery man and citezen. a1500 (a1450) (Trin. Cambr.) l. 6456 Ye shall savely come and savely goo. 1569 R. Grafton II. 128 It was agreed that..the Citizens of London should come and go toll free. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. ii. 121 Hee may come and goe betweene you both. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Fuller ii. 144 What solemn Festivalls people may come and goe of. 1766 D. Garrick in G. Colman & D. Garrick Epil. They all go in, and out; and to, and fro; And talk, and quarrel—as they come and go. 1798 1 Jan. 28 He comes and goes at pleasure, and none dare say to him, what doest thou? 1826 W. Scott III. viii. 215 Men come and go, lay schemes, and alter them, in my house, without deigning to consult me! 1864 Ld. Tennyson Grandmother xx, in 124 She comes and goes at her will. 1905 O. W. Nixon viii. 109 The company owned all the ships which came and went each year to Hawaii and London. 1976 8 Mar. 132/3 The chairs in a circle around him were often reoccupied three or four times in an evening as visitors came and went. 2013 15 Nov. 23/3 Planes and helicopters can come and go in quick succession. the world > time > [verb (intransitive)] > arrive and pass a1400 (a1325) (Fairf. 14) l. 1851 Til vij. skores dayes ware comme and gan. c1450 (c1400) (1881) l. 1631 (MED) vj dayes be comyn and goon. 1534 sig. B Thou art inuariable & immutable thou vsest not now to loue & anon not to loue (as men do) neyther doth thy loue so come & go. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. sig. U.iiv Her rosiall colour comes and goes,..More redier to then doth the rose. 1589 G. Puttenham i. xxiv. 38 For worldly goods they come and go, as things not long proprietary to any body. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. ii. 76 The colour of the King doth come, and go Betweene his purpose and his conscience. View more context for this quotation 1627 M. Drayton Moone-calfe in 167 After many yeares were com'n and gone. 1719 D. Defoe 154 His Colour came and went. 1849 16 299/1 Night's shadows come and go. 1851 F. A. Pulszky & T. Pulszky I. 169 Years came and went, and the orphan was still with her affectionate nurse. 1939 May 91 Supper time came and went. 1959 9 Nov. 9/6 Rockabilly and hula hoops came and went. 2011 J. Jabaley v. 60 Take it from me: Girlfriends and boyfriends come and go. a1658 J. Durham (1675) vii. 377 The Lord hath not so streightned the consciences of his people, but hath left bounds in sobriety, that we may come and go upon, providing these bounds be not exceeded. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge I. iv. iii. 97 Your sight therefore, ought to be about the waist-band of his breeches, so that you have the whole length of his body, and his head into the bargain, to come and go upon. 1864 J. H. Burton I. ii. 99 There being thus, in titles..considerable room to come and go upon. 1877 R. L. Stevenson (1997) 127 The future is a fine thing also, in its way; and what's more, it's all we have to come and go upon. 1907 Miners' Eight Hour Day Comm.: 1st Rep. iii. 169/1 in (Cd. 3428) XV. 1 The total capital..is not very large, and the margin..is not very large. There is not much to come and go upon. b. to go and come. eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) xliv. 324 Ga, & cum to morgenne, ðonne selle ic ðe hwæthwugu. a1400 (?a1325) (Harl.) (1875) l. 232 Y go and come to ȝow aȝen, Forsoþe eftsones y wyl ȝow sen. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan ii. xxxv. sig. Kiij The ambaxatours of the sayd cytee went and came for to treatte of peas. 1548 f. lxxjv Those that shall bryng vitailes necessarie to thesaied assembly, maie without daunger, trouble, impechement or noysaunce go and come. 1598 J. Stow 331 It was ordayned..That no stewholder or his wife should let or stay any single woman to go and come freely at all times. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi 75 The poasts and vessels of intelligence..going and coming incessantly. 1712 No. 280 ¶1 The footman hires himself for bodily labour, subjected to go and come at the will of his master. 1768 J. Boswell 329 I went and came as I pleased. 1821 W. Scott I. vii. 190 Officers of the Earl's household, livery-men, and retainers, went and came. 1892 Aug. 155 ‘Flighting’, or shooting them as they go and come, is a favourite method of procuring wild ducks. 1922 Mar. 9/3 The rover is something of a free lance who goes and comes pretty much as he pleases. 1989 ‘D. Wait’ in K. Smith xx. 110 Four times a day, the nonces from F Wing walk past, going and coming from work. 2007 in P. Hall x. 291 I missed the freedom..to go and come, you know. ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena (Harl.) (1966) 350 I suffre not siche batels alwey contynue in alle tymes, but þei go & come, as me semeþ to be needful & speedful to þe soule. 1493 (de Worde) sig. Fvj/2 The rychesse of this worlde is but thyng that gooth & comyth. ?1535 tr. M. Luther sig. v.iii Such an herte..dyspyseth honoure, fauour, thankes, and ryches of all worldly thynges sufferyng all thyng to go and come, that wyll not last & tary. 1588 A. Munday tr. C. Colet xxxi. f. 67 Shaking like a leafe on the tree, her cullour went and came very strangelye. 1621 R. Burton i. i. i. v.16 That transitory Melancholy, which goes and comes vpon every small occasion of sorrow. 1658 J. Hall 77 By the reedy bancks of aged Cam, My golden minuts softly went and came. 1717 (ed. 2) at Wheezing This Impediment goes and comes, and is only occasion'd by abundance of phlegmatick Stuff. ?1790 T. Powell i. 15 Your colour goes and comes in such a way I never saw before. 1824 T. Campbell 19 The Ritter's colour went and came, And loud he spoke in ire. 1892 1 May 338/1 Years go and come, and there are few business enterprises on earth than seem more firmly established than Müller's work. 1914 July 524/1 The days went and came and the two weeks were over without the least trouble. 1987 P. Roth 234 The vitality..goes too, of course, but if you will just sit tight, it comes back again..and so it goes and comes, comes and goes. c1475 Proverbs (Rawl. D.328) in (1940) 38 120 Sony y go, sony y cum. c1500 Debate Carpenter's Tools in (1987) 38 456 That lyghtly cum schall lyghtly go. 1546 J. Heywood ii. ix. sig. L Lyght come lyght go. 1570 T. Tymme tr. A. Marlorat (xiii. 20) 286/2 Ye prouerbe is verefyed in them, soone come, soone gon. 1660 13 The old Proverb, Male parta, male dilabuntur, Badly come, badly go. 1676 5 So they sit down and never stir till they have spent it, according to the old Proverb, easily come, easily go. 1712 J. Arbuthnot iv. 17 Light come, light go, he cares not a Farthing. 1794 vi. 165 ‘Soon come, soon gone,’ in both's a maxim known, The longer blowing are the longer blown. 1833 38 192 ‘Lightly come, lightly go,’ is his maxim. 1900 F. J. Smith vii. 98 The usual order of its passing off is that of its onset, in other words, soonest come soonest gone. 1979 N. Goller iv. 35 What comes quickly must go quickly, that's what I say. 2003 T. White 55 We dont fret. do we T. We never vex. Easy come easy go, thats us. d. come day, go day (God send Sunday) and variants. Chiefly regional in later use. the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective] 1616 T. Draxe 97/1 Come day, goe day, the day is long enough. 1658 J. Spencer 165 He cares for nothing but meat and drink, looks after nothing but sport and pastime, come day, go day, God send night, that's all his care. 1721 J. Kelly 77 Come Day, go Day, God send Sunday. Spoken to lazy unconscionable Servants, who only mind to serve out their Time, and get their Wages. 1854 A. E. Baker I. 175 It's come day, go day, with him. 1867 T. Craddock 166 It was come day, go day with his life; and whether his pen moved or stood still was indifferent to his daily bread. 1876 F. K. Robinson Come day, Gan day, God send Sunday, the saying..of indolent workers, who care not how the days come and go, provided they have little to do. 1905 May 646/1 Too many employes think ‘Come day and go day, God sends Sunday.’ The employe is paid for every minute's time during working hours, and his labor should be diligent and faithful. 1917 Aug. 470/2 Loafing around with a sort of ‘come day, do day’ state of mind. 1987 (Nexis) 7 Oct. It was come day, go day and always another payday. the mind > emotion > indifference > [noun] > one who is indifferent 1833 31 Aug. 555/2 Mr. Stokes..a quiet, come-day, go-day, God-send-Sunday sort of man. 1865 B. Brierley I. 25 A jolly, come-day, go-day fellow..he never saved a farthing in his life. 1893 May 18/1 The ‘come-a-day, go-a-day’ expression..seems to find a permanent resting place on their bronzed faces. 1903 ‘A. McNeill’ (ed. 3) 174 The come-day, go-day Englishman. 1905 23 Mar. 14/2 On deck there, you set of come-day-go-days. Get on deck with you. 1933 J. Masefield 227 Here are these four come-day-go-days wants to see you, sir. 1998 L. Murray (2000) v. 244 It beats that come-day-go-day-God-send-Sunday life, he said. 2014 (Nexis) 30 Dec. 35 His straight-talking, come-day, go-day manner successfully disguises the amount of hard work Martin undertakes. the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > be or become confused [verb (intransitive)] > be at a loss 1888 4 Aug. Mr. Malone's speech..reminded one..of the little boy whose ma, by mistake, got the seat of his pants on before, instead of behind, so when the little fellow walked it was hard to tell whether he was going or coming.] 1899 21 Apr. 6/2 Lachance was fooled by clever passes between Hartman and Warner and caught where he didn't know whether he was coming or going. 1902 11 Nov. 2/3 (heading) Entire system of office tenure is so badly mixed up that Attorney General cannot tell whether he is coming or going. 1921 May 15/1 If there is one department of our Federal Government which does not know whether it is going or coming, that department is the Shipping Board. 1942 21 Nov. 57/3 All of this rationing and the details thereto have got me so confused that I do not know if I am coming or going. 1974 B. Worden (1977) ix. 185 It was a government which..did not know whether it was coming or going. 2005 T. McMillan (2006) 287 I'm bored and lonely. And I'm confused. Half the time I don't know whether I'm coming or going. P2. Phrases with a pronoun or a noun as object. a. slang or colloquial. to come it. 1699 B. E. Has he come it? has he lent it you? 1785 F. Grose (at cited word) Has he come it? has he lent it? 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in II. 163 Come it, to divulge a secret..they say of a thief who has turned evidence against his accomplices, that he is coming all he knows, or that he comes it as strong as a horse. 1823 P. Egan I. 481 He's come it to old Joey Ward, he can fight a good hour. 1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles 162/1 To come it, to inform. 1899 J. Bradshaw 16 He was promised a very light sentence if he would come it on his mate. 1900 14 Apr. 2/1 Although I unearth him he will not ‘come it’ about the gate, nor, indeed, upon the much-more-useful subject of the best animile [sic] in his stable. 1902 6 Mar. 8/2 He subpœnaed Roseblade as a witness for him at his trial, but, said Williams, dejectedly, ‘he mounted and come it on me’. Mr. P.: What do you mean? Williams: He gave evidence against me. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ xxvii. 270 He would have to have an understanding with the bogy before he came it. the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > speak or do with exaggeration [phrase] 1796 Aug. 252/2 Gemmen, if you do not come it rumly, I shall be dish'd. 1821 P. Egan 287 Mr. Mace..was ‘cut out’ for company; and he could ‘come it well’ upon all points. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ 56 ‘How well he comes it!’ How well he lies. 1825 13 546 Can't you come it melancholy? 1830 P. Egan 153 The Dukes and Lords do stare To view Saucy Nell ‘come it’ with so genteel an air. 1839 C. Dickens xxiii. 219 I can come it pretty well—nobody better perhaps in my own line. 1874 (rev. ed.) 126 Also, in pugilistic phraseology, to come it means to show fear; and in this respect, as well as in that of giving information, the expression ‘come it’ is best known to the lower and most dangerous classes. 1915 9 Jan. 17/2 There was a time when we might both have been won to a sane and reasonable liberalism, but the present so-called government was coming it a bit too thick for us. 1920 J. Galsworthy iii. If all you wealfy nobs wiv kepitel 'ad come it kind from the start after the war yer'd never a' been 'earing' the Marseillaisy naow. 1975 D. Clement & I. La Frenais (2002) 2nd Ser. Episode 3. 182/1 It doesn't pay to come it with me, Fletcher. You remember me. 1982 J. Sullivan (1999) I. 2nd Ser. Episode 3. 91 100 notes? You're coming it a bit ain't yer Boycie? 1997 J. Wilson (1998) 47 ‘What about a strawberry gâteau?’ ‘I think that's coming it a bit, old girl. Beans, plums and ice cream, that'll do.’ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > create or maintain appearance [phrase] > overcome by acting 1827 I. 30 Tickerly the guards: they try to come it over us venhever they have a tunity; but I'll let them know vhat's vhat. 1841 11 Dec. 143/2 I tell you what, my youth, you are too green a customer to come it over us with quite so shallow a story! 1867 A. Trollope II. i. 4 Miss Burton had been received..openly as Harry's future wife, and, ‘by Jove, you know, he can't be coming it with Julia after that, you know.’ 1890 F. C. Philips & C. J. Wills xviii. 126 It's no use a-trying to come it with me. 1910 S. M. Swales xxiii. 310 Don't come it, ye confounded old soap-stick. Ye can't come it over me with that lather, or I'm a greater fool'n I think I be. 1916 J. Buchan i. 1 You'll be a blighted brass-hat, coming it heavy over the hard-working regimental officer. 1939 H. G. Wells iii. i. 207 The world's had this apostolic succession of oily old humbugs..trying to come it over people. 1944 L. A. G. Strong xiii. 112 You shouldn't let these four-flushers come it over you. 2004 J. Colgan xi. 224 ‘Shut up shut up shut up’. ‘Well, stop coming it with me, fat tits’. b. slang or colloquial. In various phrases with a noun or pronoun as object, esp. in to come the —— (with or over a person). the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > play tricks [phrase] 1714 T. Lucas 111 He hath ventur'd to come the Levant over Gentlemen. 1781 G. Parker II. 167 He then comes the stale story of ‘If you will give me eight or nine shillings for my share, you shall have the whole’. 1785 F. Grose at Yorkshire tyke To come Yorkshire over any one, to cheat him. 1848 W. T. Thompson xiii. 115 That won't do... You can't cum that game over this crowd. 1855 W. M. Thackeray II. xxvii. 253 Barnes..is trying to come the religious dodge. 1860 E. Bennett 295 I knowed, ef I couldn't play possum and come the blind over the Injun, I war a gone beaver. 1891 81 Then he up and tells him flat He needn't come no tales like that. 1902 A. W. Marchmont xxiv. 251 I'll teach you to come your tricks with me, you baggage. 1919 G. W. Ogden 169 She..winked expressively, with a lifting of the corner of her flexible mouth toward the corner of her closed eye, as if to say they couldn't come any tricks over her. 1977 R. Beilby 257 Don't come that stunt with me, sport. 1998 J. Dettman (2007) 40 Don't pile your bloody guilt on me. I've got enough of my own. Don't you come that shit with me. 2015 E. Dolan 376 Don't sit there and come that bollocks with me. society > communication > representation > role-playing > play the part of [verb (transitive)] society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > outwit, get the better of the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > assume character 1721 C. Cibber i. 9 Bring out of my Money, I was forced to come the Caster, and tumbled for Five Hundred dead. 1780 J. O'Keeffe ii. 29 Diggory, I tell you once for all, if you come the gentleman usher, while I am by, you'll absolutely knock your head against my fistis. 1798 J. O'Keeffe Czar Peter ii, in III. 154 I'll come the great man over them. 1836 C. Dickens 2nd Ser. 24 The inimitable manner in which Bill Thompson can come the double monkey. 1846 Apr. 405 Young Conkey—who is a clerk in Doolittle's—tries to ‘come the agreeable’ over Phemy, and she answers him politely. 1850 Nov. 691/1 If you try to come the bully over me. 1889 Mrs. Randolph II. viii. 23 He might..be inclined to come the gentleman, and pay for the same. 1900 J. Conrad xlii. 418 He very soon left off coming the righteous over me. 1962 C. Watson ix. 96 I never thought he'd come the old green-eyed monster. 1962 13 Apr. 467 Fancied he could come the old bland condescension over Erpf. 1970 G. Chapman et al. (1989) I. xvi. 215 Don't you shout at me, madam, don't come that tone. 1989 K. MacColl (song title) in (record sleeve notes) Don't come the cowboy with me Sonny Jim! 2014 N. Plane vi. 82 Don't come the innocent with me. 1614 J. Taylor sig. L3v And then come one, come thousands, nay, come all, And for a wager wele to Versing fall.] 1810 W. Scott v. x. 204 Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. 1841 15 Nov. (advt.) Come one, come all—men, women, and children—all come to I. S. Nichols, of the Corn Crib. 1892 77 548/1 This organization..extends a ‘Come one, come all’ kind of invitation to every one everywhere. 1905 13 Apr. 473/3 Bring your friends. Have an experience worth remembering. Come one, come all. 1992 16 May (Weekend FT section) p. xxii/6 The Place's policy of ‘come one, come all’ indicates a generosity of artistic nature that verges on the saintly. 2004 W. J. Mann l. 101 The Gay Games..hold no minimum standards for qualification—so it really is a come–one, come–all experience. 2017 @Sparkling_MsB 26 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) For those who couldn't make it to today's auditions. One more chance tomorrow. Come one come all!! the mind > emotion > gratitude > give thanks [verb] 1828 W. Carr (ed. 2) Come-thanks, to give thanks. ‘We'll come you naa thanks for your pains.’ 1883 T. Lees at Cum thank ‘I cum ye no thank’, I acknowledge no thanks to you. 1874 (rev. ed.) 133 Cropper, ‘to go a cropper’, or ‘to come a cropper’, i.e., to fail badly. 1888 S. O. Addy Colcher, a heavy fall, ‘He came a regular colcher’. 1902 R. C. Praed 48 Old Mooney on Seaforth, came a buster yesterday. 1963 17 Sept. 48 The police seemed to have come a purler in trying to invoke the aid of doctors in tracing pregnant women. 1974 G. Mitchell xii. 154 I like old Jimmy boy and I wouldn't want to see him come a mucker. 2005 5 Oct. 13/4 Moving north of the border they came a cropper with the law again outside Edinburgh. Mr Gough was sentenced to two weeks in jail. 1815 W. Scott III. xv. 292 The Hour's come, and the Man.] 1954 18 July 12/5 When he [sc. Cliff Gladwin] passed..the Springbok skipper, on the way to the wicket, Dudley asked, ‘What have you got to smile about?’ And Cliff made the classic reply: ‘Cometh the hour, cometh the man.’ 1978 S. Middleton xii. 131 Dim, uncoordinated, unambitious David laying the law down about what they were to do? It seemed impossible. She smiled to herself in her distress. David. Cometh the hour. 1989 15 Dec. 39/1 Curry's rise has been meteoric by Wimbledon's standards and, with the dawning of the 1990s and a new era in tennis, there is an air of ‘cometh the hour, cometh the man’ about his appointment. 1995 Oct. 13 Cometh the hour, cometh the nonsense. It's referendum time in the Republic again. 2010 11 Dec. (Sports section) 16/6 Cometh the hour, cometh the man, and Cummings duly rose to the challenge to net his only goal of the tournament. P3. Phrases with complement. a. come hither (in imperative). 1535 Ruth ii. 12 Whan it is eatinge tyme, come hither, and eate of the bred. 1591 (?a1425) Slaughter of the Innocents (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill (1974) I. 186 How, prettye Pratte, my messingere, come hither to me withouten weare! 1602 B. Jonson iv. iii. sig. G3 Come hither Cocatrice: here's one, will set thee vp, my sweet Punque. View more context for this quotation 1665 R. Head I. sig. E6v Come hither Sirrah, I know what you would have, I'le save your longing. 1714 J. Byrom Phœbe v, in No. 603 Phœbe..to my dog said, Come hither, poor Fellow, and patted his Head. 1763 I. Bickerstaff ii. xv. 54 The very couple I wished to meet, come hither both of you. 1823 23 Aug. 491 Come hither, you unrevolutionized Englishmen;..come here and partake of the freedom and the happiness we enjoy. 1866 20 Oct. 165/2 He went up to the cage, and thrustin his face in between the iron bars, he said, soothinly, ‘Come hither, pretty creetur.’ 1928 N. Coward Lorelei in B. Day (1998) 92/1 Lorelei, Lorelei, Call to sailors drifting by, Cooo, cooo, come hither. 1992 T. Enright tr. S. O'Crohan (1993) 113 ‘Come hither, little boy,’ says Murchadh. ‘Is anything the matter with you?’ 1799 Feb. 256/2 This necessary manœuvre, of ‘Come hither, who-o,’ the little tyrant of the whip is determined to inculcate. 1810 Dec. 513 To make them [sc. horses] come to the left-hand, the word ‘Mather’, pronounced more gently, is used. ‘Mather’, is evidently a contraction of ‘Come hither’. 1851 H. Stephens (ed. 2) II. 160/1 Hie here, Come ather, are common in the midland counties of Scotland. 1857 A. Taylor in 14 May ‘Commaather! weesh! there, there, ye jad!’ He keepit cryin'. 1878 W. Dickinson (ed. 2) Ho,..a word used in guiding horses to the left; come hither. 1925 J. Wight in (1952) III. 181/2 Old horsemen of 40 or 50 years ago used to turn their horses to the left with ‘Come aither’ or ‘Come aidder’. b. 1549 J. Ponet tr. B. Ochino sig. C.iiv Being pressed with any kind of affliccion, straight they come runnyng to me. 1574 J. Baret To Rdr. sig. *.5 Perceyuing what great trouble it was to come running to mee for euery word they missed. 1657 J. Cooke tr. J. Hall 105 M[r]s. Kempson being..tormented with a hollow tooth, and had used many medicines,..and yet not profited, came running to me. 1736 R. Hodshon 51 People, when they want a small Sum, commonly come running to you Attorneys. 1762 O. Goldsmith 62 [They] hired the crier to cry the game down; upon which A—e came running to me to stop it, after he had cried it once. 1818 J. Hogg II. 125 How can ye hae the assurance..to come rinning to me wi' a hizzy an' bairn at your tail? 1905 W. Raymond iv. xv. 413 He must come running to me for certain to beg advice. 1995 June 30/3 If anyone needs a shoulder to cry on, they'll come running to you for some good advice. 2004 H. Kunzru (2005) 109 Screw you lamer, don't come running to me when it wipes your hd [= hard drive]. 1908 J. London xlii. 364 All you have to do is whistle and he'll come running. 1963 B. Moore 140 A writer with a talent like yours, why should you waste time with a nebbish like Brendan? Wait till your novel comes out, when you're a big success, he'll come running, you'll see. 1988 7 Oct. 4/4 What about the religious parties? ‘Oh, they'll come running. They can't stay outside for more than two months without state funds.’ 1997 7 Apr. 18/2 So when Queens decided to name its very own poet laureate, you'd have thought the bards would have come running. 2011 D. P. Kong 188 All I have to do is tell her I found the cash and she'll come running. 1860 R. S. Surtees xv. 46 All our Rocks' friends..were well up to the ‘come as you are’ injunction, and treated it accordingly. 1906 ‘L. Malet’ xi. 109 ‘Dear old friend,’ it ran—‘the wife asks you to take supper with us to-morrow night... Yours faithfully, G. L.—N. B. Come as you are: no ceremony.’ 1966 Oct. 68/2 Beau Brummell always wears coat and tie to a come-as-you-are hop. 1991 A. Beevor (rev. ed.) xv. 211 Although out-of-area and unexpected, Operation Grandy was not entirely a ‘come-as-you-are’ war (the hurried adaptation of central region equipment and tactics to a distant theatre). 2012 (National ed.) 6 Dec. e1/3 A new directive, increasingly common on invitations, urging festive attire. It's not black tie, it's not business dress, and it's definitely not come as you are. 1897 4 May 4/4 In the run through the stretch Friendship and Passover both came from behind and had the race between them. 1955 1 Aug. 3/6 The South Africans have come from behind and surprised the favourites by drawing level in a Test rubber. 1971 May 6/1 [President Nixon] has a long history of coming from behind..and of confronting adversities, and it would be in his nature to hang in there and fight. 1992 N. Hornby 44 They came from behind to beat Anderlecht of Belgium 4–3 in the final. 2008 (Nexis) 14 June 76 Liverpool..had to twice come from behind to beat non-league scrubbers Havant & Waterlooville. 1969 1 Feb. 25 Before anyone criticizes what she wrote, they should read the introduction three or four times as I did in order to understand where she is coming from. 1977 C. McFadden (1978) iv. 19/1 ‘Listen,’ he said sincerely, ‘I know exactly where you're coming from.’ 1985 M. Atwood (1988) ii. ii. 14 I hear where you're coming from. 1992 G. Vanderhaeghe 159 I see where you're coming from. One bad apple can spoil the barrel. Right? 2014 T. McCulloch 255 ‘You know Pete's hardly spoken to her for days?’ ‘I know where he's coming from though.’ ‘How's that?’ ‘Before our wedding. I had second thoughts too.’ Phrasal verbs PV1. With adverbs in specialized senses. to come about 1. intransitive. the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham (1902) 100 For feawe of ham conne þe skele Hou senne a-boute comeþ. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iv. l. 2378 Er the wisdom cam aboute Of hem that ferst the bokes write..Ther was gret labour. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iii. l. 2542 Late euery man..Taken his torne as it cometh a-boute. a1450 (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 8775 (MED) He meruelled hou it cam aboute. 1530 W. Tyndale sig. F.ivv The other shall serue their turne and bringe the game vnto their handes & no man shall knowe how it cometh aboute. 1578 T. Sampson 13 Notwithstanding all the bigge & braue bragges which Papists make, it seemeth that all thinges as yet do not come about, to serue the turne so roundly as they woulde. 1604 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 334 And let me speake, to yet vnknowing world How these things came about . View more context for this quotation 1695 J. Collier 85 How comes it about that the Operations of Sense, and Reason, vary so much? 1717 C. Bullock v. 90 Ay, dear Madam, do me the Favour to let me know how all this came about? 1772 June 239/2 If you ask how this comes about—I answer, From the depravity of our nature. 1856 J. H. Newman (1881) i. 8 And thus you see, my brethren, how that particular temptation comes about. 1883 R. Buchanan iv. i. 220 What strange changes had come about in a year! 1905 S. R. Crockett xxix. 244 And if it so come about as you have said..I will even fight against you, my father! 1968 13 Nov. 16/2 One view is that the red-shift comes about because quasars are remarkably distant at the boundaries of the known universe. 1998 164 111/2 The Oman Mountains came about through a fundamental plate-tectonic process. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > be or become true [verb (intransitive)] 1597 W. Shakespeare i. iii. 47 To see how a ieast shall come about . View more context for this quotation the world > time > period > cycle of time > [verb (intransitive)] > come with the revolution of time c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 176 In reyn with wilde beestes walked he Til certeyn tyme was ycome aboute. 1530 J. Palsgrave 489/1 I was borne this day twenty yeres, as the yeres come aboute. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch 285 Time being come about when they vsed to make a solemne yerely sacrifice. 1602 R. Carew i. f. 69 Each entertayning such forrayne acquaintance, as will not fayle when their like turne commeth about, to requite him with the like kindnes. 1625 F. Bacon (new ed.) viii. 333 It is obserued, in the Low Countries..that Euery Fiue and Thirtie years, The same Kinde and Sute of Years and Weathers, comes about againe. a1732 T. Boston (1776) xii. 435 For about three weeks, as my study-day came about, I found myself unfitted for it. 1751 T. Smollett III. c. 197 When quarter day came about, he applied to the steward of his lordship's heir for the interest of his money. 1818 Ld. Byron i. 1 Some weeks before Shrove Tuesday comes about, The people take their fill of recreation. 1889 C. E. L. Riddell I. vi. 96 That movable feast..came about in due season. 1914 June 379 Moving-up day comes about the first Tuesday in May. 1985 C. O'Farrill in I. Gitler 256 When Benny's solo turn came about, I tried to simplify the harmonies. 2013 (Nexis) 16 Dec. 16 When Christmas came about, we were hard up and it was a treat to have a chicken. 3. intransitive. Nautical. the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > be favourable > become favourable a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) I. ccxvi. f. cxxxvi/2 The wynde shortly after came aboute and fylled the sayles. 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt i. 99 This after noone the winde came about. 1600 W. Shakespeare ii. vi. 63 The wind is come about Bassanio presently will goe abord. View more context for this quotation 1694 180 The Wind came about at South. 1708 No. 4464/7 The Wind coming about..to the S.W. the Fleet was oblig'd to alter its Course. 1719 D. Defoe 47 [The hurricane] came about to the North-West, and then settled into the North-East. 1796 P. Hoare ii. 31 If the wind comes about a point to-morrow, we'll weigh, and then for Arethusa's glory. 1990 D. Walcott vii. 40 He saw..a yellow dress whipped like a sail in the wind when the wind comes about. society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > tack or make tacks society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > go about > by tacking 1777 J. Cook II. iii. vii. 90 When we had hardly room to veer, the ship came about, and having filled on the starboard tack, we stood off N.E. 1877 24 Nov. 438/1 The catamarans seem to possess a remarkable ability of steering well under any disposition of sail. I have beat them to windward, coming about surely every time with the jib alone, or with nothing but the mainsail. 1987 J. Barth (1988) 87 He goes to jiffy-reef the main [sail] before we come about and beat homeward. 2009 C. White ii. 76 The captain..spun the wheel hard to starboard. Rebecca came about, salt spraying over the bow. the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > turn favourably in opinion the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > comply the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > be cheerful [verb (intransitive)] > become cheerful or cheer up the world > action or operation > amending > provide a remedy [verb (intransitive)] > come right the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > beguile, cajole [verb (transitive)] 1593 R. Bancroft viii. 138 You haue heard how Beza and some others disliked of Zanchius confession, and wherefore. But now hee is come about, and is grown to be fully of Zanchius iudgement. 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iv. i, in I. 565 The lady Havghty lookes well to day, for all my dispraise of her..I thinke, I shall come about to thee againe. View more context for this quotation a1652 R. Brome New Acad. ii. ii. 38 in (1659) La . Can she talk thus? ha! Whim. A merry harmlesse Girle. Fear not, good Madam, she will come about. 1709 J. Strype xlv. 456 He had been a very zealous protestant, but under Q. Mary came about, and was as hot the other way. 1775 R. B. Sheridan i. ii. 14 If you were just to let the servants forget to bring her dinner for three or four days, you can't conceive how she'd come about. 1825 W. Scott 29 Nov. (1890) I. 62 After a cessation of friendship for some years, we have now come about again. 1829 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in 26 Sept. 401 Some people..consoled themselves by saying things would come about again... They deceived themselves, things did not come about; the seasons came about, it was true; but something must be done to bring things about. 1944 G. Heyer xiv. 156 I don't deny I am a trifle scorched this year, but I shall come about! 1997 ‘A. Scott’ xxiv. 371 Daresay he's annoyed to think Gabriel pulled the wool over his eyes, but he'll soon come about. the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)] 1607 T. Middleton ii. sig. C3v To her indeed tis, this wheele comes about. 1680 J. Moxon I. xi. 197 If the Diameter of the Rowler be smaller, the Work comes so much swifter about. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > from one's house or place ?1516 T. More He myght not come abrode. ?1532 T. Paynell tr. Erasmus x. sig. L.ij He dredde and was ashamed to come abrode in the syght of folkes. 1578 T. Cooper (new ed.) Abdere se literis, to liue unknowne in continuall studie, and neuer come abroade. 1621 R. Burton i. ii. iii. vi. 134 They dare not come abroad all their liues after, but melancholize in corners. 1682 N. Grew iv. ii. vi. 174 Keeping the Plants warm, and thereby enticing the young lurking Flowers to come abroad. 1746 J. Hervey Refl. Flower-garden 73 in Such would be the ill Effect, if the most stately Species of Flowers should presume to come abroad in the blustering Months. 1752 C. Lennox I. i. v. 21 I did not imagine he would have been well enough to come abroad so soon. 1823 J. Badcock 17 The acid..usually comes abroad at five times the strength of vinegar. 1887 22 June 3/6 The Queen..drove all the way from Constitutional Hill to Westminster... Immense multitudes..had come abroad to welcome her. 1916 C. M. Doughty iv. 87 The people come abroad, is thronging then, To wells. society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (intransitive)] > spread or be current 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart II. f. lxxxxiiiiv/1 When these wordes came abrode [Fr. furent bien ouvertes en tous lieux] and to the herynge of the kynges vncles, they were ryght gladde therof. 1532 T. More Pref. sig. Bbv Of all theyr bookes that yet came abrode in englysshe..was neuer none yet so bad, so folysshe, nor so false as hys. 1582 Luke viii. 17 For there is not any thing..hid, that shall not be knowen, and come abrode. 1637 W. Prynne 24 When this new Booke was printed, no Coppies must come abrode..before the Bishop of London had presented it to your Majesty, and gained your Royall approbation thereof. a1676 M. Hale (1677) To Rdr. Some Writings of mine have without my privity come abroad in Print. 1761 G. Colman Ded. sig. A Now the Piece is come abroad into the World, give me leave to hope that You will take it under your Protection. a1799 J. Meikle (1803) 73 If it comes abroad that you live near God, and above the vanities of time, you will forthwith be a gazing-stock to all. 1909 Proc. Conf. Care Dependent Children 152 in (60th Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Doc. 721) XIII No State can be long indifferent if the notion comes abroad that the education of any class of its young citizens is seriously neglected. 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes iv. xiii. 464 They came abroad a pyrating [Sp. venían en corso] with the other Turks. 1756 M. Calderwood (1884) 222 He was a ree-brained divell, but thought nothing of it, as all the British are so when they come abroad. 1882 29 Apr. 472/2 I came abroad to study abdominal and pelvic surgery. 1914 E. Pound in Dec. 129 It is natural and proper that I should have to come abroad to get printed. 1988 (Nexis) 16 June There are too many Britons behaving badly when they come abroad on holiday. 2006 W. Ngwa & L. Ngwa iv. 43 Friends and acquaintances who went to Africa, married and successfully petitioned for their wives to come abroad. the mind > possession > relinquishing > make relinquishment [verb (intransitive)] > hand over to another society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] 1895 7 Dec. 5/3 There is no other course for him to pursue except to come across with the cash. 1910 13 Aug. 8/1 I knew pull was required..but I hadn't learned that I'd have to come across with the price as well. 1915 J. London viii. 62 You might as well come across now and save trouble. 1928 D. L. Sayers 16 I think you ought to come across with the rest of the story. 1948 M. Allingham xxii. 253 ‘Did she admit it?’ ‘Yes... But she wouldn't come across till dawn.’ 1991 J. Phillips 550 He..made me crawl, and then never came across with the dough. 1917 21 Nov. 6/3 Lenine's [sic] particular objection to capitalism in America is that it won't come across like capitalism in Germany. 1923 26 Mar. ‘Magda’, dressed as a comedy of manners of a hundred years ago, would probably come across more satisfactorily than it does played as..contemporary tragedy. 1957 27 July 9/4 He'd look at the rushes and she was wonderful: something came across on the screen that he had never seen while playing with her. 1974 5 Aug. 57/1 O'Brien comes across as a deeply dedicated party man. 1998 M. A. Butler 168 The radio broadcast of the speech came across badly. 2009 ‘R. Keeland’ tr. S. Larsson xxv. 493 If Salander had come in..wearing a twin-set and pearls and sensible shoes, she would have came across as a con artist. 1922 R. McAlmon 236 They'd go so far and no further, and then..say that maybe they'd come across another night. 1977 P. K. Dick iii. 30 ‘Donna, I've observed, shows an inordinate failure of sexual arousal, to an unnatural degree.’.. ‘Shit, you just mean she won't come across.’ 2010 B. Arndt (2012) vi. 145 He had told his wife that if she didn't ‘come across’ regular he'd look elsewhere. 1. intransitive. the world > time > frequency > [verb (intransitive)] > recur the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > return towards point of departure > again OE Ælfric (Laud) 46 Þæt folc com ongean fram Chaldea lande to Iudea lande & hi Hierusalem þa burh eft arærdon. c1380 (1879) l. 804 Y for-bed hem..fro þenne þay ne scholde go, Or ich hadde sum viage done & til hem come a-geyn. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 29 It [sc. tyme] wol nat come agayn..Namoore than wol Malkyns maydenhede Whan she hath lost it in hir wantownesse. 1490 W. Caxton tr. (1885) ii. 64 Yf your fader come agayn from the courte, he shall wyll yelde you to the kynge Charlemayne. a1500 (a1460) (1994) I. iv. 51 Go home, son. Com sone agane. 1555 H. Latimer Let. 15 May in J. Strype (1721) III. ii. xxxvi. 103 But now, Derly Beloved, to come againe, Be not ashamed of the Ghospell of God. a1643 W. Cartwright Poems in (1651) sig. P7 Methinks the first Age comes again, and we See a Retrivall of Simplicity. 1699 W. Dampier ii. i. 22 She would come again to the Wind, till another Sea struck her off again. 1730 T. Gataker 16 I think I've disabled that poaching Varlet from ever coming again. a1743 J. Cannon (2010) II. 390 I..requested to be excused that night but promised to come again the next following. 1812 Ld. Byron i. vii. 6 Monks might deem their time was come agen. 1897 A. Hartshorne xv. 82 A glass called a ‘Wiederkom’ was one which was filled, passed round the table..and ‘came again’ empty. 1906 R. H. Benson v. 91 It would be about half an hour before the King's dinner-time..that Master Richard came again to the hall. 1963 N. Bawden iv. 59 She looked at Ben. ‘You'll come again, won't you?’ 2014 (Nexis) 2 July 9 Soon after that payout, he came again to see me. c1300 St. Alban (Laud) l. 69 in C. Horstmann (1887) 69 Euere þat watur..cam al a-ȝein ase it was er. c1450 (1904) I. 218 With þatt sho come agayn vnto hur selfe, & thankid God. 1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham iv. f. 7v Hys spyrite beganne a lytyll and a lytill to come ageyne. 1535 Judges xv. 19 Whan he dranke, his sprete came agayne, and he was refreszshed. 1611 2 Kings v. 14 His fleshe came againe . View more context for this quotation 1661 G. Havers tr. M. de Scudéry V. i. 68 The Prince..departed assoon as he understood Lysimena was come again from her swoon. 1682 T. Southerne iv. 43 Gently, gently raise her: She breaths, she comes agen. 1818 Dec. 503 (Jam.) My dochter was lang awa [in a swoon], but whan she cam again, she tauld us, etc. a1895 T. C. Peter MS Coll. Cornish Words in (1898) I. 706/1 To come again, of hay, &c.: to get green again when nearly dry. 1489 W. Caxton xv. sig. Dv We rede that ther wer two religious men..and that one said to that other, that he that first deyed of them bothe shold come again yf it were to him possible. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara iii. xlviii. f. 230/2 Those, that woulde flye the vyage of death..and desire to come againe. 1588 J. Lyster f. 65 Shall none walke (as some imagine) nor come agayne after death? 1603 G. Downame ii. xii. 113 Nero who died aboue 1500. yeares agoe should come againe in his owne person to be Antichrist. 1696 C. Pusey 25 When must they obtain that second Covenant-State, if they die without it, unless they come again, seeing, in the Grave there is no Repentance? 1799 E. Gunning II. xxviii. 45 Sir Robert and her sisters would not shew the testament, though she should come again in the shape of an angel. 1876 A. Parker 78 Come again, to return after death. 1884 R. Holland (1886) (at cited word) I remember a gentleman, who was drowned whilst skating, was popularly believed to ‘come again’. 1906 C. S. Burne in T. Auden 122 After his death his ghost could not rest, and he came again in the farm buildings at Bagbury in the form of an enormous bull. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > actions of horse 1841 Jan. 42 Bokhara ‘came again’ on the day, and few felt comfortable in being heavy against the worthy baronet. 1871 Sept. 366 Mr. Merry's horse came again a little at York. 1946 21 Nov. 21/1 Many of the supporters of [a certain horse] were ready to throw away their tickets when the odds-on favorite gave up the command, but cheered loudly when he ‘came again’ to win going away. 1962 9 Apr. 4/5 The masters conjured up their second or third wind and came again. 2014 (Nexis) 12 Apr. (Sport section) 40 Even when he was uncomfortable in the ground after doing plenty of work being pushed wide on the track, he still came again at the finish. the mind > language > speech > repetition > [phrase] > requesting that speaker repeat words 1884 G. W. Peck 112 ‘My chum had a pain in the small of her back and she confided in me, and after diagnosing the case—’ ‘Come again, please,’ said the old man, when she struck the college word. ‘You whiched the case?’ a1901 B. E. Woolf Mighty Dollar in B. H. Clark (1943) 496 Mrs. Gil. She is constantly running after young Charley Brood, to make a misalliance. Slote. Come again? Mrs. Gil. A misalliance. 1933 M. Lowry iii. 165 ‘Ah, no savee sing Tipperlairley, hey?’ ‘Come again, brother.’ ‘No savee sing Tipperlairley?’ ‘Oh, Tipperary. Yes, yes.’ 1956 ‘A. Gilbert’ xvii. 180 Nurse Alexander startled them all by saying suddenly, ‘No scones.’ Crook turned. ‘Come again, sugar?’ 2011 A. Gibbons (2012) viii. 82 ‘Spit it out,’ he said. ‘Come again?’ ‘Whatever's on your mind. Come on, cough.’ 1. intransitive. ?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio f. 105v He came along with me, euen vnto Prima porta. 1591 M. Sutcliffe sig. B1 Certaine sory Hindes, and Ragazzoes..come along with the baggage of the Campe. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo iii. 280 in There came along with them the President's Lady, whom he had not seen in seven years before. 1701 G. Farquhar ii. ii. 14 Hang your Family-Dinners; Come along with me. 1748 T. Smollett I. xxiv. 219 Yo, ho! brother, you must come along with me. 1825 Jan. 40/1 I left all the Indians but two, who came along with me to a part of the wood. 1852 W. L. G. Smith xxxii. 480 ‘Come, Dinah, I'm guine to de hotel,’ said Pompey. ‘An' leave Tommy so quick?’ she said. ‘No. He can come along too.’ 1904 R. E. Young iii. 88 If you are going to supper, I'll come along, too. 1951 Nov. 80 He agreed to accompany me for nothing. Bertram and his younger brother also came along. 2007 H. Kunzru 33 Only Alan came along with me as I pushed my way forward. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > towards or with the speaker the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > move towards the speaker or this place the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > call to advance [interjection] 1590 R. Wilson sig. C3 What lacke ye? Come along and buy nothing: fine Ballades, new Ballades, what lack ye? 1597 M. Drayton f. 67v And in precession as they came along, with Himeneus sang thy marriage song. 1612 B. Jonson iii. v. sig. H3 Come along, Sir I now must shew you Fortunes priuy lodgings. View more context for this quotation 1694 26 I kept a Light out all Night, that the Pink might see if she came along. 1734 A. Pope 341 Come then, my Friend! my Genius! come along. 1746 139 A Column of them in Disorder were coming along westwards under a ‘spouty’ bank. 1836 C. Dickens (1837) ii. 7 ‘Come along, then’, said he of the green coat. 1850 Ld. Tennyson xxxvii. 58 I murmur'd, as I came along, Of comfort clasp'd in truth reveal'd. View more context for this quotation 1868 S. E. Rookes 78 Come along, missus, I can't be a waiting here all night. Come along, will you? 1902 M. B. Betham-Edwards xiv. 131 Come along, Jimmy, and help me to roar out the bread. 1998 S. Waters i. 27 ‘Just that you like her,’ he said simply. ‘Now will you come along, or what?’ 2. intransitive. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive 1734 I. 454/2 As she was standing at the End of Stone-Cutters Alley, a Gentleman came along, and asked her what she stood there for? 1842 3 Dec. 95/3 When the freight train came along..he was scraped up by the ‘cow catcher’ and thrown aside. 1873 1 Oct. 437/1 One of these days ‘Mr. Right’ would come along, and all would be well. 1928 7 Dec. 4/ ‘Don't sit down,’ the wardrobe mistress cautioned the girls when she came along and found some of them perched upon a ‘prop’ table. 1933 E. A. Robertson x. 225 You see, the man she'd married before I came along, 'e 'adn't been bothering 'er for years. 2007 (Nexis) 9 Oct. 18 Bruce changed the rugby landscape in Scotland. Before he came along, all the FP clubs were virtual closed shops. 1946 28 Sept. 41/3 Martin [is] still one of the best new singers to come along in many a day. 1952 R. Sherbrooke-Walker i. 3 The problem became acute when ‘Ground Defence’ came along in the early days. 1994 19 Feb. a15/1 [The net-cam] is probably the most exciting development in hockey coverage to come along since the instant replay. 2007 9 Oct. (Extra section) 13/2 Nicotine gum came along in the 1970s, while the nicotine patch was invented in 1989. the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] 1844 10 July Our plantations are coming along well—shaking off the vermin, and hourly becoming more clean and healthy. 1881 4 July 430/1 The people there were coming along well, striving to live their religion and doing their best to build up the kingdom of God. 1941 24 Aug. v. 8/2 Crowley said the All-Stars had come along satisfactorily and he felt they would be in top shape for their meeting with the football Giants. 1952 B. Hamilton iv. 35 How are the cami-knicks coming along, Miss Demarest? 1996 D. Paterson in H. Ritchie 72 The new poem is coming along like a dream. 2005 27 Nov. 66/5 The green bridge across the Brisbane River to the University of Queensland is coming along nicely. the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate, come, or go apart [verb (intransitive)] 1764 A. Purver I. (Psalms xxii. 14) 656/2 I am poured out like Water, and all my Bones come apart. 1787 Nov. 961/1 There were hardly three stones remained together; and those that did adhere to one another, in a few days came apart. 1825 J. Jennings 69 To sleeze,..to separate; to come apart: applied to cloth, when the warp and woof readily separate from each other. 1893 T. R. R. Stebbing iv. 46 It [sc. the intestinal canal] is sometimes deeply cleft, as though the two terga, or dorsal plates, of the body-ring had come apart. 1949 J. G. Watkins vi. 64 Those fingers get tighter and tighter together... No matter how hard we try, they will not come apart. 1967 J. Wain 125 The two objectives were stuck together and would not come apart in his mind. 2016 (Nexis) 20 Jan. (Sport section) 56 He was annoyed that replays showed his hands coming apart for the first catch when he and Farbrace have repeatedly practised keeping them together. 2. intransitive. See also to come apart at the seams (see seam n.1 1d). 1822 12 Oct. 113 [The whip].., owing to the terrible violence with which it had been used, broke, or rather, came apart. 1861 A. Eldridge 15 It is altogether too early to talk of dissolution and decay... Do nations come apart, and when the dew of youth is still upon them? Never. 1901 J. Black 35 We have never seen a pinned ladder come apart. 1989 D. Maharidge & M. Williamson iv. i. 132 As her family came apart, she became bitter but full of self-determination. 2012 ‘Gentle Author’ 350/2 We love them for..their make-up that smears, their wigs that come off and their trashy costumes that come apart. the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > be or become mad [verb (intransitive)] 1954 R. Lardner ii. i. 159 Some day he'll come apart like a clay pigeon. I think April realizes it too; she's always in there buttering him up whenever he gets that Messiah look in his eye. 1959 Mar. 24/2 If any old pilot ever had an excuse to crack, you have had. I saw you beginning to come apart when they gave you the medal for ‘a lifetime devoted to airpower’... That rocked you. 1971 B. K. Green 210 When Ruth..saw Frank layin' there kind of an ash color, sensitive womanlike that she was she nearly came apart. 2011 24 Mar. 49/4 More recent, journo-heavy reports explore our current-day fascination with celebrities coming apart. Less usual in British English than to come round. 1. intransitive. the world > time > period > cycle of time > [verb (intransitive)] > come with the revolution of time 1773 J. Macpherson tr. Homer I. ii. 56 With the blood of bulls and lambs, the sons of Athens appease the power, when the stated time comes around, with the revolving years. 1799 J. M. Russell in tr. Virgil 32 The waning autumn comes around. 1876 22 Nov. By the time election day came around, the negroes were..afraid of their lives to vote. 1912 Jan. 19/1 I worked like a beaver, and, before rent-day came around, had two housekeeping apartments and one ‘bachelor suite’ nicely fitted up. 1994 Sept. 14/1 The end of July seems to come around quicker every year. 2015 (Nexis) 7 May 32 It is only when spring comes around and plants cover these muddy areas that the real results begin to appear. the world > time > [verb (intransitive)] 1829 1 Oct. 2/2 I..believed, that if Mr. Adams was re-elected, such would be the power obtained through patronage, before another 4 years came around, that the seeming election of a president, by the people, would be but mere mockery. 1868 G. Catlin i. 10 You and I will make a smash among 'em, George, before many days come around. 1904 J. M. Rogers xvii. 233 Before ten years came around Clay had repented again. 1999 O. Davies tr. Rhigyfarch Life St. David in O. Davies & T. O'Loughlin iv. 194 The nine months came around..and the time for the birth drew near. 2014 (Nexis) 4 Apr. (Sport section) I had such a long time to go before I could play again. So I decided to live for the day and before I knew it the two years came around and I'm back playing. 2. intransitive. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow from a particular quarter > change direction 1797 J. Clerk ii. iv. 32 The wind coming around all of a sudden to the west. 1838 Nov. 346/2 ‘Let go the mainsail, and be d——d to you!’ he shouted.., as she rolled frightfully, and then..came around. 1856 J. S. Peacocke xxx. 363 The wind now increased, and suddenly came around. 1903 A. M. Winfield v. 41 The wind is coming around, too. It's goin' to be a different storm from what we generally git around these waters. 1992 P. T. Deutermann (1994) xiii. 111 The three of them waited patiently as the boat came around in a slow turn. 2002 T. Zimmermann xiii. 300 The wind came around to the beam again, and the equator lay ahead. the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > be cheerful [verb (intransitive)] > become cheerful or cheer up 1853 6 Jan. Your merchants and capitalists..will come around, practically, to the democratic platform, as they did with regard to Texas, Oregon and California. 1865 10 May It will be sometime before a few of the restless spirits can be subdued, but they will come around. 1908 Aug. 174/1 ‘She'll come around,’ she told him privately. ‘She's sulky because she can't have everything her own way.’ 1958 19 May 26/2 The NATO nations..finally and gladly came around to Dulles' views on a summit conference. 2010 C. Fitzgerald (2011) 345 So everyone is coming around to my idea that Pernazzo is the person we want? society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (intransitive)] > visit informally 1822 Age of Reason (new ed.) i. 36 in T. Paine Several vessels following the tract of the ocean, have sailed entirely round the world, as a man may march in a circle, and come around [earlier edd. come round] by the contrary side of the circle to the spot he set out from. 1897 Aug. 443 Could the Teutons have come around by sea..following the litus Saxonicum described in our last paper? 1918 A. Quiller-Couch 356 Jimmy Collingwood is up..and will be coming around from his hotel in a few minutes. 1969 31 July 6/1 Any time you're stuck for a meal..come around. 1981 J. W. Thornton 97 The Korean was coming around by way of that third ridge rather than climbing down into the ravine and up. 2011 (Nexis) 19 Feb. (Sport section) 132 Gal..came around yesterday just to see if I was all right. 1844 Nov. 210 The bread and butter, and dried beef and cheese came around. 1886 22 Feb. 2/5 Members..waited anxiously to touch the cup which her lips had graced. When the wrong cup was presented they preferred to..wait until the coveted cup came around. 1912 ‘Titanic’ Disaster: Hearings before Subcomm. of Comm. on Commerce 628 in (62nd Congr., 2nd Session: Senate Doc. 726) XXVIII Then the word came around from the starboard side there was a collapsible boat getting launched. 1955 21 Feb. 3/5 When the dice came around, the oil man shook them. 1995 R. Dawkins v. 147 Individuals will probably start to balk when the same chain letter comes around to them for the second time. 2013 S. G. Brown ix. 226 ‘There are handouts coming around to your tables,’ Katherine explained. 1852 (U.S. Circuit Court: Northern District N.Y.) 78 In the face of that wheel, on one side, there were knives placed..; the knives coming around..by pressing the piece of heading up. 1873 Oct. 296 It is hard to keep pace with the gyrations of an itinerate life..; just as we become accustomed to think of a friend as being in such a place..the wheel comes around, and he is removed to some distant point. 1902 14 June 382/2 When the minute hand of the watch came around and touched the wire, it closed the circuit and rang the night bell. 1999 J. R. Pierce 284 History was seen as repeating itself endlessly. I would like that. I would like time to come around again to what it was. 2014 (Nexis) 4 Oct. (Weekend section) 10 His impulse to wander the world kicks in once more, and the book comes around full circle. 1873 July 185/2 He talked..of school and studies, until..the conversation came around to the Sunday-school and the meeting of that afternoon. 1921 19 July 2/3 Wherever and whenever any group of business men engages in a discussion of business conditions, the discussion invariably comes around to a consideration of railroad freight rates. 1990 P. Auster (1992) iv. 89 By the time they were crunching on the last of the potato chips, the talk had come around to poker. 2015 (Nexis) 23 Nov. (Culture section) BBC4 is always the name that is brought up when the conversation comes around to cutting back. the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [verb (intransitive)] > recover one's normal consciousness > from a faint or swoon 1886 L. L. Lynch vi. 56 I'll fan her a bit. See; she's beginning to come around. 1908 M. R. Rhinehart xxiii. 244 When I came around Liddy was rubbing my temples with eau de quinine. 1962 18 May 35/1 Carpenter was unconscious for four days. When he finally came around, he still had to spend more than two weeks in the hospital. 2005 K. M. Grant (2006) 152 Marissa fainted. She came around to find herself stared at by a dark-eyed stranger. 1. intransitive. society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] eOE (Parker) anno 914 Þa slog hie mon æt ægþrum cirre, þæt hira feawa onweg comon. eOE tr. Orosius (BL Add.) (1980) v. ii. 114 Claudius..þohte þæt he Romana bismer gewrecan sceolde; ac he hit on þæm færelte swiþor geiecte, & uneaþe self com aweg. 1498 (de Worde) sig. Bij/2 He wente ayen to vyce..& bad hym come away. 1548 F. Bryan tr. A. de Guevara iv. sig. d.viiv If I had not come awaye so soone, that office or that dignitie had been myne. 1588 Certaine Advts. Ireland sig. A ivv, in Ld. Burghley The Admirall came away with seuen and twenty sayle which this examina[n]t did tell. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iv. 50 Come away, come away death, And in sad cypresse let me be laide. View more context for this quotation 1665 S. Pepys 13 Apr. (1972) VI. 79 When the company begin to dance, I came away, lest I should be taken out. 1672 R. Montagu in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Duke of Buccleuch (1899) I. 517 in (C. 9244) XLVI. 1 I shall come away with so good a character from this place, that I shall not have shamed my respondent. 1713 S. Sewall (1879) II. 386 I press'd him, and came away with some hope; obliged Cuffee to call for him. 1744 R. North & M. North 166 We conned our Thanks, and came away. 1807 T. S. Surr I. 146 I am always blue deviled when I come away from any of these residences of former monarchy. 1896 J. M. Barrie viii. 97 ‘Come away, Elspeth,’ he said, coaxingly. 1909 T. W. Rolleston 12 Come with me, Etain, O come away, To that Oversea Land of mine! 1914 Nov. 706/1 ‘Come away, now, come away!’ urges the instructor. 1952 33/1 ‘Cairry thee... I dinno ken if I kin manage that. Hooiver a'll trey id. Come awey.’ He..swung her up into his arms. 2001 M. Redhill i. 3 He ordered two mugs of chocolate and a fruit bun for them to share, and when he came away from the register, a table was open in the window. 1867 T. D. English xx. 100 If you don't take care you'll come away with two short stumps sticking to your body. 1871 O. W. Holmes 60 I came away thinking I had discovered a new national custom. 1939 7 Apr. 42/3 Auden and Isherwood came away with a sense of deep and humble respect for the people and the country who had hosted them. 1972 G. Durrell v. 94 Our whistle-stop tours of the villages round about had paid dividends and when we went to visit them again we rarely came away empty handed. 2007 Oct. 35/2 On the few occasions I have dabbled in meditation or mindfulness, I have come away frustrated. the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > become detached [verb (intransitive)] 1575 G. Turberville 274 They annoynte the place with the bloude of a yong Ratte, whiche will cause the broken quyll to come away. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. 467 The flint or rock..will cleaue in length, and come away by the sides in broad flakes. 1671 T. Tenison Let. 7 Nov. in H. Oldenburg (1971) VIII. 346 They take handfulls of the prime of ye sheaf, & lash it against an hurdle a few times 'till only ye Plumper kernells come away. a1722 E. Lisle (1757) 299 The waterish part of the cream comes away first. 1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick I. 206 The Redbreast..beats it [sc. a worm] till the inward part comes away. 1804 J. Abernethy 54 The exposed tumour inflamed and sloughed progressively, till it entirely came away. 1881 A. Lang ii. 41 Three jets of gas..made the backs of books come away in his hand. 1925 C. P. Slater 82 My certy! And me leant quite naitral-like on a chair..and the back of it come away in my hand. 1972 L. M. Klauber I. vi. 355 Often the skin comes away in patches. 2013 25 July 15/4 Press on the knuckle of the truss with your thumb and the fruit should come away easily complete with stalk. the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > bear with or tolerate 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte xv. 324 Their children, though they haue Schoolemaisters and tutors, and themselues take such pains at their booke, yet they come away so meanly with the sciences [It. le scienze s'appiccano loro addosso cosi male]. 1614 R. Carew Excellencie Eng. Tongue in W. Camden (rev. ed.) 39 There are..many of the French [words] which the Italian can hardly come away withall. the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout forth or spring up the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > grow well or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > grow quickly 1669 J. Worlidge vi. 83 For the first half dozen years they make no considerable advance, but afterwards they come away miraculously. a1735 Earl of Haddington Short Treat. Forest-trees 12 in J. G. Reid (1756) This..to be done with all the young plants, till they come away so heartily, that [etc.]. 1800 12 183 Though it [sc. seed] may, in general, spring, that is not sufficient, since it must come away with vigour, and a stock of good health, otherwise it had better not spring at all. 1899 23 Sept. 382/1 When the flowering is over cut back and encourage growth to come away low down. 1927 1 18 Frequently after a period of years patches [of Spruce] come away, while the plants alongside are still in a state of check. 1950 July 4/1 This type of feeding is continued until the spring pasture comes away and hardens up. 2007 J. N. Landers v. 70 The former and B[rachiaria] ruziziensis are preferred for oversowing, because they come away faster. the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > turn out 1823 J. Badcock 139 No two makings coming away alike, but depending entirely upon accident. the mind > mental capacity > memory > have in one's mind, remember [verb (intransitive)] > recur the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > retort or retaliate upon (one) 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. f. ccxviiiv/1 At the dethe of kyng Henry, nor at the coronacyon of Johan his sonne, we were nat present, for by that tyme we were come backe in to Nauer. 1597 W. Shakespeare i. iii. 9 Nurce come back again. 1639 J. Saltmarsh 76 Balles come backe as they are racketted from you. 1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus xiv. 200 If I live to come back again. 1756 J. Wesley 6 Jan. (1931) III. 370 Renounce, despite, abhor all the high-flown bombast, all the unintelligible jargon of the Mystics, and come back to the plain religion of the Bible. 1794 A. Radcliffe IV. ix. 176 Emily..gave the conversation another turn, but it soon came back to the subject of the unhappy nun. 1844 Nov. 348 I left him to come back to consciousness by himself. 1858 C. M. Yonge iv. 37 The pink scarf came back in his mind. a1902 F. Norris (1903) vi. 204 Never since that night could she hear the..piping of night frogs that the scene did not come back to her. 1925 H. L. Foster 137 The tourists..all came back to the train at a painfully slow walk. 2004 H. Strachan xx. 229 He must have come back straight after his food. 2. intransitive. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race [verb (intransitive)] > lose ground 1855 Mar. 166 All he could do was to keep creeping up inch by inch, and trust to the gallant chesnut ‘coming back’ under such terrible treatment, and then catching him close at home. 1890 29 Mar. 462/2 Wade succeeded in maintaining a lead..but from the seventh mile he began to ‘come back’ to his men. 1904 Jan. 142 Footlights Favorite easily raced Mohave into submission and then sprinted away from her field, but tired and was coming back to Dollnda at the finish. 1922 H. Cox xi. 142 Now it suddenly dawned upon my companion, that instead of their coming back to us, we were dropping further astern. 1879 23 June King's Birthday..rose from 9s 9d to 13s, although after the excitement shares came back to 11s 9d. 1961 1 Dec. 640/1 Westinghouse Brake shares came back from 26s. to 24s. 9d. 1984 24 May 445/3 Of those to lose a little ground during the past fortnight Glynwed came back 5p at 153p. 2001 (Nexis) 31 Jan. 20 Exeter Investment Group's share came back 12.4 per cent from its all-time high of GBP 10 as a result of profit taking. the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [verb (intransitive)] > retort 1860 in 6 It is not very chivalric to attack a gentleman when he has no opportunity to come back at you. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ iii. 20 Bob called him a heap rougher names and the Child come back at him with the very worst kind of language. 1905 B. Tarkington 182 ‘Hello, Ben! I hear you're not for me!’ he said cordially. ‘How are you running?’ I came back at him, laughing. ‘Oh, we're going to beat you,’ he answered. 1928 F. N. Hart i. 12 Just as I was thinking of something really bright to come back with, a nice soft little voice in the back of the hall said [etc.]. 2004 S. Hunter (2005) viii. 123 Previously I would've come back at him with cheap insults and big-man swearing. 4. intransitive originally U.S.the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [verb (intransitive)] > again 1882 2 Nov. 1/6 Cloak makers would be thankful for a glimpse into the future in order to know whether or not hoops are coming back. 1893 25 June 22/7 The old aimless, foolish-looking, wallpaper-and-dado style of ornamenting skirts is coming back. 1929 9 May 374/4 The way in which the tulip has ‘come back’ as a garden flower. 1934 11 Apr. 393/3 A West-End barber denies that beards are coming back. 2015 (Nexis) 10 Feb. b1 The retro look is coming back. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > contend in athletics [verb (intransitive)] > regain form in event 1900 19 Dec. 8/1 The ‘Twin’ came back strongly again in the 11th round and with a succession of lefts..he again sent Payne to his corner somewhat in distress. 1955 2 May 5/7 The Scots, however, ‘came back’ excitingly through tries by Elgie and their stocky little half-back. 2007 July (Sri Lanka Suppl.) 9/2 In 2000–1..we came back from 1–0 down to win the series. 1. intransitive. society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > pass by > passing the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > move past c1450 J. Capgrave (Bodl. 423) (1911) 5 So happed a schypard..to kom by, and sey þoo fayr babes. a1566 R. Edwards (1571) sig. Givv Geue place, let the prisoner come by, geue place. 1588 R. Greene sig. C A Barke of Coursayres and pyrates came by, who seeing this ship not greatly manned for defence, bare towardes it. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. i. 156 I did heare The gallopping of Horse. Who was't came by ? View more context for this quotation 1693 W. Congreve i. 8 The Knight..had fallen into the hands of some Nightwalkers, who I suppose would have pillag'd him: But I chanc'd to come by and rescued him. 1709 R. Steele No. 109. ⁋1 There was a great Funeral coming by. 1749 S. Fielding 33 One Day the poor little Creature followed me to the Door; when a Parcel of School-boys coming by, one..ran away with her. 1814 R. Southey v. 198 A Moor came by, and seeing him, exclaimed Ah, Kaffer! 1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in (new ed.) II. 47 John. And when does this come by? James. The mail? At one o'clock. 1902 S. E. White xix If the men from up-river come by. 1948 W. Clewes (1953) iii. 59 A policeman, the same that he had seen earlier, came by, waterproofed and immensely tall. 2011 Z. Strachan 150 The snow plough comes by, and people are pretty quick off the mark with the grit. 1883 Mar. 603/1 Aunt Judy, who sometimes does work for me, came by yesterday morning and evening and milked for me. 1931 E. Ferber i. 13 Jude's younger sister skipped out one day with a peddler..who used to come by once a month. 1987 A. Theroux 145 It was always at the preluding hour of night when Farol finished work that I always expected her to come by. 2009 ‘Zane’ ii. 129 A home nurse would be coming by daily to check on me. 1868 J. C. Atkinson 115 Come by, to move on one side, so as to be out of the way of one passing by. 1898 R. O. Heslop in I. at By(e Come by! what are ye croodlin' aboot like that for? 1965 Sept. 43 ‘Come by, Shuna!’ was his next command [sc. to a sheepdog]. 2009 A. M. Guthrie 40 Usually a flank command, either come bye or away, is given to send the dog on an outrun. I. Senses primarily relating to movement in space. 1. intransitive. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] c1380 (1879) l. 1121 Þay comen doun of þe tour. 1417 in J. Raine (1890) 13 (MED) So that the water comme downe in a pipe of lede. a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 5147 When Criste es common doun to deme. 1465 M. Paston in (2004) I. 300 Now ther ys com down an habeas corpus for hym. 1535 Rev. xii. 12 The deuell is come downe vnto you. 1569 R. Grafton II. 70 At length commeth downe from the Pope two Legates. 1603 tr. iii. sig. C2v Then comes downe mistresse Nurse..in her petticoate and kertle. 1680 J. Dryden i. i. 8 I was just coming down to the Garden-house. 1748 S. Richardson VI. xxix. 96 Eight o'clock at Mid-summer, and these lazy varletesses (in full health) not come down yet to breakfast! 1773 O. Goldsmith i. 12 The gentleman that's coming down to court my sister. 1850 Apr. 256/1 The Chancellor of the Exchequer comes down to the House of Commons. 1876 Jan. 62 The lever comes down with such a force that would crush railroad iron. 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald vii. 170 Tom drove slowly until we were beyond the bend—then his foot came down hard, and the coupé raced along through the night. 1965 June 16 I came down here to ask you to share this task with me. 2010 31 Mar. 25/3 There is no choice but to clamber on the front of the roller coaster... The safety bar comes down. the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > rain heavily the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [verb (intransitive)] the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [verb (intransitive)] > come down (of mist or fog) 1533 J. Heywood sig. C Downe commeth the rayne and setteth the wynde at rest. 1597 A. Hartwell tr. D. Lopes ii. x. 214 This water..commeth downe not in smal drops like our raine, but is powred down (as it were with pailes and buckets). 1617 tr. sig. B4 After so faire a time, thick showers of rain come downe. 1683 N. Crouch 179 A fierce showr of Rain, which seemed rather to come down in pailfuls, than in the common way. 1763 I. iii. 145 At one, the rain came down like a flood, and so continued without intermission till ten o'clock the morning following. 1775 J. Marra 126 In the evening the snow..came down heavily. 1857 21 Feb. 500/1 All day the snow came down. 1891 July 238 The fog has come down as black as pitch. 1939 Feb. 10/2 Slowly the light failed, darkness came down, pitch darkness devoid of stars. 1962 G. E. Evans (ed. 2) ii. 38 A..heavy mist came down. 2005 M. M. Frisby ii. 5 The rain was coming down in buckets at that point. 2. intransitive. With on, upon. society > authority > strictness > make more strict or severe [verb (transitive)] > be severe upon the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > be harsh or severe upon [verb (transitive)] a1492 W. Caxton tr. (1495) i. xcvi. f. cxxix/2 O mi god almyghty I beseche the that thy mede fulnesse come downe now vpon me. 1550 T. Paynell f. lix Like as he is mercyful, so goeth wrath from hym also, and his indignacion commeth downe vpon synners. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin lxxv. 458/2 His wrath came downe vpon you. 1611 Psalms vii. 16 His violent dealing shall come downe vpon his owne pate. View more context for this quotation 1690 W. Lloyd 57 A Plague..came downe upon them, in the midst of their Jollity. 1730 43 To assure the Chosen of God, that all the preparative Work of Wisdom is almost finished and brought to pass, that the Glory of the Lord might come down upon the Works of Wisdom. 1817 Feb. 103 Their prosperity..soon proved to be more apparent than real. At last, the calamity came down upon them. 1830 M. Howitt in 31 Oct. 245 But vengeance comes down on the thief at length. 1913 Aug. 240/1 Persecution came down with great weight upon those who were faithful. 1989 G. Glasse 349/2 God's punishment came down upon the people of Thamūd in the form of an earthquake. 2014 G. Orfalea vi. 89 The Aztecs had finally seen through Cortés; after turning on Montezuma, the brunt of their wrath came down on the pretender-god Spaniard. society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > attack suddenly 1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus ii. iv. sig. Eviiv He sente by nighte Marcellus knyghte, with a small power of fotemen..on the backe syde of his ennemies, and..he commanded [them]..to come down [L. descenderent] on the backe side their ennemys, whan they perceyued the battayl began. 1582 A. Fleming tr. St. Bernard in tr. A. Autpertus 337 What a rebellious troop of enimies come downe vpon vs forceablie. 1688 P. Rycaut tr. G. de la Vega ii. i. viii. 426 They saw the Indians come down upon them in great numbers. 1695 J. Stevens tr. M. de Faria e Sousa II. ii. 108 The whole Army came down upon them, and the Portugueses..were forced to retire in disorder. 1720 D. Manley vi. 294 He saved the Emperor's Life from the Fury of a wild Boar, that had broke the Toyles, and came down upon Otho. 1745 Major Blair 5 The Prince of Anhalt march'd directly towards the Elbe, and..came down on the Austrians and Saxons. 1861 P. B. Du Chaillu iv. 33 The treacherous enemy comes down upon a sleeping village, and shoots the unsuspecting inhabitants. 1878 C. C. Chapman et al. 337 Before the army could be brought forward to their support, the whole rebel army came down on them and overwhelmed the whole Division. 1970 R. Ribman in 28 I was trying to hold a bunker when the Viet Cong came down on us. 1991 J. R. Elting (1995) iv.63 A crowd of drunken, revenge-crazy warriors came down on Frenchtown. society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > severely 1888 R. A. King I. vi. 117 It's too bad to come down always on you, only because you're such a good fellow. 1972 ‘G. Black’ (1973) v. 81 If I find out that you've been holding out on me over this identification, I'll come down on you like a pile driver. 1996 J. P. Entelis 86 The government came down hard on fundamentalists, arresting many leaders, closing down offices, and confiscating journals. 2012 (Nexis) 12 Dec. 20 The world shouldn't come down too harshly on David Cameron for erroneously declaring that his daughter once made him vote for Will Young on The X Factor. 3. intransitive. the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or be demolished a1552 J. Leland (1711) V. 75 How or when thes Trees cam doune other be Cutting or Wind Faulle no Manne ther can telle. 1570 J. Foxe (rev. ed.) I. 310 There was no remedy, but ye Pope would nedes haue the Archbyshops new buildyng to come downe. 1644 T. Hill 36 The Pope hath been raising himselfe a pompous palace..which must come down, it is designed to ruine. 1743 R. Hurd Let. 5 Feb. in (1995) 97 It [sc. an Elm-Walk] spoils a quick-Hedge it stands in, & therefore must come down. 1796 June 518/1 In Dean's Yard, Westminster, part of the old ruinous buildings came down by the violence of the wind with a great crash. 1844 5 i. 109 Large numbers of oaks have recently been felled, and many more are marked to come down. 1868 18 July 135 The roof came down; an avalanche of iron instantly tore walls and gallery down with it. 1904 3 Dec. 398/1 The old nest of buildings came down, and the first section of the Mutual's great building went up. 1997 June 10 The hedge tree needs pruning, and that oak tree has to come down. 2014 (Nexis) 28 July Many..brought cameras to capture the moment when the 325ft towers at coal-fired Didcot A came down. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > specifically of person or animal 1603 S. Harsnett x. 48 Alexander the Apothecarie, riding one day towards London.., his horse fell a plunging, and Alexander came downe. 1652 C. Cotterell tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède iii. vi. 70 Eumenes..was thrust upon his hinder quarters, and came down upon the sand with his Master. 1702 J. Vanbrugh ii. 21 His Horse and he so tired of one another, that they both came down upon the Pavement at the Stable Door. 1803 No. 3. 6 Dr. F—..lost his equilibrium, and came down on the ice. 1890 8 Mar. 363/2 The giraffe he fired at came down. 1905 Oct. 525/1 I fell over a stump and came down on my face. 1937 12 Apr. 49/1 His horse..comes down at the last fence of a recent Oxford University point-to-point steeplechase. 2015 L. R. Hieber 18 His heel turned slightly under him and he came down painfully. society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > land > make crash landing 1909 26 July 3/7 The young aviator..became excited..and ran into a tree. Aviator and aeroplane came down with a crash. 1919 9 Apr. 1493/2 Supposing an aeroplane came down in Piccadilly and killed someone. 1975 A. Trew xxi. 190 The light aircraft..had developed engine trouble and came down in the sea. 1992 Apr. 64/1 In this highly publicized accident, a main rotor blade failed and the helicopter came down beside the garden state parkway. 2016 (Nexis) 30 Jan. 2 A fisherman had seen the plane come down at 12.30pm on Friday, about two kilometres off the Collendina Beach. 1784 Feb. 114/2 When the river came down the people of the house fled for safety to a neighbouring hill. 1795 Nov. 400/1 In Leith harbour the river came down with such force and body as to float the shipping though it was low water. a1805 A. Carlyle (1860) 303 By good luck the river Tweed was not come down, and we crossed it safely at the ford near Norham Castle. 1863 S. Butler vii. 83 The river had come down the evening on which we had crossed it, and so he had been unable to get the beef or himself home again. 1937 E. Hill xxxiii. 255 It is twenty years since the Cooper [river] has come down across the bar of the Strzelecki. 1955 J. H. Wellington I. iii. xiv. 459 From the Kuiseb to the Cunene most of the rivers ‘come down’ two or three times a year, but there is no regularity in the flow. 2011 (Nexis) 15 Dec. 70 With only a relatively small area along the river frontage subject to inundation, day to day activity has not been affected by the river coming down. society > education > educational administration > university administration > [verb (intransitive)] > leave 1839 9 Feb. 327/3 Wilson, discoursing..about the literary men who flourished there when he first came down from Oxford. 1882 Jan. 27 William Brook had come down from Oxford just before, his mind made up not to be a clergyman. 1924 10 June 133 He himself was not exactly sent down from Oxford, but found it convenient to come down after one term. 1932 A. J. Worrall 65 He is coming down from Oxford at Easter. 2009 28 Aug. 21/5 All students of English literature ought to put aside a month to read and study this book before going up to university—and then another month when they come down! II. Senses not primarily relating to movement in space. the mind > emotion > humility > be humble [verb (intransitive)] > become humble the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > become poor a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xlviii. 18 Cum doun [L. descende] fro glorie, sit in thrist, thou dwelling of the doȝter of Dibon. 1535 Deut. xxviii. 43 Thou shalt come downe alowe [L. descendes]. 1554 H. Hilarie sig. Ciiij And then shal ye also come doune, doune, And be had no more in estimacion, Laughed to scorne shal ye be with your shauen croune. 1613 W. B. tr. J. de Meung 118 For all his aspiring to mount so hie, He may chaunce come down to base beggery. 1708 R. Fleming II. iii. viii. 677 May we not sit down and wonder..that Christ should condescend to come down so low, for our sakes, who were Rebels against God. 1788 J. Skinner I. xviii. 274 Henry..might think it prudent to come down even to that mortifying degree of humility. 1850 Oct. 633/2 Some folks who are so high will have to come down a peg. 1889 C. E. L. Riddell I. i. 8 They had come down in the world. 1915 Dec. 708 Have I come down so low as to be seen by the charities? 1927 E. P. Mathers tr. I. v. 26 The unfortunate traveller will soon come down to begging by the roadside. 2007 K. Harbaugh in M. J. Putney et al. 210 She would find work, even if it were in a brothel. But she could feel her soul shrivel at the thought... It shamed her that she had come down so low. 7. intransitive. the world > space > direction > specific directions > have specific directions [verb (intransitive)] > have downward direction 1443 in A. H. Thompson (1919) II. 131 That your vayles come downe nyghe to your yene. 1581 T. Nicholas tr. A. de Zárate i. vi. sig. C.iiiiv Their women were garments made of Cotton woll, like vnto gownes which come downe to their feete. a1589 L. Mascall (1590) sig. L Which string comes downe to the bridge. 1632 W. Lithgow vii. i. 353 Their women..whose vpper gownes come no further downe than their middle thighes. 1652 C. Cotterell tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède iii. iii. 155 The skirt came down as far as his knee. 1744 A. Dobbs 165 Their Hair came down to their Ears. 1786 R. Cumberland III. lxv. 44 A close-bellied doublet coming down with a peake behind as far as the crupper. 1834 Mar. 60/2 The path came down through a bushy hollow upon the bank above the water. 1849 16 12/2 The..forest..comes down to the water's edge. 1913 140 806/2 The stick was wedged in... It came down below the saws about six inches. 1997 ‘S. Shem’ i. 15 A fiftyish..man with thick, curly chestnut hair coming down over his brow like a helmet. 1740 S. Richardson I. xxxi. 141 I am now come down in my Writing to this present Saturday, and a deal I have written. 1825 15 21/2 The latest accounts of the patient come down to the fifteenth day after the operation. 1838 G. L. Craik & C. MacFarlane I. iii. v. 614/1 Their narrative comes down to the year 1156. 1908 16 Jan. 245/1 To come down to later times, Kekulé is said to have become professor of chemistry in Geneva in 1858. 1920 O. F. Morton xii. 104 The Recent Period begins with the cessation of hostilities in 1865 and comes down to the present year. 2005 G. Forsythe (2006) iii. 68 Diodorus Siculus..wrote a universal history of the ancient world,..beginning with the mythical past and coming down to the year 60 B.C. 8. intransitive. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > descendant > be descended [verb (intransitive)] c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) l. 3156 Þat þai ware comen doun of kyngis. the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue > after something else or survive 1529 T. More i. f. xxxvii/1 Many thyngys ar there lyke, whyche as holy doctours agree, were taught thappostels by Cryste, & the church by thappostels, and so comen downe to our days by contynuall successyon fro theyrs. 1609 R. Parsons viii. 579 This is an ancient law of the Brittans, & from them come down to our tyme without change or alteration. 1646 H. Hammond 158 If he doubted of the truth of it, tell him the authority, by which it comes downe to us in a continued, undistributed, undenied tradition. 1711 J. Addison No. 101. ¶7 Nothing of this nature is come down to us. 1762 J. Macpherson p. xii This custom came down near to our own times. 1836 July 90/1 Thy MSS. have come down to us..ungnawed by the tooth of Time. 1879 M. J. Guest xxxv. 352 The tales had come down from the old heathen times. 1916 14 Dec. 1639/1 It is most interesting to study the different portraits of Christ which have come down to us through the years. 1953 23 Sept. The slang ‘hoke’ for a gentleman of the road comes down to us from hocus-pocus. 2004 H. Janin i. 5 Most of the records which have come down to us from this era are legal documents. the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (intransitive)] > decline in price or fall 1548 W. Forrest Pleasaunt Poesye 481 in T. Starkey (1878) i. p. xcvii Pryuate Commodye withe Commone wealthe to scorse: as Rentis to come downe from owterage so hye too Price indifferent to helpe manye bye. 1571 J. Bridges 125 The price of Christ was come downe to foure pence, mutche vnder Iudas price. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. xxix. i. 348 The market is well fallen, and the prices come downe of their workmanship. 1640 in J. Rushworth (1692) I. 71 Resolved, That the Popish Commanders and Popish Officers shall be continued in pay till the Money come down, and no longer. 1727 D. Defoe i. iii. 63 If the wise Men..did not daily produce some new Discoveries, 'twas evident the Price and Rate of Southsaying would come down to nothing. 1793 J. Smeaton (ed. 2) §315 Its lustre diminished..till it came down to a star of about the third magnitude. 1832 H. Martineau iii. 39 When prices fall and wages must come down. 1850 Dec. 719/2 The rent must come down. 1906 M. R. Chowdhury 124 In 1889-90, 342 girls attended the Middle English Schools; the number came down to 268 in 1895-96. 1968 16 Mar. 86/2 One of the Americans' hopes would be that, after an initial soaring, the free market price of gold could come down again. 2010 10 June 31/1 The price of food came down. 10. intransitive. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > be occupied with a topic [verb (intransitive)] > be a matter of 1674 J. D. ii. 27 A pox on't, I shall spoil all I fear, if I talk much, and I cannot come right down to the matter. 1687 A. Behn 110 Octavio..durst not come right down to the Point. 1746 11 Oct. 1/1 To come down to our Point, with regard to Objects more immediately in our View. 1839 S. Smith iii. 44 I ain't agoin' to talk to you about Debby, nor no sich nonsense, but come right down to matters of more importance. 1844 3 Feb. 364/2 It all comes down to the work of the human hand. 1889 Apr. 46/1 You may settle as you may..but it all comes down to this—that if, after a way-bill reaches its destination [etc.] 1902 W. D. Howells 212 A good..donkey would be worth all their tribe when it came down to hard work. 1962 iv. 33 The expressions in question actually have quite different uses... Not always, certainly—there are cases..in which they come down to much the same. 1989 Dec. 59/2 When it comes down to playing onstage, he's unbeatable, really. 2014 23 Oct. a5/3 Everything comes down to reducing our cost structure. 1872 June 580/2 And when you come down to it, who is he? and where did he come from? 1891 H. C. Bunner 74 'Tain't much better, when you come right down to it. 1900 ‘H. Castlemon’ ix. 114 ‘I leave it to yourself to determine whether or not you have any authority in the matter.’ ‘I don't suppose I have, if you really come down to it.’ 1927 Feb. 17/2 Men, when you come down to it, are men. 1931 L. Steffens ii. xxxvi. 616 He did not—when it came right down to it, he would not—give me his evidence against individuals. 1967 21 Apr. 77 (advt.) Don't let the good looks fool you. When you really come down to it, it's still a Volkswagen. 1973 29 Sept. c6/2 If it comes down to it, we..would be prepared to accept a voluntary embargo. 2007 J. McCourt v. 224 But when it comes right down to it, frankly, I couldn't be arsed, I really couldn't. society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] > lay down money ?1688 (single sheet) Till Preachers and Pleaders came down with their Guinies, Which I pocketed up. 1700 W. Congreve iii. i. 34 What Pension does your Lady propose?..she must come down pretty deep now, she's super-annuated. 1728 J. Gay iii. i. 39 Did he tip handsomely? How much did he come down with? 1765 C. Johnstone III. i. ii. 10 I'll make them come down, and handsomely too, or they shall repent it. 1773 O. Goldsmith i. 10 When you come down with your pence, For a slice of their scurvy religion. a1817 J. Austen (1818) IV. x. 227 Money, you know, coming down with money—..it cannot be a very agreeable operation. View more context for this quotation 1836 T. P. Thompson (1842) IV. 381 The popular phrase of coming down with ‘the dust’. 1878 15 288/2 But even rich fathers aren't willing Always to come down with the pelf. 1902 Oct. 540 They would like to know if the general public..will come down with the needful cash. 1974 J. I. M. Stewart (1976) iii. 52 He has an old aunt, he says, who comes down handsome at need. the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > catch illness 1837 25 Nov. 344/2 One man..who assisted at the burying the dead the first day, come down with the disease. 1895 J. S. Wood 77 The good Deacon almost feared he was about to come down with a fever. 1911 J. C. Lincoln ix. 147 The housekeeper felt sure he was ‘coming-down’ with some disease or other. 1925 V. Woolf 253 It did not matter that she should come down sneezing to-morrow. 1961 R. Winston & C. Winston tr. T. Mann viii. 83 I was suffering from a severe headache, and the following morning I came down with a grippe that attacked stomach and intestines. 1965 Aug. 98/2 I haven't been sleeping well... Maybe I'm coming down with something. 2010 S. Kean (2011) Introd. 3 I came down with strep throat something like a dozen times in the second and third grades. the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > choose [verb (transitive)] 1886 S. P. Jones xxiv. 440 Well, now, friends, I will come down on your side of the question, and will talk on that side a while. 1889 17 Apr. 1340/1 They will find that every year petitions have come down in favor of this course. 1934 G. B. Shaw On the Rocks (new ed.) ii, in 261 I might come down on your side, Arthur, if I spotted you as a winner. 1951 60 124 Woozley..comes down in favour of a Stoutean form of expression. 2002 O. Figes (2003) iii. iii. 168 It was not until the First World War that the state came down on the side of sobriety. 1944 (Mayor's Comm. Marihuana, New York, N.Y.) ii. 145 When the desired effects have passed off and the smoker has ‘come down’, smoking one [marijuana] cigarette brings the ‘high’ effect on again. 1970 R. Thorp & R. Blake 147/2 I spent the rest of the trip opening and closing doors until I came down. 1991 23 Dec. 5/3 When the ravers have come down from one ecstasy tablet, they decide whether to stay or move on to the next rave. 2004 L. St John ii. 24 We were..coming down from a horrible sugar high. 2005 C. Honoré 7 The more potent forms of speed are more addictive than heroin, and coming down from a hit can trigger depression, agitation and violent behaviour. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > from concealment, confinement, or obscurity OE 181 Þa færinga coman þær hundas forþ on wundorlicre mycelnesse & ræsdon on þone apostol. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 7997 Þær comenn forrþ to lofenn himm. An weppmann. & an widdwe. a1250 (?a1200) (Nero) (1952) 95 Kumeð forð biuoren his louerde bismitted & bismeoruwed. c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) l. 2984 Romiraunt com forþ snelle, A Sarrazin a strong wiþ elle. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 14349 ‘Lazar’, wit þis, ‘cum forth!’ he badd. ?a1475 (1922) 205 (MED) Com forth, þou sloveyn; com forth, þou slutte. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xviii. §5. 65 As spouse..cumand forth of his chawmbire. 1575 T. Churchyard f. 10 The French came forth, at midnight. 1608 W. Shakespeare xi. 38 What art thou that dost grumble there in the straw, come forth ? View more context for this quotation 1646 J. Vicars 332 Now the Constable..and the other 6. Souldiers..came forth to their worke. 1751 T. Pellow 87 We saw several Herdsmen and Shepherds coming forth with their Cattle. 1792 R. Sydserff iii. 32 If you see her [sc. the Queen] come forth one day, you may be sure of seeing her again the next day at the same hour. 1823 F. D. Hemans Voice of Spring in 316 Come forth, O ye children of gladness, come! 1879 M. J. Guest xxviii. 286 He came forth from his quiet retreat. 1912 J. H. Comstock i. 34 Most solpugids spend the day under stones or other rubbish..and come forth at night. 1965 B. Took & M. Feldman in B. Took & M. Coward (2000) 38/1 I'll summon her worshipful majesty to come forth. Oi—Kipperfeet! 2013 (Nexis) 9 Apr. (Metro section) b1 The entire staff came forth and began applauding. 2. intransitive. the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > be born [verb (intransitive)] OE 9 Þæt wæs þonne þæt se wuldorcyning on middangeard cwom forþ of þæm innoþe þære a clænan fæmnan. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 173 He [sc. John the Baptist] shall newenn cumenn forþ Till mann kinn her o life. Biforenn crist. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iv. ii. 136 In hote londes comeþ forþ blake men and browne. c1475 (a1400) (Douce) 4 In þis manere they comen forth, and weren boren horrible Geauntes in Albion. 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau xli. f. 142 We must not forget two monsters which came forth in the yere .1555. the one in Germany and the other in Sauoy. 1607 E. Grimeston tr. S. Goulart 225 I haue seene a Gentlewoman with childe with two Twinnes, whereof the first came forth dead. 1652 A. Burgess iv. xxxviii. 230 As if some excellent and beautiful childe of grace were to be born, and yet at last after all those pangs, there come forth some ugly Toad. 1738 C. Wheatly iv. 206 Some very ancient Catholick Writers inferred that the Son of God, as God, had a certain Nativity, by which he was begotten, or came forth from the Father. 1764 A. Purver I. (Gen. xxv. 25) 48/1 The first [twin] came forth red, all of him like a hairy Cloak, so they named him Esau. 1828 Apr. 473 The child came forth, with three or four more pains, cried lustily, and appeared perfectly well. 1912 10 Feb. 278/1 A normal baby came forth. 2000 (Nexis) 20 May 9 For the bairn of a prime minister to come forth into the world when the first rumblings of a general election campaign can be heard is a truly timeous achievement. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible c1449 R. Pecock (1860) 432 Myche forbarring of synnes, which ellis wolde come forth. 1541 T. Elyot (new ed.) 38 A boyle or impostume comen forthe and broken. 1562 W. Turner f. 70v Out of the which come furth floures, without of an herbishe color. 1614 S. Latham Explan. Wordes sig. ¶3v Vnsumm'd is when a Hawkes feathers are not come forth, or els not com'd home to their full length. 1653 I. Walton iv. 118 The smal black fly, or hawthorn fly is to be had on any Hawthorn bush, after the leaves be come forth. View more context for this quotation 1720 E. Albin 60 In the middle of May came forth a brown Beetle called the Chafer, Oak Web, or May Beetle. 1734 (Royal Soc.) 38 64 When this Operation succeeds rightly, there comes forth, First, a thick unctuous Oil. 1821 P. B. Shelley xxix. 16 The sun comes forth, and many reptiles spawn. 1879 July 21 A damp and musty smell came forth. 1909 E. B. Shallow & W. T. Cullen xxv. 75 When the warm spring air touches them..the tiny leaf buds come forth. 1997 B. Morrow iii. 299 I never knew blood could be so florid. But there it was, and coming forth in profusion. society > communication > printing > publishing > be published [verb (intransitive)] lOE (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1129 Þa hit eall com forð, þa weorð hit eall of earcedæcnes wifes & of preostes wifes. 1529 T. More i. f. xixv Then cam forth after Tyndals wykkyd boke of Mammona, & after that his more wykkyd boke of obydyence. 1595 R. Barnfield To Rdrs. sig. A3 The last Terme there came forth a little toy of mine, intituled, The affectionate Shepheard. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. i. 26 When comes your Booke forth . View more context for this quotation 1697 (Royal Soc.) 19 550 The next year came forth a nameless book..wherein anatomical and microscopial observations are condemned as useless. 1725 J. Stevens 260 All the Churches had been robb'd and plunder'd,..and now an Order came forth to prevent their being stript. 1785 W. Cowper ii. 445 Forth comes the pocket mirror.—First we stroke An eyebrow, next compose a straggling lock. 1824 J. Strype (new ed.) III. i. vii. 106 A book of martial discipline now also came forth in quarto. 1889 6 Apr. 385/1 Gradually statistical reports came forth concerning soldiers in the field. 1906 2 Dec. iv. 7/4 Quill toothpicks would come forth, would be jabbed in the cocaine, and the powder in the quill snuffed up the nostrils. 1978 J. Senior iv. 56 The Sermon on the Mount did not come forth stereophonically amplified. 2008 S. B. Nuland 81 The word came forth not much louder than an ordinary spoken sentence. the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] 1532 T. More ii. p. ciii Now wyll he..come forth wyth hys .iii. degrees of comparyson, olde, elder, and eldest. 1604 R. Parsons vi. 368 His second motiue..is so weake and broken a thinge, as he dareth not come forth with yt, but only quoteth certayne places of Saint Augustine. 1766 C. Anstey 33 The Frenchman came forth with his outlandish Lingo.., I could not make out what he said, not a Word. 1841 June 625 Scarcely are the sheets of his extensive ‘History of the Inductive Sciences’ dry, when he comes forth with two bulky volumes..on the ‘Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences’. 1878 Nov. 940 The customers..came forth with jokes, of which noise was the principal ingredient, and bad language the indispensable accompaniment. 1947 19 Apr. 31/1 Johnny Long, seeking out the saucy songs, comes forth with another spicy spin in ‘Please Take Me Home This Moment’. 1991 Nov. 58/3 The committee came forth with nearly three dozen recommendations. 2012 R. Tocquigny & A. Butcher (2013) i. vi. 32 Each of these companies came forth with a new vision of the product and how the customer wanted to use it. the world > space > place > presence > be present [verb (intransitive)] > present oneself or itself a1535 T. More (1553) iii. xxiv. sig. U.iv He came forth at the whitsontyde ensewing, and confessed his maister againe. 1623 Bp. J. Hall VII. O.T. xix. 271 Witnesses come forth, and agree in the intentation of the crime. 1682 J. Bunyan 197 The Court requireth that if there be any..that can give information..of the original and right name of the prisoner, they would come forth . View more context for this quotation 1736 J. Gill II. iv. 179 He became active, came forth, and answered to the word of command. 1796 23 What..must religious socialists think of a man, who..comes forth and charges a brother preacher, with the most abominable crimes? 1820 16 Sept. 576 The Queen has no knowledge of any witness that is coming forth. 1852 G. Aguilar I. xvi. 193 He left him all his possessions.., but as there were none come forth to claim, they of necessity passed to the crown. 1910 70 447/2 Saw I witness, lecherous devil, Known by men in sin to revel, Coming forth to testify. 1987 13 July 11/1 Numerous T-1 users have expressed interest in joining such a group, but precious few have come forth to help create the association. 2011 (Nexis) 30 Mar. 14 Perhaps the telling of this story will encourage more people to come forth and donate organs. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > move towards the speaker or this place the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make progress or advance (of action or operation) 1518 W. Neville sig. A.viv Come forward and be not afrayd your selfe to auaunce. a1535 T. More (1553) iii. xxiii. sig. T.v Some by handy crafte..some by other kinde of liuyng aryse & come forward in ye world. 1628 8 All of these trees were euen laden with fruit, some ready to be eaten, others comming forward, others ouer-ripe. 1693 tr. A. W. Schowart 113 He gather'd a great Army..and came forward to Stoke. 1709 R. Steele No. 45 I heard the same Voice say, but in a gentle Tone, Come forward. 1722 D. Defoe 143 The Plague was come forward in the West and North Parts of the Town. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in 2nd Ser. I. 228 He..came forward to meet him, with a self-possessed, and even dignified air. 1886 June 528 Peas, beans, and white-strawed cereals are rapidly coming forward. 1914 A. W. Newman iv. 56 He rises by coming forward on the left foot. 1993 ‘A. McNab’ (1994) vi. 117 The APC..was using the machine-gun as a fire base instead of coming forward with the infantry and overwhelming us. the world > space > place > presence > be present [verb (intransitive)] > present oneself or itself 1683 27* On the 24th of June I was here by order of Sheriff Shute after my Lord Mayor had adjourned the Court, and it was to call all men that were to Poll to come forward. 1766 J. Almon (ed. 3) xxiii. 329 The Duke of Cumberland, who had not hitherto appeared in this last negotiation, now came forward; and applied to the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Rockingham, and others. 1783 W. Godwin vii. 213 In the following session, his lordship came forward, as the advocate of religious liberty, in support of a bill for the relief of Protestant dissenters. 1833 1 Aug. 1/3 A spirit of combination among the ship-porters and quay men..deterred the witnesses from coming forward. 1889 13 Nov. 3/3 I wonder some old vergeress did not come forward to claim the purse. 1958 ‘A. Gilbert’ vi. 89 Someone always comes forward in cases like these to say he..saw the dear departed with a gent. 1973 Sept. 169/2 Organized medicine came forward with a limited and preemptory plan of its own. 2011 (Nexis) 1 Nov. 18 We are urging donors to come forward to help maintain blood stocks. the world > space > place > presence > be present [verb (intransitive)] > present oneself or itself 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides viii. xv. ccvviiv On the other syde that same of the Peloponesians, perceyuynge the other to come forwardes, departed from Abyde, for to encounter it. 1671 J. Baltharpe 90 The Wind came forwards, Oh despight! But who can help this same misfortune. 1767 3 Feb. Nor would the Audience be quiet 'till Mr. Stayley came forwards, which he did with a true Tragedy Strut. 1809 N. Pinkney 57 If he can come forwards, and prove..that he has merely been absent. 1865 Feb. 200 He had not noticed her before; now he came forwards, and took hold of both her hands. 1966 N. Mosley xlvi. 236 Peter Ferec had come forwards and Sir Simon held his hand out. 2016 (Nexis) 19 Feb. The brave victims came forwards after years of silence. I. Senses primarily relating to movement in space. 1. intransitive. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > be in domestic service [verb (intransitive)] > come in to work in a house OE (Julius) 31 Dec. (2013) 40 Þa he ða ineode on þæt carcern ond hire to genealæhte, þa com ðider in ursa þæt deor. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 6932 I þatt hus..Þær þa þreo kingess comenn inn. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1963) 3 Kings xiv. 6 Ahias..seiþ, cum in wijf of Jeroboam. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 8959 (MED) Sco com in at þat ilk yatte. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 55 (MED) Whan wee comen in, wee diden of oure schoon. 1566 W. Painter I. xxxiv. f. 71v Alexandro..went out of the chamber, that waie he came in. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. iii. 3 By my troth sir Toby, you must come in earlyer a nights. View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Locke ii. ii. 45 The simple Ideas thus united in the same Subject, are as perfectly distinct, as those that come in by different Senses. 1728 W. Smith (new ed.) 271 That he had..twice or thrice knocked to come in. 1798 L. Williams tr. A. Berquin (new ed.) IV. 3 One day, when he came in from doing something about his garden, he forgot to shut the gate. 1856 G. J. Whyte-Melville xxxiii. 307 A sleepy ‘Come in,’ was the reply to my summons. 1893 9 Dec. 642/2 Aunt Kate only keeps one maid (a charwoman comes in twice a week). 1921 Apr. 362/3 He came in through the window, gun ready. 1997 P. C. Doherty (1998) iv. 53 ‘Come in! Come in!’ She waved them in through the porchway and into the hall. 2010 H. McKenzie v. 53 He had a weekly cleaner who came in on a Friday. society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > colonizing > colonize [verb (intransitive)] a1450 (Faust.) (1883) l. 49 And þe Denmarkes come þo first ynne. 1598 Bp. J. Hall iv. ii. 20 And tels how first his famous Ancestor Did come in long since with the conquerour. 1603 R. Parsons 1st Pt. Treat. Conuersions in I. xi. 226 William duke of Normandy came in..& conquered the lande towards the end of the yeare 1066. 1655 T. Fuller xi. 172 In this juncture of time came in the Scotish Army, and invaded the Northern parts of England. 1712 H. Curzon II. 502 Christening of Children..was..quite disused in England after the Danes came in, 'till King Eldred, Anno 946. compelled the Danes to be Christened. 1754 W. Borlase iv. xi. 351 When the Normans came in, this Monastery..came into the power of Robert Earl of Moreton and Cornwall. 1840 1 Aug. 367/1 Building went on rapidly; new settlers came in. 1873 H. B. Tristram ix. 174 Traces of aborigines, before the basalt-building inhabitants came in. 1916 E. T. Towne iii. 52 Instead of being fearful of the immigrant coming in and lowering our standards, should we not rather welcome him to a share in our prosperity? 1996 K. Petras & R. Petras 534/2 Later Scandinavian Vikings came in, and then there was a cultural invasion of Orthodox Christianity. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (intransitive)] > go in to bat 1774 Aug. 283/1 When a striker is hurt they are to allow another to come in. 1838 Aug. 105/1 Lillywhite, coming in last, had not an opportunity to do anything. 1882 27 May [Cricket] Mr. C. T. Studd..came in third wicket down. 1910 2 Sept. 7/3 When Spring..came in last to resume his innings, the Southerners were still 7 runs behind. 1974 25 Nov. 10/2 Prasanna, coming in at No. 10, edged, slashed and drove the West Indies pacemen to distraction. 2000 18 May 32/5 Coming in first wicket down, Ostler produced some delightful strokeplay. 2. intransitive. c1240 ( Writ of Edward the Confessor, Wells (Sawyer 1111) in S. E. Kelly (2007) 224 Gif her ani lond sy out of þan bissopriche gedon, ich wille þat hit cume in ongeæn. 1551 T. Lever (new ed.) sig. F.iiv Euerye market shalbe ful of al manner of Corne and vytayles commyng in on all sydes. 1648 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila xii. 1033 All sorts of provisions came in plentifully to the Camp of the League. a1699 J. Fraser (1738) v. 105 And then a new Objection came in. 1765 J. Witherspoon x. 65 Immediately applications came in from all quarters. 1788 July 349/1 A few Russian ships of war were discovered through the fog, and various reports came in as to their number and force. 1885 E. Lynn Linton I. i. 15 At Easter, eggs came in by the hundred. 1890 12 July 35/1 Subscriptions will continue to come in. 1914 H. James 1 Sept. (1920) II. viii. 400 An enormous quantity of this apparently corroborative testimony..has..kept coming in from various quarters. 1937 Jan. 109/1 Twelve thousand cans of cooked apples came in. 2013 V. Wilson iii. v. 408 Offers were coming in from other producers. society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > obtain money > as revenue or receipt 1557 R. Edgeworth xi. f. ccii My husbande hath golde inoughe in his coffers, his riches commeth in and encreaseth dayelye. 1598 W. Shakespeare iv. i. 55 We may boldly spend vpon the hope of what tis to come in . View more context for this quotation 1648 No. 27. 206 A poore sneaking Tobacco-stopper, that lives by dabling upon the Snuffes of penny cannes, and now and then a spanish three-pence-worth of hoggs Cheeke, when thy 30. s. Fee comes in. a1670 J. Hacket (1693) i. 201 He was profuse in hospitality..To maintain all this, he had plenty coming in. 1705 R. Beverley i. iv. 96 The Subscription-Money did not come in with the same Readiness, with which it had been underwritten. 1766 i. 4 Rents come in slow, Places and Pensions are of too little Profit, Stewards run away. 1833 37 347 Coming in as the incomes of literary men do. 1895 S. Baring-Gould v. 50 I wish I had money. But it comes in in trickles and goes out in floods. 1907 Mar. 72 (advt.) Then my sickness—no work—laid up—laid off—..nothing coming in. 1975 28 July 28 (caption) Thank goodness, Winant has got himself a paper route, so we have a little something coming in. 2010 M. R. Evans iv. 55 Isuma had no choice but to suspend filming..and wait until the money came in. 1890 18 Apr. 335/3 When a call comes in from any policeman the electric gong within the receiver raises the alarm. 1927 20 Jan. 18/1 Program coming in fine. 1948 G. Frost iv. 37 In the Information Room at the Yard ‘WHI 1212’ and ‘999’ calls come in at the amazing rate of 400 every twenty-four hours. 1983 P. Gzowski iii. 159 We were just about to break for lunch, I remember, when a secretary stuck her head in and said there was a wire coming in. 1992 (Nexis) 12 Oct. d1 He also wants you to know that the calls and letters and faxes that came in ran 95 to 5 in his favor. 2010 S. Thirsk (2011) 119 The switchboard people aren't in yet and there are calls coming in from all over. 3. intransitive. society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive [verb (intransitive)] the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive a1399 in W. G. Benham (1907) 9 Every schyp that comth yn with any charge shal payen iiij d. 1586 J. Prime iv. 150 The mad man standing on the shore, thinke all the vessels that come in, and their lading to bee his. a1626 F. Bacon Considerations Warre with Spaine in (1629) 48 Our second Fleet, which kept the narrow Seas, was come in, and ioyned to our maine Fleet. 1668 J. Dryden v. 65 Here's another of our Vessels come in. 1709 R. Steele No. 129. ⁋1 There came in this Morning a Mail from Holland. 1761 R. O. Cambridge 186 As soon as the sea wind came in, they [sc. the enemy's ships] stood to the southward. 1821 M. Graham Jrnl. 6 Nov. in (1993) 44 The Morgiana, Captain Finlaison, came in from Rio de Janeiro. 1899 91 861 When the night train comes in from the west, it comes in on the south track. 1920 11 Sept. 471 One evening a plane came in from Kokomo. 1962 29 Dec. 1/6 A Carvair aircraft..hit a snow-covered dyke and ‘cartwheeled’ four times as it came in to land. 2014 9 Jan. 11/1 The weekend will see the onset of wintry conditions that are more common for this time of year, with cold air coming in from the United States. 1708 R. Fleming 177 The excellent Horseman that comes in first to the Mark. 1733 W. Oldisworth tr. W. Goślicki i. vi. 113 In the Race of Glory (as Tully well observes) it is Great to come in Second, and Honour enough to stand next in Precedence to the First and Best Characters in Life. 1734 J. Cheny 22 Small-hopes came in first, but the Rider alighting off before he came to the weighing Post, the Gelding was deem'd distanc'd. 1824 23 June The horses keeping close together, and taking alternate leads; the winner coming in by a short head. 1841 19 June 4/2 Should the Whigs attempt to ‘run’ the two over the course, there really appears to be little doubt that Sir John de Beauvoir will come in second. 1870 Feb. 36/1 They rowed the race out, the Durham men coming in first by several lengths. 1975 B. Meyrick xiv. 183 After the boys' competitions, where I came in second in the over-twelves, came..community hymn singing. 1992 31 Mar. 322/2 R:BASE came in next to last on loading and indexing. 2014 in L. T. Murphy vii. 195 I came in seventh out of twenty-five students for the first and second terms, and in the third term I came in first! the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xl. §6. 151 Oure fals brethere..comes in with vs to wit oure priuetes, or if thai myght fynd any thynge in vs reprehendabile. 1570 J. Foxe (rev. ed.) II. 2174/1 Ere euer I could arise and get away, he was come in with me. 1720 D. Defoe 202 In this Pickle, with the Enemy at his Heels, I came in with him. the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > have sexual intercourse with 1530 Gen. xix. f. xxiiijv There are no moo men in the erth to come in vnto vs [Heb. lābō ʿālēnū, Gk. εἰσελεύσεται πρὸς ἡμᾶς, L. ingredi ad nos] after the maner of all the world. 1611 Gen. xxxviii. 16. He..came in unto her, and she conceived by him. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Jackson i. 15 I pray thee let me come in unto thee, said he to Thamar, before he lay with her. 1660 I. Penington 4 She comes forth again with boldness, and tempteth the young man again to come in unto her, Prov. 7. 16. 1568 T. Granger (single sheet) The tyde commyng in & the fyshe hauinge water, swam away with the boat so fast toward the sea. a1630 D. Hume (1644) 179 The tide being come in, the river was not passable. 1665 G. Havers tr. P. della Valle 33 Should the Sea happen to come in whilst a man is in that passage, he would infallibly be drown'd. 1719 D. Defoe 255 The Tide, as going out, or coming in. 1850 D. G. Rossetti in Jan. 28 The Gherghiotti had beaten the Marotoli to the sands, and held them there while the sea came in; whereby many had been drowned. 1887 6 Aug. 163/1 I havn't seen 'em come back, and see how the tide's come in a'ready! 1910 J. W. Muller vi. 111 The tides came in and went out, bringing flood twice and withdrawing ebb twice in every twenty-four hours. 1996 27 Aug. 4/4 He had realised as dawn was breaking that the tide was coming in fast. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (intransitive)] > actions 1594 I. G. tr. G. di Grassi sig. Cc3 Whilest the enimy is bound to warde the false, and homeblowe of the one sword, he may come in with the other and strike, if he finde any place either discouered or easie to enter. 1598 W. Shakespeare ii. v. 221 These nine..Began to giue me ground: but I followed me close, came in, foot, and hand. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 280 A would about and about, and come you in, and come you in. View more context for this quotation 1639 J. Fletcher et al. v. ii. sig. I2 Oh bravely thrust; Take heed he come not in Sir; To him againe, you give him too much respite. 1889 H. A. C. Dunn 69 Instead of disengaging back into quarte, you may elude his parry by carrying the disengage into the low lines and come in on the lunge in octave. 1988 B. Pitman xv. 72/1 The action must be very fast and must not give your opponent an opportunity to hit you on the hand as you come in. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [verb (intransitive)] > give birth 1784 J. Twamley 25 Milking Cows, which they are very particular to get to come in, or calve, by the Time Grass is in Vigour. 1838 H. Colman (Mass. Agric. Surv.) 60 The heifers which ‘come in’ with their first calf at two years old, do better than when their coming in is delayed until three years old. 1867 86 When my ewes came in in the spring, I got four ewe lambs and no bucks. 1908 (Pennsylvania Dept. Agric. Bull. No. 162) 87 About that time a Jersey heifer came in fresh with her first calf. 1995 J. Hildebrand viii. 103 When a cow delivered her calf, John carefully noted the date she ‘came in’. II. Senses not primarily relating to movement in space. the world > time > particular time > [verb (intransitive)] > come or arrive (of a time) > become settled OE Homily: De Sancto Iohanne (Corpus Cambr. 198) in (1885) 8 477 Þonne se monaþ in cymeð Januarii. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 119 Vre drihtnes halie passiun..is nu icumen in. a1300 in C. Brown (1932) 13 (MED) Svmer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu! a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 598 Ðo ðe tende moned cam in, So wurð dragen ðe watres win. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 2299 Þus cam in, by his purviaunce, Of two regnes þe myȝti alliaunce. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach iv. f. 175 When the sleepie time of the night comes in, they [sc. bees] make lesse and lesse noyse. 1600 W. Shakespeare v. iii. 51 Now comes in the sweete a'th night. View more context for this quotation 1651 tr. J. A. Comenius x. 205 Flies, Spiders, Frogs, Swallowes, &c. which in winter lie as though they were dead in the chinks of wals..or under the water, yet when the Spring comes in, they are alive. 1719 D. Defoe 272 The settled Season began to come in. 1749 T. C. Phillips III. 203 Before it was possible for him to return, the Winter came in, and the Snows fell. 1838 J. F. Cooper II. iv. 56 The night came in bland and tranquil. 1890 147 133/1 The year comes in royally. 1928 N. Shepherd xiv. 188 As the weeks slipped by and summer came in, she seemed far indeed from dying. 1995 K. Ishiguro xxvi. 391 It gives the place a much better atmosphere, to be able to see right across the square as the night's coming in. 10. intransitive. the world > existence and causation > existence > [verb (intransitive)] > come into existence the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > act habitually [verb (intransitive)] > be usual or customary > become usual or customary the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [verb (intransitive)] ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif (1880) 117 [Þei] han grete lordischipis amorteised to hem..þis amorteisynge comeþ in bi ypocrisie of preiynge be mouþ. 1580 T. Lupton (new ed.) 22 Or euer one garment is worne, an other newe fashion is come in. 1638 H. Peacham 68 King Philip in England wore commonly a somwhat high velvet Cap, with a white feather. After came in hats of all fashions. 1680 Earl of Roscommon tr. Horace 16 Then came rich cloths and gracefull Action in. 1772 G. A. Stevens lii. 98 For as the World's round, and rolls round about, Old fashions come in, and new fashions go out, As Vanity dresses the Play. 1855 T. B. Macaulay IV. 172 After the Revolution, Jacobite plots came in. 1890 147 510/2 Now that..croquet has come in. 1923 R. Macaulay iv. ix. 274 Night clubs, too, had come in, and were a great convenience. 1959 June 71 Coming in..are the sandal-foot stockings. 2014 (Nexis) 10 Aug. e 10 When the mini skirt came in, in the mid-'60s, the world was agog. 1683 M. H. 110 In the Spring before Peas come in, take the tops of two hundred of Sparrowgrass cut about half an inch long, instead of Peas. 1724 G. Cheyne vii. 193 After Christmas, and in the Beginning of the Spring, Milk, Eggs, and Spring-Herbs, as Asparagus, Spinach, and Sprouts come in first. 1764 T. Harmer iv. §xxxii. 205 Dr. Russell tells us that the squash comes in towards the end of September, and continues all the year. 1827 J. Sanders 135 The first sowing must be made the last week in February, for Savoys to come in in August or September. 1851 July 84/2 The strawberries are come in at length, and appear well-fruited. 1903 15 Nov. 10/2 Early raspberries come in a week before Gandy [a variety of strawberry] is out. 1910 28 May 16/2 Asparagus came in early but only in moderate quantities. 2014 (Nexis) 27 Aug. Often when you have a drop in yield and a warmer year, fruit coming in earlier isn't unusual. 1829 R. Gooch ii. 129 The milk comes in about one or two days after delivery. 1914 14 713 I remember a..patient in the hospital whose breasts were very swollen and sore when the milk came in. 1995 June 51/1 My milk came in yesterday and, though my nipples and breasts are very sore, Andrew is latching on so I'm going to persevere with it. 2003 C. Van Hollen vi. 180 Often women waited three days until the milk came in before putting the baby to the breast. society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit [verb (intransitive)] 1485 (Caxton) i. vii. sig. avv Also thenne he made alle lordes that helde of the croune to come in, and to do seruyce as they oughte to doo. 1520 in (1834) II. 52 Onele, and thoder Irishe capitains be not oonely commen in, and..recognised Us as their Soverain Lorde, but also [etc.] a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 78 in J. Ware (1633) Touching the Arch-Rebell himselfe..if he..should offer to come in and submit himselfe to her Majestie. 1612 S. Daniel i. 10 After Augustus had setled the soueraigntie, and possest all the wide obedience of that Empire, the Princes and Citties of Britayne, fearing to be inforced, came in of their owne accord, with their guists and tributes. 1687 Bp. G. Burnet 124 Seeing the Queen's Forces encrease, and that none came in to him. 1700 J. Provoste Ded. sig. a3v When the chief City is taken, all the Neighbouring Country very often comes in by an easie Surrender. 1756 C. Smith ix. 275 He so harassed the country, and slew so many of the rebels, that the greater part of the remainder came in, submitted themselves, and had the queen's pardon. 1828 W. Scott 2nd Ser. xxv Glencoe had not come in within the term prescribed. 1836 W. S. Landor xliii. 82 Elizabeth [I]..gave her father in God, the Bishop of Ely, a good round curse for coming in tardily and sciatically to her demands. society > authority > power > have power or might [verb (intransitive)] > become powerful ?1534 tr. sig. bviv Dyde he not than come in by a wrong tytle? 1569 J. Leslie ii. f. 76v The aduersarie wolde perswade vs, that the saide kinge Henrie the seconde rather came in by force of a composition, then by the proximitie and nearenes of bloude. 1612 B. Jonson i. i. sig. B3 A sort of sober, sciruy, præcise Neighbours, (That scarse haue smil'd twise, sin' the King came in ). View more context for this quotation 1651 N. Bacon xxiii. 183 His Government was not sutable; for he came in by the People, but indeavored to uphold himself by forrain dependences. 1705 T. Hearne (1885) I. 118 He came in Rector. 1790 E. Burke 32 King James..came in according to the law, as it stood at his accession to the crown. View more context for this quotation 1820 No. 619. 124/1 Mr. March Phillips..came in for Leicestershire in 1818, on the Whig interest. 1890 17 May 586/1 Mr. Gladstone says that the statement that he came in on allotments in 1886..is..untrue. 1903 Dec. 187/2 The new administration had come in upon a platform composed of pledges of rigid economy. 1921 27 Oct. 11/2 When I came in as President of the Associated Harvard Clubs, I knew nothing about the finances of the Associated Harvard Clubs. 2007 10 Dec. 82/3 Here's a guy who came in on a wave of reform. 13. intransitive. the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > of things that arrive or take place in time ?1541 M. Coverdale sig. f And now come ye in with somtime. 1572 J. Whitgift 110 Of excommunication you haue spoken nothing hitherto, and therfore it commeth in here out of place, we shall haue afterwarde more occasion to speake of it. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 359 Gre. If whil'st I liue she will be onely mine. Tra. That only came well in . View more context for this quotation 1660 J. Gaule 4 There is some difficulty, to conceive what consequence this exhortation..can have upon that immediately foregoing, or upon what connexion it comes in here? 1747 I. 339 Whoever reads this passage carefully, cannot but observe the latter part comes in very abruptly. 1789 C. Burney IV. 106 When the voice comes in, [the air] is in five real parts. 1820 No. 648. 587/1 But justice comes in here, as it comes in at every corner of this rotten question. 1886 M. W. Hungerford II. xxix. 158 Where does the joke come in? 1938 D. Baker iv. iv. 265 Then trumpet solo for the first section of the second chorus with Josephine coming in at the mid-section to finish it up. 1966 17 Nov. 717/3 Mr Aubrey Jones, would you like to come in first, having heard Mr Cousins? 1978 T. O'Brien i. 17 Doc and Harold Murphy would sometimes come in on the chorus. 1987 E. Leonard iii. 34 It was like coming in in the middle of a conversation. 1931 3 Apr. 15/1 Well, we might as well go; this is where we came in.] 1937 4 Aug. 2/4 ‘Then you take a ball the size of a man's head—’ Well, this is where we came in. 1949 P. G. Wodehouse vii. 114 Now we're back where we started. This is where we came in. 1950 2 Sept. 94/2 What will the rink have once normality returns?.. A racket not a business—right back where we came in. 1967 ‘H. Howard’ ii. 19 ‘Anything else you want to ask me?’ ‘No. This is where I came in. Tomorrow we'll go call on a few people who may have a few answers.’ 2003 M. Thomson & G. Gilmour in M. Thomson ii. 32 Syllable analysis is useful for building up phonological representations of words—which is where we came in at the beginning of the chapter. the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > begin to speak 1949 July 76/1 Sambo Three from Sorehead—Sambo Three from Sorehead—come in, please. Over. 1958 ‘N. Shute’ i. 18 The announcer said, ‘..7 KZ, if you are listening, will you come in, Mrs. Hoskins.’ 1970 R. Johnston xii. 184 The loudspeaker spoke in the wireless truck. ‘Gunbus One to White Chief...’ ‘Come in Gunbus One.’ 2010 R. Burroughs 185 ‘Come on guys, talk to me. Come in, please. Over.’ ‘Sheriff Breaker, this is Agent Nightingale.’ 14. intransitive. the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > receive [verb (transitive)] > receive along with others the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > be a recipient [verb (intransitive)] > be received 1602 S. Rowlands sig. B4v They can no sooner draw a bung but these [cloyers and followers] come in for their tenths. 1665 S. Patrick xxi. 218 We come in for a share of all their gettings. 1737 A. Ramsay 29 He that meddles with Toolies comes in for the Redding streak. 1747 Duke of Richmond Let. 18 Oct. in (1984) 259 I should hope my quondam & His Majestys now eldest Chaplain Poor Blomer will come in for a Deanery. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. 366 Bystanders whom His Majesty recognised often came in for a courteous word. 1885 E. Lynn Linton III. ix. 298 She came in for her share of a fine property. 1913 18 262 The publishers of newspapers had to be paid for their support, and the paragraph writers came in for additional stipends. 1965 Dec. 26/3 Clem came in for a lot of ribbing. 1974 tr. W. F. Wertheim i. 22 In Soviet Russia during the twenties..the issue of unilinear evolution also came in for serious discussion. 2006 M. Pollan vii. 111 McNuggets have come in for a lot of criticism lately. society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > receive punishment the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] > be rebuked or scolded 1841 C. Dickens i. 235 You'll come in for it presently, I know you will! 1864 C. Dickens (1865) I. ii. viii. 238 Unfortunate Lavvy... She always comes in for it. 1880 H. Lapham in D. M. Davin (1953) 68 Poor Brennan came in for it,..a severe lecturing, as well as to be reduced to the rank of constable. 1936 K. B. Ripley x. 168 Papa came in for it..for not being more successful. 1994 (Nexis) 27 June 7 The cat came in for it next... ‘The price of cat food is ridiculous,’ he said. 2011 (Nexis) 15 Aug. (Sport section) He came in for it in the second half and I thought he should have been protected more by the referee. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)] 1638 S. Rogers 15 May (2004) 149 A litle distempered, and many unbeleiving thoughts come in upon mee doubtfulness, and anxietye. 1656 W. Hughes 30 These (perhaps impertinent) thoughts have sometimes come in upon me. 1666 J. Bunyan 50 As I was thus in musing,..that saying came in upon me, If thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquity, [etc.]. 1757 13 Jan. 52/2 Even when the Doors are all locked up with Sleep, and I am purely passive, yet he [sc. the Lord] comes in upon me, and warns me in a Dream. 1817 J. Martin xxvii. 413 When one truth leads to another, and the glorious promises of the gospel come in on the mind, the man is exhilarated. 1886 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed II. xxiii. 180 It came more and more in upon her that she had known from the very first. 1889 R. L. Stevenson vi. 186 Has it never come in upon your mind what you are doing? 1901 Aug. 813/2 There came in on my mind, less through the eyes than the ears, that there, in the moonlit woods, walked some one. 1930 W. D. Edmonds xiii. 307 The silence of the glen came in upon him. 16. intransitive. To prove to have a specified positive quality. 1733 T. Stackhouse I. vi. iv. 909/1 His Father's losing his Eye-sight, by the hot Dung of Swallows, had been a sad Family-accident, had not the Gall of the Fish come in opportunely to remedy it. 1772 G. Baretti tr. in 176/2 Here the saying comes in well, that there is a good and a bad luck attending our schemes. 1839 C. McIntosh Mar. 819 Plants now raised from seeds will bloom beautifully in June, July, &c., till the end of the season, and will come in usefully for decorating the green-house. 1880 W. H. Patterson Come in, to suit; to serve. ‘It's sure to come in for some use.’ 1912 19 June 27/2 The Spizwinks administration..took it [sc. the foot bridge] down and gave it to their retainers who took it away and no doubt it came in nicely for kindling. 1941 V. Nabokov vi. 59 He returned the black mask which I pocketed, as I supposed it might come in usefully on some other occasion. 2012 (Nexis) 11 July That's one where my past..experience comes in very usefully. the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > be expedient or advisable [verb (intransitive)] > serve the purpose 1839 June 291/2 In Egypt..they use mummies for fuel... An arm makes a very good fore-stick, your trunk serves as a tolerable back-log, and the legs come in handy to lie in the middle. 1854 C. Darwin II. 154 Trifling details in their structure sometimes come in useful as specific characters. 1930 Mar. 524/2 A small anvil comes in handy for flattening wire, brads, etc. 1973 J. Leasor i. 17 A nest of spanners and some lengths of wire that might come in useful in starting an engine. 1985 M. Gee xxxv. 241 Amanda..bought herself a hat with cherries... ‘It'll come in lovely, next summer.’ 2013 Winter 54/1 As a child he used to build model tanks and air craft, which came in handy when trying to infiltrate the ranks of re-enactors. 17. intransitive. 1864 D. C. Eddy xiii. 185 ‘You will be my gallant for the rest of the journey.’ ‘Yes.’ ‘And where do I come in?’ said Harry. 1891 33 288/2 ‘That's $75 for you and $75 for me.’.. ‘How about our client? Where does he come in?’.. ‘Oh, give him $10.’ 1923 Oct. 56/1 And now, you may ask, where does Rotary come in in all of this? 1939 23 Sept. 21/1 Who's Whiskey Pete?.. Where does he come in on all this cockeyed business? 2006 Nov. 34/2 I know that spam + blog = splog... But where does the blog come in? Most of the times when I hit these pages in a search, they are just that, Web pages. So why aren't they called spages, as in spam + Web page? 1912 F. E. M. Young i. 11 ‘We must..steal them back.’.. ‘And that's where I come in’, he said, completing the Colonel's sentence. 1960 19 Dec. 11/5 Christmas begins on..December 23, when friends call and bring presents... This is where the Christmas biscuits come in. 1986 16 July 22/2 Where the skills come in is spinning out the answers. 2003 S. Brooke i. 10 This one is just launching and they need some advertising and some images for their homepage, which is where we come in. 1895 28 Dec. 9 (advt.) Won't you come in on the deal to the extent of a Catalogue anyway? 1916 M. B. Lowndes 25 May (1971) 75 He agreed with me that Roumania coming in was a good sign. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse xiv. 161 I came..to ask if you would care to come in on another little flutter. 1953 R. Lehmann 310 She came in on a campaign..I was helping to organize. 2009 (Nexis) 14 Nov. 30 Having made an offer for UK and Commonwealth rights, he contacted Byng..and Byng came in on the deal. 19. intransitive. With complement. 1941 13 Mar. 8/2 Humble's No. 1 Williams [sc. an oil well] came in on schedule and about as everybody expected. 1953 29 June 13/4 Despite the fact that some salaries were increased, the entire production came in under the budget by $40,000 to $50,000 for the season. 1986 Sept. 20/2 We came in slightly under budget and on schedule. 1988 P. Brook (1989) 189 The head of United Artists..offered..Michael Birkett, and me a low budget..to make a film of Marat/Sade in complete freedom, any way we chose, provided it came in on time. 2011 23 Dec. 12/1 The ‘firstsite’ arts centre in Colchester..came in almost twice over the budget. 1955 12 Mar. 2/2 The $55,000 price tag will make ‘This Is Your Life’ more expensive than ‘I Love Lucy’, which comes in at about $47,000. 1987 Nov. 42/4 Stevie Wonder's In Square Circle is 49 minutes 27 seconds long. The Best of The Band comes in at 47:28. 1990 7 June 31/2 If everything is stripped out, underlying profit growth comes in at 9 per cent. 1998 N. Lawson (1999) Pref. p. xvii It is also helpful to know that a cupful of sugar or rice comes in at 200g. 2001 June 53/3 The script..came in at a tidy 125 pages. 2012 Nov. 120/1 The standard edition costs a reasonable $75 to download (around £50), with the premium Pro Studio edition coming in at $150. the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > intervene or come in the course of the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] > of a thing 1566 J. Rastell i. iii. sig. H.iii Hitherto he hath made a plaine way to the matter, by putting asyde suche doubts, as might come in betwene through occasion of wordes mistaken and misunderstanden. 1700 G. Stanhope xi. 323 When Men provide their dainty Meats, some weightier Matters may come in between, and hinder the paying our respects. 1732 IV. 1 Fortune, wilt thou prove An unrelenting foe to love; And when we meet a mutual heart, Come in between, and bid us part. 1826 A. Cunningham I. iv. 123 Honest Truth comes in between, and cries..Too light, too sunny. 1996 K. Negus iii. 66 The print, radio and televisual media come in between and influence the production and consumption of popular music. 2013 Lord Hamilton of Epsom in J. Blundell 190 That never happened because the Brighton bomb came in between. 1567 J. Rastell vii. f. 80 The Churche knoweth but two [sortes of mediatours], the one when the party which commeth in betweene to entreate and make peace, maie by equalytie or Authoritie, haue to doe with both. 1612 S. Lennard tr. P. de Mornay 570 The Emperour Albert came in betweene to be a mediator of peace. the world > action or operation > doing > invitation or encouragement to action [interjection] c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 302 Yis quod this Somnour..Com of, and lat me ryden hastily Yif me .xij. pens. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1167 ‘Com of, than,’ seyde they all, ‘and do hit [sc. open the door]!’ 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville (Caxton) iv. xx. f. lxvj Come of, come of. and slee me here as blyue. a1529 J. Skelton (?1530) sig. Aiiv Come of therefore let se Shall I begynne or ye. 1557 E iij Come of therfore our patronesse, Cast upon us those pitifull eyes of thyne. 2. intransitive. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] c1475 (c1420) J. Page (Egerton) (1876) 41 But massyngers thedyr he sende, Bade them to come of and make an ende. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda viii. f. 21v When it was a full Sea, the shippe before on ground was afloat, and so came off from the Sandes. 1600 T. Masham in R. Hakluyt (new ed.) III. 694 Wee had canoas come off to vs as before..with parrots, monkeys, and cotton-wooll, and flaxe. 1699 W. Dampier i. viii. 154 The next day Captain Minchin came off. 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins 108 Made a Signal for the Boats to come off. 1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in 19 Nov. 449 We came off from Burghclere yesterday afternoon, crossing Lord Carnarvon's park. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ xxix. 296 One was a sharp-looking gentleman..that had just come off of the steamboat. 1906 F. T. Bullen ix. 195 The port official's boat came off, and finding that the captain was unwilling to anchor, tried, as is their wont, to make him do so. 1916 C. J. Butler 105 He was just coming off of the football field after a very exciting game. 2007 S. T. Russell 347 As daylight waned, a boat came off from the French frigate. 1825 J. Boaden I. i. vi. 123 On the stage, Mr. Johnstone discovered no enjoyment of the risible blunders that he had been uttering; but the moment he came off at the wing, he used to relieve himself by a scream of laughter. 1840 F. Trollope II. ii. 47 I got so provoked at his crying upon the stage last night..that I cuffed him soundly when he came off. 1900 A. T. Ringling vii. 94 When I came off after my so-called act, my tongue and throat were actually parched from the fever of excitement. 1982 N. Marsh v. 134 William went straight on with his own lines... ‘It was a dose of stage-fright,’ she said when they came off. 2014 A. McPartlin (2015) 257 They were backstage at a festival in Washington. Casey had just come off and Mabel had been waiting in the wings. society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > fall off 1874 14 Nov. 945/1 Snowball's rider came off at the quarter mile post owing to his stirrup leather breaking. 1881 Mrs. P. O'Donoghue i. i. 7 I confess I don't like to see a girl come off. 1896 H. G. Wells (1897) xxxvii. 294 Dangle's right leg floundered in the air as he came off in the road. The tandem wobbled. 1903 Dec. 352/1 The horse started, jumped half his own height..and she—came off, you know, pitched clean out of her saddle. 1914 P. C. Wren iii. 40 Surely Father had never been thrown—it must be impossible for such a rider to come off. 2011 31 Oct. (Sport section) 31 He came off after the winning post in the previous race, but was unscathed. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (intransitive)] > cease bowling 1878 6 Sept. 3/3 The demon bowler ‘came off’ at the College ground. 1910 A. A. Milne 131 When I am captaining a team,..and one of the bowlers wants to come off, I am always ready to meet him half-way. 1977 3 July 28/1 Geoff Miller..came off after Lancashire's Frank Hayes hit him for 30 runs—six fours and a six—in two overs. 2015 (Nexis) 13 Apr. Berg..had 2-6 from six overs and came off—with other bowlers you wouldn't have got the ball out of their hands! 1937 6 Sept. 11/4 Treacy came off with an injured knee and the veteran Lory Meagher came on. 1968 23 Sept. 22/3 When the two teams came off at half-time..they were greeted with instinctive and appreciative applause. 1977 25 May 24/3 Stielike has not played many games since coming off injured against Dynamo Kiev in the second leg of the semi-final. 2015 (Nexis) 21 June 87 He came off at half-time during England's post-Euro 2012 friendly against Italy in Berne. society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] ?1544 J. Heywood sig. B.iv Yf ye be wyllynge to bye Ley downe money, come of quyckely. 1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde vi. iv. f. 315 The poore fellowes, which haue no Ducates or Crownes of golde, and therefore can not be relieued in the chamber of penance: where none finde ease, but such as will come off, and deale liberallie. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. 539 Neither would Protogenes part with any of his pictures vnto them, vnlesse they would come off roundly and rise to a better price than before time. 1602 W. Shakespeare iv. iii. 11 They shall haue my horses..They must come off. 1636 W. Davenant v. sig. K4 Wee'l make her costive Beldamship Come off. 1678 J. Gailhard ii. 116 The same Governor must..handsomely come off and pay the debt. 4. intransitive. the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > become detached [verb (intransitive)] 1580 A. Saker ii. 52 Did not Hercules wife sende him a poysoned shirte? which no sooner on, but it sticke fast to his backe, and euer as hee would haue plucked it away, it tore the flesh with it, and neuer came off, till he yeelded to death? 1601 R. Hakluyt tr. A. Galvano 46 There is..a riuer of water so hot, that whatsoeuer liuing creature commeth into it, their skins will come off. 1661 R. Lovell 149 Their feathers come off in Winter, and they are scabed. 1763 J. Bones in (Royal Soc.) 52 527 The flesh of her leg putrified, and came off at the ancle. 1783 B. Franklin Let. 18 Oct. in (1997) XXXIII. 522 The Vaneering, as those Plates are call'd, would get loose & come off. 1833 37 486 Eve handled it, and no doubt the apple came off in her fingers. 1890 15 Mar. 302 The wheel of the car came off in the middle of the road. 1906 15 July 951/1 The lid comes off easily. a1933 J. A. Thomson (1934) I. xxi. 671 The fleece of the Shetland ‘murrit’ sheep may come off in one piece. 1978 J. Irving xii. 224 The gear knob of the Volvo's stick shift came off in her hand. 2003 (Nexis) 11 Mar. a3 A large, major piece of debris was observed falling away from the shuttle... A second piece came off a second later. 1614 W. Raleigh i. v. iv. §6. 609 He wrote the word Victorie vpon the hand of his Soothsayer, in such colours as would easily come off. 1668 sig. E4 When the colour is dry in the shell, draw your finger over it; if any Colour come off, you must add stronger Gum water to it. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 49 I was now to find if the wax-varnish, thus burnt into the picture, would bear washing: but..rubbing one corner with a wet linen cloth, some of the colour came off. 1841 190/2 Do not..brush them [sc. plated articles] more than is necessary, or the silver will come off. 1892 Nov. 154/2 The paint comes off very easily. 1921 Oct. 307/2 The ink should not be so soft that it comes off too easily. 1937 Apr. 113/1 (advt.) Unfortunately all of the ‘cheap’ paint doesn't come off. Some of it sticks fast. 1962 Apr. 159/1 The varnish comes off easily. 2014 K. Sundance 100/1 Washable ink comes off easily. 1615 T. Roe Jrnl. 5 June in (1899) I. 12 I found a Rocke..being spotted all without with a most pure redd Coulor..that will come off upon paper or other fitt matter. 1793 V. 139 A mealy substance of various colours, which, when handled, comes off upon the fingers. 1889 Jan. 101/2 Lady (who has just discovered that she has been sitting on a newly-painted seat): ‘Oh dear! there's all the paint come off on my dress!’ 1976 J. Gardam (1985) v. 54 In other words I saw that where Grace Gathering went there would be romance and that if I hung about perhaps some of it would come off on me. 2005 May 60/2 Their best efforts will be published on newspaper raglan—washed-out pulp laid with slick ink that comes off on your fingers. 1838 A. Somerville 33 It was to work wid the pick..dat me coat came off, an' you'll be after flogging me for it. 1885 7 June 10/3 After some pulling and tugging, the rest of his old clothes came off. 1963 J. Schaefer 101 Don't ask me how he did it, but his pants came off too. 2015 (Nexis) 6 Nov. c 22 I began at 1 p.m. on a recent sunny day. Soon the jacket came off. 5. intransitive. a. the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > turn out the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > emerge or come out 1590 L. R. 4 He cast a thousand plattes in his heade, how to displace him of all three at once, but none of them all woulde come off halfe roundly to his contentment a long time. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 102 Sil. I thanke you (gentle Seruant) 'tis very Clerkly-done. Val. Now trust me (Madam) it came hardly-off . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. i. 29 Pain. 'Tis a good Peece. Poet. So 'tis, this comes off well, and excellent. View more context for this quotation 1696 tr. G. de Courtilz de Sandras 189 The quarrel of the Messieurs de la Frette..did not come off so well. 1761 I. Bickerstaff Pref. p. v The author thinks there is no doubt..but this little piece must come off well upon the stage. 1805 Apr. 35/2 Making bets at the risk or stand or run; that is, of demanding the money in case of winning, or making themselves scarce in case the thing did not come off right. 1823 J. Badcock 171 This imitation..comes off nearest to the mineral. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. I. 586/1 If the affair comes off successfully, the hyæna seizes the bait, pulls the trigger, and the contents of the gun are lodged in its skull. 1924 25 June 4/6 Not necessarily ‘happy’ in the ‘romanticistic’ sense but in the sense that it comes off successfully. 1989 C. S. Murray vii. 159 Something that's been rehearsed a hundred times and performed a thousand comes off looking and sounding like a spontaneous improvisation. 2010 G. D. Phillips ix. 163 Wilder was prepared with the script pages, and the scene came off very smoothly. the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] 1854 F. Bungener I. 402 The people were determined to applaud all the more lustily. ‘The play will come off,’ said some one to Mademoiselle Arnould, the actress. 1864 Crown Princess of Prussia Let. 4 May in (1968) 327 The Armistice does not seem to be coming off—the King and every one seem very anxious for it here. 1883 11 Aug. 138/2 Batting is his forte, though he does not always ‘come off’. 1904 11 July 3/2 Atmosphere is here; knowledge is here; graphic style is here. But..it does not in the telling language of the studio ‘come off’. 1959 29 June 59 If the plan comes off, it is likely that it would call for formation of a separate European unit. 2006 (Nexis) 22 June i. 11 With a little elbow grease, Patton's grand experiment came off. the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (intransitive)] > be carried out 1826 12 Mar. 87/1 The fight will come off on the 21st instant, within twenty miles of London. 1841 Oct. 2/2 The sale came off, near Lexington, Ky., on Wednesday, 1st Sept. 1865 J. W. Carlyle III. 286 First dinner (called luncheon), which comes off at two o'clock. 1904 Feb. 185 The event will come off the last week in January at the armory here in Geneva. 1929 17 Nov. 6/5 Preparations are afoot for observance of the death anniversary of the late Lala Lajpat Rai which comes off on November 17. 2008 D. Grazian iv. 122 The emotional energy required to jump-start a bar brawl quickly dissipates after the fight concludes—making it highly unlikely that a second fight will come off in the same bar later in the evening. 6. intransitive. a. With adverb, adverbial phrase, or prepositional phrase as complement. the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > retire or extricate oneself society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (intransitive)] > retreat 1600 W. Shakespeare i. i. 128 But my cheefe care Is to come fairely of from the great debts. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. vii. 1 We are come off, Like Romans, neither foolish in our stands, Nor Cowardly in retyre. View more context for this quotation 1630 tr. G. Botero (rev. ed.) 26 His few well led men came ever off with victory. 1636 tr. J. Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin i. vi. 104 He puts himselfe into many hazards, comes well off with some, is hurt in others. 1684 J. Bunyan ii. 68 Some Pilgrims in some things come off losers. View more context for this quotation 1748 T. Smollett I. ix. 58 Blessing our selves that we had come off so well. 1763 XL. 346 The Chicachas had often tried their valour, but always came off with the worst. 1829 W. Scott 3rd Ser. xxiii He had come off victorious..in every action in which he had been engaged. 1883 A. Dobson 70 In this controversy..Cibber did not come off worst. 1907 7 Dec. 2124/1 Yarn..went up a little, but cloth declined, the spinners..coming off best. 1979 P. O'Brian i. 31 They were determined that she should come off creditably in the match with those sods. 2005 (Nexis) 15 Feb. 16 Sport comes off poorly when compared with central funding attached to the arts. the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > perform or contest successfully a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy (1647) i. i. 14 Cunning but capricious Artisans, which come off in nothing so well as in making Monsters [Fr. qui ne reüssissent qu'à faire des monstres]. 1786 Feb. 128/1 Mr. Brown..undertook the part of the Dancing-master, and in his capering, as well as acting, came off well, considering the shortness of his notice. 1880 ‘Pansy’ & C. M. Livingston 92 He managed to come off passably well, and not even the teacher surmised that in reality Enos knew little more of grammar than did old Browse. 1894 B. M. Croker II. xxviii. 227 ‘You could not imagine her playing a hard set of tennis, or riding to hounds, or braving wet weather.’ ‘No,..I fancy she would “come off” badly.’ 1981 Feb. 23/2 If you come off badly in print, you can offset it with television. 1990 A. H. Marill 36/2 The critical notices were mixed on the film version, but most agreed that Robinson came off well in his interpretation of Joe Keller. the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] 1630 P. Massinger sig. I3 We are in a desperat straight, ther's no euasion Nor hope left to come of, but by your yeelding To the necessity. 1667 N. Fairfax in (Royal Soc.) 2 547 She had a dangerous Feaver, with a Diarrhœa, but came off. 1694 R. South II. 584 If, indeed, upon such a fair and full Trial he can come off, he is then Rectus in curiâ, clear and innocent. a1743 J. Cannon (2010) II. 250 At the Assizes following, Green came off, but Urry & Sheat were banished. 1775 S. Palmer I. 164 Once he was forced to give bail for his appearance at the sessions, and when the time came, held up his hand at the bar as a criminal, but came off by the favour of Sir Henry Tulse. 1813 J. Austen 24 Sept. (1995) 228 They talked of cupping me, but I came off with a dose or two of calomel. 1893 12 Aug. 554/2 A journalist who..prints any cock-and-bull story brought him by all and sundry, comes off lightly with one year's imprisonment. 1906 ‘H. Mathers’ i. vii. 73 John..thought he had broken his neck; but he came off with only a broken finger. 1918 1 June 319/1 I..have given much thought to the subject of why these accidents befell me, especially after taking all the precautions I did,..while others, taking no precautions at all, came off scot free. 2015 (Nexis) 30 Mar. The cyclist received very minor injuries... He was very lucky he came off lightly. 7. intransitive. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > diverge from course 1626 F. Bacon §221 The Figure of a Bell partaketh of the Pyramis, but yet comming off, and dilating more suddenly. 1755 S. Johnson at Come, To come off, to deviate; to depart from a rule or direction. 1726 H. Wilson iii. vii. 117 The straight Edge of the Ruler comes off from the Semicircle, at the South-end of the Arch. 1784 B. Bell II. xi. 27 The urethra..comes off at nearly a right angle from the anterior part of the neck of the bladder. 1821 (Royal Soc.) 111 409 This nerve comes off from the base of the brain. 1864 24 88 The inner corner (just where the dotted line comes off) has some longer and slenderer serrated hairs. 1912 July 41 They pump their regular supply. Their 4-inch line comes off of our 6-inch fire line. 2006 (Nexis) 15 Mar. 9 Grit is..sucked away, along with all the paint, down a vacuum pipe that comes off at the side. 8. intransitive. the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] 1639 J. Canne Ep. to Rdr. sig. ✳4 There are manie in England and in other Countries, who hold it unlawfull to be present at their divine service..and yet thinke it lawfull to heare the Ministers of that Church. Now, if such men have..tender hearts..; They will surely come off from this too. 1662 S. Clarke i. 169 For the space [of] many years, he did never come off from the serious consideration of these things. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet (1724) I. 361 To forgive every one, that should come off from his opposition. 1715 H. Felton (ed. 2) 182 To come off from these grave Disquisitions, my Lord, I would clear the Point by one Instance more. 1878 30 Mar. 2/6 ‘Oh, come off’, said another, in the improved language of the day. 1888 R. Grant xi. 335 ‘Oh come off,’ said Haseltine contemptuously. ‘Quit that stuff!’ 1904 S. E. White xiii. 139 Now you treat her decent and you treat me decent. It's time you came off. 1912 E. C. Bentley v. 119 ‘Come off!’ exclaimed Trent bitterly. ‘What do I care about his story?.. I want to know how you know he went to Southampton.’ 1954 M. Sandoz (1978) xii. 290 Oh, come off!.. You think I would leave my help to get hurt, maybe killed? 1843 Children's Employm. Comm.: 2nd Rep.: Trades & Manuf. 70 in XIII. 307 Those who go on at twelve at night and come off at twelve at noon will get their dinner and go to bed at two, and get up again at eight, evening. 1945 30 June 51/2 One of the cookhouse bashers that came off at five. 1954 6 Oct. 1/7 The walkout started ahead of schedule as the night shift came off at midnight. 1997 G. Weaver 115 It was the quiet time in Fat's Bar, the slow hours between the time the graveyard shift came off at the steel fabricating plant.., before the second shift came in. 2006 T. Pynchon 220 Webb had got into the practice of dropping by the Torpedo boardinghouse, usually around 4:00 a.m. when the night shift came off. the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have orgasm c1650 Walking in Meadowe Greene in J. W. Hales & F. J. Furnivall (1867) 4 Then off he came, & blusht for shame soe soone that he had endit.] 1909 J. Joyce 3 Dec. (1975) 182 You..frigged me slowly until I came off through your fingers. 1928 D. H. Lawrence x. 159 ‘We came off together that time,’ he said. 1969 P. Roth 183 Did you warn her you were going to shoot, or did you just come off and let her worry? 2000 G. V. Higgins (2001) 202 Of course they can come off six or seven times a night. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [verb (intransitive)] > reach the end of a run society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > be shown [verb (intransitive)] > reach end of run 1928 J. Gielgud 25 Jan. (2004) 12 The play comes off on Saturday night, which is simple, isn't it? 1952 M. Laski vii. 121 They says it's a really good film and it comes off to-morrow. 1977 18 Aug. 202/3 The play instantly came off, so I had no money. 2010 (Nexis) 24 Apr. 10 At the sites it didn't perform at, the film came off. At others where it did better it will continue. 1. intransitive. a. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > move towards the speaker or this place society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive at or reach [verb (transitive)] > from another specified place the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach (a point or place) [verb (transitive)] > arrive at > from another place c1450 (c1400) (1881) l. 2873 (MED) Than wole I þat ye come on In haste to that same place. 1535 Jer. xlviii. 14 The destruction off Moab commeth on a pace. ?1565 sig. B.iv The smyth..Called on hys dame Jone And bad her com on fast. 1603 R. Knolles 606 The great ordinance once discharged, the armies came fast on. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. i. 392 The swift celeritie of his death, Which I did thinke, with slower foot came on . View more context for this quotation 1723 D. Defoe (ed. 2) 281 Their Troops..came on again to the Charge with such Fury, that [etc.]. 1866 M. Arnold Thyrsis vii, in Apr. 450 Soon will the high Midsummer pomps come on, Soon will the musk carnations break and swell. 1889 9 Dec. 5/7 He will come on to Zanzibar on Thursday. 1902 H. James iii. 88 She had come on from Boston for that purpose. 1930 E. Waugh iv. 51 They had come on from a dance and stood in a little group by themselves. 1990 R. A. Salvatore (1998) vii. 78 Thalasi's army came on only to find the four bridges that spanned the river blocked by the Calvan force. 1999 K. Haruf (2004) 293 The train came on from a distance, whistling sudden and long at a mile crossing. 1872 W. Besant & J. Rice Ready-money Mortiboy xxiv, in 30 Mar. 297/1 He looked Frank up and down. ‘You're quite a swell. Come on in.’ 1915 Mar. 365/2 ‘Come on in!’ called Dick again. ‘I'm fully dressed and respectable.’ 1940 C. Porter I'm throwing Ball Tonight in R. Kimball (1983) 203 Come on down, come on down, I'm throwing a ball tonight. 1952 W. Gaddis (1955) 539 Hey, come on out, you want a good browning? 1987 I. Sinclair xiv. 102 Every mark is told to come on round and to bring the bread. 2006 T. Hadley in Summer 243 Come on in, my little lambs. Come and get warm in Nana's flat. the world > action or operation > doing > invitation or encouragement to action [interjection] the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > call to advance [interjection] a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 73 ‘Com on,’ seyde Merlion, ‘and ye shall have grete worship.’ a1500 (?a1475) (Cambr. Ff.2.38) l. 1860 (MED) Gye beganne on hym to crye: ‘Harrawde, come on smertlye.’ ?1504 S. Hawes sig. aa.viiv Come on fayre youth and go with me. 1568 iv. ii. sig. E.jv Come on then, folow me Mido a litle wayes. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 1 Come on, come on, come on, giue me your hand sir, giue me your hand sir. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 134 Now Sir, come on: What was done to Elbowes wife, once more? View more context for this quotation 1738 A. Pope 4 Come on then Satire!.. Spread thy broad wing, and sowze on all the Kind. 1758 S. Jennyns tr. I. H. Brown On Immortality of Soul in R. Dodsley VI. 61 Come on then, let us feast. 1836 C. Dickens (1837) ii. 6 ‘Come on,’ said the cab-driver, sparring away like clock-work. ‘Come on—all four on you.’ 1888 E. Gosse ix. 201 Struck down as he was shouting ‘Come on, my men!’ 1913 Feb. 110/1 ‘Well, come on then, poor little pussy,’ and they trudged down the street together, Billy and the cat. 1964 J. Hale xi. 179 ‘Come on, sissy boy,’ says Brooks, ‘come on you poncy bastard.’ 2013 E. Laybourne xx. 195 ‘That's it, Simonsen!’ he hollered. ‘Get under it. Come on, Zarember, push, push, push!’ 1862 26 Nov. 1115/3 A voice in the passage said, ‘Come on, George, don't be a fool.’ 1895 23 Apr. Ah, come on, Mary; don't be hard on a fellow. 1929 J. L. Latham 10 Dick: I'll bet you I could talk to every darn woman in that bridge club, and carry on a howlingly successful conversation, on two words! Dot: On two words! Oh, come on now, Dick! 1966 H. Kemelman xxvii. 140 Oh, come on, Rabbi. Everybody in town knows that the chief of police and you are buddy-buddy. 1977 P. G. Winslow ii. xvii. 219 ‘Oh, come on, Supe,’ Jed scoffed. ‘You're really not trying to pin that murder on me, are you?’ 1991 A. McCarten 129 ‘Maybe it was..y'know..a natural phenomenon.’ ‘Spontaneous combustion? Come on, Clark.’ 2009 1 June 39/1 ‘Come on,’ the general surgeon finally said. ‘We all know these arguments are bullshit.’ 2. intransitive. To begin; to set in; to approach. the world > time > particular time > [verb (intransitive)] > come or arrive (of a time) c1450 (c1400) (1881) l. 892 (MED) The nyghte come on ful sone. 1485 W. Caxton tr. sig. dviijv/2 The nyght came on. 1579 T. Churchyard sig. C.i The Spryng commyng on, all the Frenche Garrisons, and Englishe Soldiours were commaunded, to make their repaire to sainct Quintaines. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) vi. xii. 143/2 in (new ed.) I Herevpon they being on both parts readie to giue battell, the euening comming on caused them to deferre it till the morow. 1603 R. Knolles 678 Not protract the warre vntil Winter were come on. 1694 126 Night coming on, we here pitched our Tent. 1701 E. Veryard 198 Lent coming on, the Scene changes, and the Romans..re-assume their old precise Temper. 1740 J. Ward 121 When summer came on..he took a journey into Scotland. 1856 T. T. Stone (ed. 2) iii. iv. 363 The night passing off, as we trust, the dawn coming on. 1886 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed I. vi. 99 The night had come on wet. 1921 Jan. 16/2 It would be foolish to disturb foxes after the first of January with the mating season coming on. 1976 N. S. Momaday ii. 67 There is a taut wind at the windows, and winter is coming on. 2004 L. Cabral xxvi. 199 With Christmas coming on, I noticed our guys are looking a little bit homesick. 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin i. f. xx Another dyette there is, the whiche she ought to obserue in the tyme of labor, when the stormes and thronges begyn to come on [L. cum prægnans doloribus grauari]. 1684 tr. T. Bonet xiv. 514/2 A little after her Travailing Pains came on..this Potion was given to further the Birth. 1689 J. Heath 212 The Sweating Sickness coming on, she fell desperately, ill and dyed. 1766 L. Carter 24 July (1965) I. 320 She danced though sick for her period coming on. 1784 J. Hendy ii. xxi. 131 He has scarce been able to determine whether the local symptoms or the cold fit came on first. 1802 T. Beddoes II. viii. 123 Those gasping-fits, which come on with greater and greater violence. 1861 14 Mar. 179/1 I have generally wrapped their necks in cloths wet in cold water whenever the paroxysm came on. 1894 16 Apr. 216/1 Opium is incorporated with the food and is literally absorbed with it. This prevents the speedy in-take and consequent powerful effects coming on at once. 1910 Aug. 500/1 I see no reason to advise a healthy girl to remain in bed for the first day because of her period coming on. 1975 B. Donoughue 13 Feb. (2005) xi. 311 I need a rest and feel a cold coming on. 2005 21 Nov. 23 Uh oh, I feel a sneeze coming on. the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > make an unwelcome appearance 1592 W. Raleigh 16 Sept. (1999) 81 I beseich your lordship to take order for thes with sume speade for the charge will groe dayly and winter weather cumes on. 1635 L. Foxe sig. P4 A small gale comming on hee stood off into 60. fathome. 1684 P. Ayres 97 The wind came on so fierce that it blew away our Mizon. 1712 W. Rogers 4 It came on to blow. 1743 C. Chauncy i. 104 They [sc. meetings] never happen'd..'till the Darkness of the Night came on. 1830 ‘Juan de Vega’ (1847) xx. 138 It came on to rain. 1840 R. H. Dana xiv. 116 We encountered another south-easter..it came on in the night. 1900 1 Sept. 29/1 It came on stormy in the afternoon and bid fair to make a night of it. 1915 1 Feb. 94/1 The cold spell lasted for about three days. Then bright sunshine came on and melted this thin skim of ice. 2012 (Nexis) 28 Aug. 15 The timing of this storm, coming on..on the anniversary of Katrina, has everybody in a state and sense of alertness. the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make progress or advance (of action or operation) 1584 121 What orders were moste meete..for the furtheraunce of them that are newly come, and what for the continuance and increase, of them that are very well come on. 1606 J. Marston ii. i. sig. Cv States come on With slow advice, quicke execution. 1626 F. Bacon ¶647 It should seem by the experiments, both of the malt and of the roses, that they will come far faster on in water than in earth. 1689 E. Hickeringill 38 Like a young Setting-dog..there's hopes of him, he's coming on. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 182 He seemed to come on but slowly while the shocks were slight. 1765 Sept. 230 April, at which time our work comes on generally in a great hurry. 1853 C. McIntosh I. 473 Crops of cauliflower, etc., that may be coming on too fast. 1890 15 Feb. 232/3 No. 7 [oarsman] has hardly come on as fast as expected. 1901 F. Norris (1964) i. v.142 ‘How's it coming on?’ inquired Annixter. ‘The hop ranch? Prime. I've almost got the land in shape.’ 1940 D. Thomas (1987) 459 This isn't an easy time to work in, and I find I have to revise thoroughly everything I do. But there will be some stuff. It's coming on. 2015 (Nexis) 23 Feb. (Sport section) 8 When he signed from Swansea City he looked shy and unsure, but he's come on lately. 4. intransitive. the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible > make an appearance the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive a1635 R. Sibbes King Davids Epit. in (1639) 173 There bee many that must act their parts in this world, therefore some must go off the stage, that others may come on. 1653 W. Sclater 25 As Players upon the Stage come on disguised under the habits of severall Persons. 1759 16 I..went to see the Alchymist: I saw Burton and Palmer plain enough, till Abel Drugger came on. 1790 J. Haslewood II. 112 When Roscius came on, nothing but off! off! &c. could be heard. 1881 Sept. 271/2 Whenever a new speaker came on, this man bawled out: ‘Mr Henry!.. I call for Mr. Henry!’ 1888 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed III. viii. 168 Ransom began to grow impatient, and to wonder if Berenice was never to come on. 1966 L. Bruce iii. 30 At two o'clock in the morning the announcer would come on. 1971 J. Mortimer ii. 64 We're waiting to come on, at London Sessions. 2011 P. Black iii. 84 The band came on and did a short set. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (intransitive)] > begin to bowl 1860 July 303 Tarrant..came on when The United, in their first innings, had made 30 runs. 1890 10 May 672/2 At this stage Mr. Woods came on to bowl. 1903 21 Oct. 10/1 He seemed well on his way to a century when, in hitting out rather carelessly at Evans, who had come on again, he sent up a catch to Martin at mid-off. 1950 30 June 881/2 My son came on first change, and bowled high-flighted balls. 2015 (Nexis) 10 July 13 The real breakthrough came when the spinners came on to replace the seam attack that were bowling too short. 1884 18 June Humphreys sprained his leg, and Hanna took his place behind the bat, Mullin coming on as substitute. 1899 1 Apr. 373/2 Between halves the second team came on to keep the regulars warm, and met defeat. 1907 21 Jan. 4/5 After about five minutes' play J. Ferguson..came on to replace Rea, and he played outside left. 1978 26 Oct. 24/3 The Welsh had to use both their replacements, Nicholas coming on in the first-half for J. J. Williams. 2015 (Nexis) 6 Apr. 8 Costa's troubled hamstrings lasted just 11 minutes after he came on to replace the ineffective Oscar at half-time. the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > conduct affairs > come to be dealt with 1649 No. 213. 1909 The sale of Deans and Chapters Lands comes on to morrow. 1677 W. Wycherley iii. 46 Captain, I tell you, you are my prime Witness, and the Cause is just now coming on. 1737 A. Pope ii. ii. 8 Before the Lords at Twelve my Cause comes on. 1789 T. Jefferson Let. 29 June in (1859) III. 64 The question of the St. Domingo deputation came on. 1833 38 132 The next day comes on Sir John Key's motion. 1890 22 Mar. 340/2 The..Bill had come on for second reading. 1918 Feb. 15/1 I used to let them [sc. papers] lie many a morning unopened, until the trial of the Caillaux case came on at Paris. 1921 192 13/2 Both motions came on for hearing, and were presented to and disposed of by the court. 2009 (Nexis) 27 Oct. 18 Uncle Fred's trial comes on in February; if he turns Queen's evidence on the bent accountants he could get off with three years. 6. intransitive. 1704 J. Ozell tr. C. Perrault I. 185 The Gentleman astonish'd at what he heard, was much more so when the Play came on [Fr. on joüa la Comedie], the Pit and Boxes ringing again incessantly with Applauses. 1832 18 Apr. 370/2 The farce came on, full of fun and frolic. The galleries were enraptured with it. 1913 22 Oct. 11/4 It did not..startle me when a certain film came on to hear a thick-voiced man of the coster pattern exclaim: ‘Hallo! here's one of the bally saints.’ 1942 Jan. 31/1 We shall huddle around our radio sets that day to hear our program come on. 1953 20 June 64/4 Four shows were held Monday... After two afternoon and one evening performance, the fourth show came on at 10:15pm. 1968 20 Sept. 81/2 Ringo will smile or nod when a Beatles song comes on; John and Paul don't appear to notice. 1987 July 59/2 His favorite TV show comes on at eight. 2015 (Nexis) 3 Dec. 26 One of my favourite pursuits is shouting at the telly when an obnoxious or meaningless advert comes on. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [verb (intransitive)] > begin season or tour 1737 H. Fielding Eurydice Hiss'd in 40 You know my Farce comes on today, and I have many Enemies; I hope you will stand by me. 1890 15 Feb. 350/1 The critic of the Roarer has a new play coming on at the Marlowe Theatre next week. 1926 3 Mar. 538/2 We are settled here in New Canaan for a few months because my wife has a play coming on in New York. 1942 M. Anderson Let. 10 Aug. in L. G. Avery (1977) 126 I think I have a good play coming on this fall—one that I'd not be ashamed to show you. 1992 J. Anderson in B. McFarlane 3/1 I was excited at my first film coming on in the West End and the posters going up. 2005 M. Jong-Fast 188 He's starring in a big movie coming on this spring. 1892 13 Apr. He touched something in the switch box, the lights came on, and he was nearly knocked off a ladder he was standing on. 1902 19 Dec. 362/2 If such heating came on it would be in the winter, and probably at the same time as the lighting. 1942 10 Dec. 6/5 When you turn an electric light switch, you would be surprised indeed if the light failed to come on. 1984 Dec. 27/1 (advt.) Touch another button and your stereo system comes on. 2012 P. Hollist 119 The sound of a television set coming on..reminded Fina that Edna and her kids were in the townhouse. 8. intransitive. Originally U.S.1941 30 Aug. 14/3 One of the ‘experienced’ girls ‘came on strong’. She fought, argued, issued unconventional invitations. 1961 R. Gover 99 Then this one general comes on strong. I mean, he lets this jerk have it. 1989 B. Robinson (1998) 120 I told him, there's no questiona payin' rent for a property cut with rodents... He takes exception to this, and comes on really bald with me. 1993 Q Jan. 69/3 Swingbeat maestro Teddy Riley sets up a barrage of rasping drums and skimpy synths, against which the self-styled King Of Pop was free to come on all weird and alluring. 2001 M. Blair xxvii. 196 Can't say I liked him much. A bit snakish. Came on friendly enough, but I wouldn't turn my back on him in a business deal. 1954 12 June (City ed.) 20/4 Bill Harvey blows much sax and his band is real jazzy. He comes on like Louis Jordan. Harvey's band jumps for dancing. 1964 R. Gover 59 An him, here's him, comes on like a Jay Pee puttin down the law. 1999 S. Rushdie (2000) xiv. 442 Once the god-squaddie supreme, she was now possessed of the zeal of the apostate and came on like an atheistic stormtrooper. 2005 N. Hornby 146 Is it because your daddy reads books? Is that why you come on like such a dork? the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > flirt with [verb (transitive)] 1948 R. Westerby (rev. ed.) 149 If you make a dead-line at six inches above the knees they always want to come on. 1968 H. Ellison 58 He was coming on with Rooney because he knew it would make me feel tall. 1985 M. Sachs xv. 138 Her boyfriend is a punk. Didn't you see the way he was coming on to you? 1999 R. A. Gardner 130 A certain amount of flirting and expression of interest in the boys may result in their ‘coming on’. 2012 May 42/2 I still get groupies coming on to me, but I'm aware that before I was famous women wouldn't come up to me like that. 1977 J. McCrindle & S. Rowbotham xiv. 372 I was doing gym at the time and I came on; I didn't know what to do with the towel, someone had to actually show me how you used the towel. 1996 G. G. Barnes in R. Davie et al. ix. 149 Her mother..told Stasia that her own mother had slapped her when she tried to ask what her own period was when she first ‘came on’. 2009 (Electronic ed.) 22 Oct. 22 Menstrual modernity in the form of a more efficient throwaway technology was seized on and celebrated, as was the opportunity to send your man off to the shop to get it if you came on suddenly. I. To move or travel out, and related senses. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] OE (Northumbrian) xi. 43 Lazare, ueni foras : ðu latzar cymm ut. OE Acct. Voy. Ohthere & Wulfstan in tr. Orosius (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 16 Cumað ut samod in Estmere, Ilfing eastan of Estlande, & Wisle suðan of Winodlande. ?a1160 (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1140 Þa wenden þe eorles..þat he neure mare sculde cumen ut. a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 63 Þe saule of him..fereð in to helle mid eche wa, ut ne cumeð he nefre ma. 1422 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 125 (MED) Le preuy in Richard Osberne Rent endited for grete stenche that commyth out in-to the hye way of fylthe. 1535 Num. xx. B And Moses..smote ye rocke..Then came ye water out abundantly. c1580 (new ed.) sig. B.ij The one clarke stode at the spoute There as the meale shoulde come out. 1611 Luke xv. 28 Therefore came his father out . View more context for this quotation 1668 F. Kirkman II. xix. 171 After he was once in his Chamber of a night, he seldom came out again to watch us. 1723 D. Defoe (ed. 2) 161 Go in there a Slave, and come out a Gentleman. 1776 23/1 Would you not have heard if he had been so ill as not to be able to come out? 1819 W. Irving v. 380 The squire came out to receive us. 1880 (Univ. Michigan) 16 Oct. 28/2 Every student in the University is requested and urged to come out and play Rugby from two to four in the afternoon. 1913 22 Feb. 13/2 The old man..had come out from behind a row of packing cases. 1954 J. Corbett 146 Crossing the stream on stepping-stones, and going up a short rise, I came out on an open stretch of ground. 2012 31 Aug. 29/5 I came out from a matinée performance into the mêlée of shoppers. 2. intransitive. To come out (in sense 1) for a specified or implied purpose. society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] a1500 (1839) 14 Kynge Edwarde sent a messyngere to them, that yf thai wulde come oute, that he wulde feght withe them.] 1511 H. Watson tr. (new ed.) sig. N.vv I shall goo tell the kynge Broadas that crysten men are entred for to robbe this countre, & he shall come out with as many men as he may & shall come rennynge without ony ordynaunce. 1530 Deut. ii. f. xiiiv Then both Sihon and all his people came out agenst vs vnto batayle at Iahab. 1611 Judges ix. 29 And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine armie and come out . View more context for this quotation 1683 S. Cradock iv. xcii. 219 Og the King..with his Army came out against us at Edrei. 1739 IV. ii. xi. 58 Judas..came out against him with his handful of men, and gave him a total defeat. 1742 T. Gray Let. 24 May in (1971) I. 206 My Lady of Queensbury is come out against my Lady of Marlborough. 1805 Capt. Blackwood in Ld. Nelson (1846) VII. 130 (note) At this moment the Enemy are coming out. 1829 W. Scott 3rd Ser. lxxxiv Their simple and ignorant followers, who came out [in 1745] in ignorance of the laws of the civilized part of the nation. 1838 D. Gilbert IV. 346 The king..at length..provoked him to come out to battle. 1771 H. Bathurst 33 You not only expect, that I should make you large Remittances, but immediately have you come out to India. 1837 14 Oct. 69/2 Quincy was the first resting-place of the Adams family, as they came out from the Old World. 1897 J. Dodds Introd. p. viii There is no man living now who came out in 1825 with the Scotch colony. 1939 L. Hughes Let. 3 May in L. Hughes & C. Van Vechten (2001) 148 What you must see if you come out to Chicago is the Amateur Fights at the Savoy on Tuesday nights. 1980 R. Rhodes i. ii. 25 She ought to have been as spoiled and selfish or unfinished as the other American girls he'd known who came out to Africa on their own to party. 2014 (Nexis) 25 July 78 She came out to Australia when she was only three and they settled into Malvern. society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > participate in labour relations [verb (intransitive)] > strike 1841 1 Mar. 49/2 These, with the men who came out on strike from the above and minor offices, left upwards of eighty almost totally unemployed in Dublin. 1889 3 Dec. 5/5 He had the promises of 300 to come out ‘in sympathy’ when the time came for quitting work. 1914 ‘Saki’ 82 The threat of the Zoological Gardens authorities that if the men ‘came out’ the animals should come out also. 1980 T. Brooke-Taylor et al. 37 To British Leyland... When the clock strikes midnight don't come out in sympathy. 2007 19 Dec. 26/3 They persuaded the so-called show-runners..to come out on strike with the rank and file. the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible > of a heavenly body 1715 E. Halley in (Royal Soc.) 29 247 The Sun came out in an Instant with so much Lustre that it suprized the Beholders, and in a Moment restored the Day. 1776 T. Francklin ii. 44 Now do you look like a couple of Dutch bum-boats that had been lost in a fog and fallen foul of one another; when the sun comes out what a foolish figure they both cut! 1832 Ld. Tennyson New Year's Eve iv, in (new ed.) 96 I wish the snow would melt and the sun come out on high. 1883 R. C. Praed I. i. vii. 132 The stars came out in the blue overhead. 1909 L. M. Montgomery xviii. 205 The rain ceased, the sun came out, and Diana ventured across the puddles of the yard. 1988 L. Maynard xvi. 162 I would be in a hell of a fix if..the moon came out and they saw me. 2013 1 Apr. 17/1 We whip off our clothes and dive into the sea the moment the sun comes out. 1911 14 Dec. 1/2 It will be seen that the first issue of the Herald did not come out fighting. 1941 23 Apr. 2/8 Attorneys..prepared to abandon sparring tactics and come out swinging for the third round of the legal battle. 1944 26 June 40/3 (caption) Wendell Willkie, who has been politically quiet since he withdrew as a candidate in April, came out fighting on the eve of the Republican Convention. 1996 Nov. 13/3 Rather than trying to fix blame and coming out swinging, parents should take a ‘Let's see what we can do..’ approach. 2006 21 July 16/5 Tourism giant S8 Limited has come out fighting in the face of a major investigation by the Office of Fair Trading. II. To become or to make something widely known, and related senses. society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > become exposed to public view [verb (intransitive)] society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [verb (intransitive)] > to be played OE (Corpus Cambr.) xxi. 23 Witodlice ðeos spræc com ut [L. exivit] gemang broþrum þæt se leorningcniht ne swylt. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris (1873) 2nd Ser. 73 Þe ne dar his sinnes seien þe prest, leste hit uttere cume þat hie tweien witen. ?c1335 in W. Heuser (1904) 163 Þis compasment com vte Fram kniȝt to kniȝt abute. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. xix. l. 156 Þus cam it out þat cryst ouer-cam rekeuered & lyued..For [þat] þat wommen witeth may nouȝte wel be conseille! ?1499 J. Skelton (de Worde) sig. Bvi Forthwyth there I had him slayne But that I drde mordre wolde come oute. a1500 (a1460) (1994) I. xxi. 258 Els on the I shal be wrokyn Or thi ded com All outt. 1528 R. Copland tr. sig. I.iiv Thy secrete may come out to thy grete shame and rebuke. 1591 R. Greene f. 5 Ile vie and reuy euery Card at my pleasure, till eyther yours or mine come out. 1633 P. Massinger v. i. sig. L3v All will come out. 1783 Hist. Europe 193*/1 The proceedings of the committee must all come out in the end. 1796 Ld. Nelson Let. 20 Nov. in (1845) II. 304 We have all of us some [damages] when the truth comes out. 1814 C. Jones (new ed.) 136 The punter loses half the stake when his card comes out twice in the same coup. 1886 R. C. Praed I. iv. 68 All this came out incidentally. 1921 S. Ford xvi. 279 Think of the row that will start when it comes out that this is an inside job. 1960 11 July 30 (caption) In the midst of the preconvention politics, one candidate's happy secret came out. Jacqueline Kennedy is expecting in November. 2002 Apr. 103/2 You can talk trash, you can push the line. But the truth's gonna come out. 6. intransitive. society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)] the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be or make visible [verb (transitive)] > present or exhibit a1500 (a1460) (1994) I. xxi. 258 Be it hole worde or brokyn, Com owt with som. 1548 tr. M. Luther sig. O They do not all come out with it so rudely mynglynge their busynes with their prayers by mouthe as the aboue named priest, did yet do they so in their thoughtes. 1589 J. Lyly sig. E2 Pasquil is comming out with the liues of the Saints. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius 250 Whereupon one of these plaisants came out with a pretie conceit. 1679 A. Behn iv. i. 40 Thou dost come out with things so malapropo. 1761 F. Sheridan I. 36 To tell you the truth, I did not believe him; for I knew, if it had been so, he would not have come out with it so bluntly. 1836 C. Dickens (1837) vi. 54 Mr. Winkle came out with jokes which are very well known in town. 1898 May 333/1 Messrs. Thacker..will come out with a book on sir William Lockhart's ‘Advances through Tirah’. 1940 A. M. Lindbergh Diary 17 June in (1980) 111 He..comes out with the most astoundingly unconventional ideas and theories. 1973 Fall 8/2 The chemical industry is periodically coming out with new methods of ‘herding’ spilled oil. 2007 12 Feb. 73/1 Sometimes when a company comes out with a new product, they'll actually tell bloggers ahead of time and use buzz marketing to promote their products. the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without restraint, openly, or recklessly > blurt out 1861 July 416 If the candidate, when asked to state his belief, does not come right out with clear Scriptural statement, I cannot see what is the use of spending half a day in trying to force it out of him. 1878 H. James xi. 205 Do you know what he intimated? indeed, he came right out with it. 1928 7 Jan. 8/1 Why don't you come right out and say how it happened? 1934 J. O'Hara (1935) iv. 99 Well, Kitty, you know how she is. Comes right out with it. 1966 1 Mar. 39/1 After considerable hinting, she finally came right out and asked for the painting. 1996 M. Cheek iv. 32 You have to come right out with it and say so. 2013 G. Parker xi. 119 Jed had always been one to come right out with the bald truth. society > communication > printing > publishing > be published [verb (intransitive)] 1529 T. More i. f. xixv Then cam sone after out in prynt the dyaloge of frere Roy & frere Hyerome. 1574 J. Baret To Rdr. sig. *.5 Sir Thomas Eliots Librarie, which was come out a little before. 1606 i. ii. sig. A4 What new paper hobby horses..are come out in your late May morrice daunce? 1648 No. 6. 6 There is a book to come out, called the Fooles of Fate, or, the unraveling of the Parliament and Army. 1710 R. Steele No. 232. ⁋2 All the Writings and Pamphlets which have come out since the Trial. 1791 J. Boswell anno 1750 I. 113 A few numbers of the Rambler had come out. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. 389 The London Gazette came out only on Mondays and Thursdays. 1890 15 Feb. 199/1 The new Russian loan..came out this week. 1952 Apr. 10/2 There is another movie coming out, and it is called ‘For Men Only’. 1977 June 85/2 The National Academy of Sciences report came out last September. 1987 25 May 16/2 When CD players first came out, in 1982, they sold for $1,000. 2014 Apr. 75/2 Also coming out as a double-vinyl album release,..‘Body Of One’ could well be their best yet. 8. intransitive. Of a person. 1637 S. Rutherford Let. 1 May in (1664) 361 Eyes to discern the Devil now coming out in his white's. 1837 C. Dickens xxxvi. 397 When he began to come out in this way. 1844 30 584/2 I have hoards of gold laid by..and could come out as a Crœsus when I chose. 1872 27 Dec. 13/1 Baron Pasquier..turned his coat again, and came out in the guise of a Liberal. 1906 21 June 499/2 He [sc. the President] came out in the rôle not merely of a dictator, but of a hectorer. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > appear as performer [verb (intransitive)] > make debut 1741 G. Whitefield Let. 24 Aug. in (1771) I. 317 I proceed now, just as I have done ever since I came out in the ministry. 1756 i. 20 Do you think I can come out this Season? 1799 J. G. Holman i. 13 I came out in Richard the Third. I thought it devilish fine; but the good folks in the front thought otherwise. 1820 No. 637. 414/2 When she came out in Mandane..she came upon us by surprise. 1837 H. Martineau III. 171 She studies..as if she were coming out next year in a learned profession. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ IV. vii. li. 42 My husband was a Charisi. When I came out as a singer, we made it Alcharisi. 1903 1 162/2 J. B. Howard..first came out, I believe, at this theatre. society > society and the community > [verb (transitive)] > make a formal entry into society 1782 F. Burney III. vi. iv. 259 She has seen nothing at all of the world, for she has never been presented yet, so she is not come out, you know: but she's to come out next year. 1807 J. Beresford II. xv. 47 A practical hint afforded by the daughter, as she is ‘coming out’, that it is time for Mamma to think of going in. 1852 H. B. Stowe II. xxii. 68 These jewels I'm going to give you when you come out. I wore them to my first ball. 1908 14 Dec. 12/3 Many a mother will insist on choosing one of these soft, fluffy materials for her débutante, even if she allow the sister who ‘came out’ a season or two ago to appear in satins. 1967 6 Jan. 69/2 Although some of the girls were having debutante parties of their own, most of them came out at big charity balls. 2015 (Nexis) 31 May 3 Dame Antonia Fraser..came out as a debutante and fell in love with an earl's son. the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > be spoken or flow (of words) 1653 J. Davies tr. C. Sorel vi. 143 His words came out with a certain accent, that gave them great weight. 1769 T. Smollett II. 167 Instead of uttering What he prompted, the sounds came out quite altered in their passage. 1872 5 Jan. 43/1 I tried to say ‘Amen’ when he had done, but no sound came out. 1955 P. Chayefsky 226 Boy, sometimes I wish I was a bachelor. (This last sentence came out a little unpremeditatedly, and both young husbands are embarrassed). 1984 L. Erdrich (1989) ii. 55 She kneeled, but her voice box evidently did not work, for her mouth opened, shut, opened, but no sound came out. 2015 J. Niven 144 Finally I say, ‘You can't always believe what you read, sir.’ It comes out snarky. I decide to drop the sarcasm and try again. society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > be disclosed or revealed 1751 R. Hurd Notes in Horace 46 The conciseness of the expression made it necessary to open the poet's sense at large, which now comes out very good. 1762 Ld. Kames II. xviii. 307 The sense comes out clearly and distinctly by means of a happy arrangement. 1820 No. 614. 43/1 They come out upon the eye with a satisfying power. 1890 Apr. 290 The same arrogance came out, sometimes with startling distinctness. 1925 Apr. 50/3 Wise comments passed from lip to lip. Blood would tell! What's bred in the bone would come out in the flesh! 1972 23 Mar. 60/2 Her keen sense of humor comes out when she observes, ‘There's no way a man could live with a maniac like me at this point.’ 2015 M. Hilger 27 His intelligence comes out in the way he leads his warriors. 1771 16 If he is come out, and is a New Light, he will by no means answer our purpose. a1856 F. M. Whitcher (1856) 108 I experienced religion over in Varmount, at one o' brother Armstrong's protracted meetin's... Them special efforts is great things—ever since I come out, I've felt like a new critter. 1872 M. S. De Vere iv. 231 A person proposing to join a church is expected first openly to come out, that is to say, to profess his religion. the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (intransitive)] > one's opinion or position society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > reveal one's true character > one's thoughts or feelings 1836 26 Mar. 9/2 James B. Gardiner..was then a supporter of Mr. Van Buren's claims for the Presidency.—Since that time, he has come out as a partisan of Gen. Harrison. 1850 July 425/2 Why you come out so strong in favour of one cause? 1876 W. Stubbs iv. 65 Now he [sc. Becket] comes out as a candidate for martyrdom. 1916 Feb. 7/2 H. P. Schwab,..editor of Everybody's Poultry Magazine, opened its columns to the discussion and came out supporting Mr. Upham. 1926 July 261/2 He came out in favor of a bill which would prohibit all public dancing. 1947 S. Lewis xx. 119 I never have thought of coming out as a Negro. Do you despise Negroes that give up the fight and pass? 1968 S. Yurick ix. 390 The hippie community came out against any kind of urban renewal at all. 2011 N. Mehdiyeva v. 129 In 1994 Azerbaijan came out as a proponent of partitioning the Caspian. 13. intransitive. 1931 21 Mar. 1/4 The coming out of new debutantes into homo-sexual society was the outstanding feature of Baltimore's eighth annual frolic of the pansies.] 1941 G. Legman in G. W. Henry II. 1161 Come out, to become progressively more and more exclusively homosexual with experience. 1949 ‘Swasarnt Nerf’ in H. Hagius (2010) 48 Come out, to be initiated into the mysteries of homosexuality. 1968 13 Jan. 6/4 Several I spoke to referred to the difficulties they experienced in ‘coming out’—realizing they were homosexuals. 1972 B. Rodgers 54 Come out, to become aware of one's own homosexuality. ‘Ruth came out when she was thirty-five—that's a long time to wait.’ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > [verb (intransitive)] > acknowledge or declare openly one's sexual orientation 1970 (Stanford Univ., Calif.) 26 Oct. 2/4 I told my friends and they were glad that I'd come out, and was so much happier. Still I've got the small town syndrome and am still a closet queen to the extent I don't want to include my name here. 1974 3 Oct. 10/2 The conference..was a very special occasion for me. It was the time when I came out as a bisexual. 1983 W. S. Wooden & J. Parker (1984) v. 95 Chuckie had his first male sexual experience at eleven and came out as homosexual at seventeen. 1990 27 137 It is not surprising that non-lesbians were reluctant to come out as heterosexual and bisexual in a community which stressed that ‘any woman can be a lesbian’. 2002 S. Seidman 71 It's always hard to come out even though you'd been gay for years. 2006 G. Filax iii. 100 When he came out to his father, his father said that he already knew and that it was fine with him. society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] 1976 V. Russo 19 May 18/3 We now have ‘closet’ opera fans and people ‘coming out’ as vegetarians. 1981 Nov. 22/3 Coming out as a lesbian made it possible for me to come out as a Jew. 1996 V. Taylor 141 When women come out as having suffered postpartum illness, they make a clear and visible break with the conventional view of womanhood. 1999 10 Oct. (Review Suppl.) 7 She ‘came out’ on Italian television, and admitted to having been an agent for the KGB. 2012 R. das Nair & S. Fairbank in R. das Nair & C. Butler 195 There are interesting stories on how people 'come out' as having a mental health problem. III. To reach an expected or specified point or stage. the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)] OE Charter: Bp. Wærferð to Æðelred & Æðelflæd (Sawyer 1280) in A. J. Robertson (1956) 36 Andlang þæs bisceopes dic of þære ea þæt hit cymð west ut on þæt mordic, & swa norð þæt hit cymð ut onefen þæt gelad. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (Paris) (1971) 272 Woundes of þe haunches..some in þe conteynede partyes and some forsoþe in þe parties þat comen oute. 1565 J. Hall Anat. 2nd. Pt. ii. 63 in tr. Lanfranc In the ende of these muscles, come oute Chordes, whereby the fyngers are moued, & the lower members. 1598 J. Stow 277 Panyar Ally..commeth out into the North, ouer against S. Martins Lane. 1615 H. Crooke ii. viii. 75/3 (caption) Small veines comming out from the veines. 1694 118 Between the Scales on both sides the Knobs come out commonly three or four together. 1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger 23 The other [end] at top..coming out into the Room. 1790 3 Antiquities 36 A flight of stairs coming out like cellar steps from under the third bench. 1809 C. Bell III. iv. 131 The tibial verve..gives off a nerve which comes out from the ham, and descends superficially on the back of the leg. 1869 Jan. 45 Her nose came out so far, and her mouth went in so deep, and her chin stuck up so high, that she looked for all the world like those wooden nut-crackers the Swiss people make. 1902 68 We continued on our way down the bank of the river until the track came out opposite a small village on the other bank. 1927 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann (London ed.) I. ii. 33 About his neck was the broad, starched ruff,..beneath which, for good measure, a fluted jabot came out over the waistcoat. 2005 D. Smith 22 His belly came out far enough that there wasn't much lap to sit on. the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > come to an end, terminate, or expire a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate (Arun.) (1911) l. 1125 Whan the ȝeer his cours haþ ronne ȝerne And is come out, he shal ha repair To Regne in Thebes. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. ccxljv The trewes commeth oute at October nexte. 1568 U. Fulwell sig. A.iii So soon as my prentishod was once come out. 1581 I. B. sig. I.viiv But what if you should chaunce to dye (M. Parson) before these yeares come out? 1629 W. Bedell Let. in R. Parr (1686) Coll. cxxxv. 402 His Year came out at Midsummer, and he had till then his Allowance, although he performed not the Duty. 1645 King Charles I Let. 13 Mar. in 13 When her Regency comes out (and possibly before) she may have need of her friends. 1724 III. 264/2 This Bishop Reynolds..considering when the Lease came out, took Care to augment the Vicarage with a yearly Payment of 20l. to the Vicar for ever. 16. intransitive. the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible ?1548 tr. P. Viret sig. Hviiv The wheate whych is sowen in the earth dieth in the same, & doth sprout sprynge and take roote, and after cometh out groweth and bringeth forth good fruite. 1569 T. Newton tr. Cicero f. 38 In the beginning of the Springe tyme, ther commeth oute a younge bourgen or budde in those twigges that remayned after the pruning. 1575 G. Gascoigne lxxix. 242 His heade when it commeth first out, hath a russet pyll vpon it. 1649 S. Winter & F. Dickinson i. 11 Take the red Oake buds when they come out first, distill them. 1766 Oct. 449/2 The weather being fine and clear, the flowers came out very regularly. 1773 W. Hanbury I. 526/2 The flowers come out in ramose, erect panicles, from the tops of the stalks. 1845 J. T. Marshall iv. 55 In the spring of the year, when the leaves are just coming out, the bark peels off easily. 1856 (new ed.) I. 368/2 Under this process, the colours come out in the greatest brilliancy. 1917 T. D. Murphy iv. 90 Dashes of bright color—brilliant yellows and reds—came out in the glowing sunlight. 1986 19 June 104/2 We all know that when we were younger, spring weather was milder, kinder, and the May blossom came out on time. 2013 8 Mar. 17/5 It was my mother who told me it was a Christmas rose when I was a child. Maybe it came out earlier in those days. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > erupt [verb (intransitive)] 1565 J. Hall Expositiue Table 40 in tr. Lanfranc Formica..is a pustule, that commeth out, and causeth a pure aposteme. 1653 No. 74. 592 The other day a pimple or Tavern Token coming out on his Brows he swore it was a Horne. 1675 W. Wycherley ii. 24 My Wife has just now the Small Pox come out upon her. 1724 No. 6306/2 The Small Pox are come out very violently on the Queen. 1767 W. Bromfield iv. 21 The small-pox would then come out in clumps, as he termed the next appearance of the pimples, not distinct universally, but in plotches. 1836 C. Dickens 1st Ser. I. 22 Some strange eruption which had come out in the night. 1867 Oct. 160/2 My face came out in a sort of rash. 1917 Jan. 28 Whenever a pimple came out on their honest epidermis..they would rush in droves to the doctors. 1932 D. L. Sayers vii. 89 If I shave the beard I come out all over buttons. 2014 14 Oct. 10/4 I remember coming out in hives afterwards, literally full-body hives. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > be developed [verb (intransitive)] 1853 21 Oct. 124/1 I immediately added a few drops of nitric acid to my silver bath, and satisfied myself, by making positive proofs, that the images came out very firm. 1867 22 Nov. 559/2 He found, on development, that the second subject came out without showing any trace of the first. 1901 1 Feb. 99 How very well the photograph has come out. 1941 E. Bowen 53 Do you think that photo will ever come out? 1998 May 49/2 There is a holographic metal strip with the repeated inscription 200 LTL which comes out as a black bar when photocopied. 2015 (Nexis) 24 Mar. 24 The photos came out beautifully. 1562 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli ii. f. 59v Washe out the odure with cleane water, and wring the cloth to make the grease or filth come out [Fr. sortir] the better. 1579 J. Brooke tr. P. Viret i. f. 31v If ther be any spot or staine that will not easely come out, we wash them with water. 1725 R. Bradley at Spot Rub one part of the Cloth or Stuff against another, and the Spots will come out. 1808 D. MacDonald 516 Dip the linen in boiling water or milk, and soak it some hours. Then let it lie in the air till the stain comes out. 1869 E. Perring viii. 29 Agnes, with the nail-brush and plenty of soap, was brushing away at the part affected; but, alas! with the dirt the colour came out also. 1920 Aug. 10/1 A neighbor told me to dip the stain in melted tallow, then wash the cover in the regular way, in warm water and with a little good soap. I did so, and every bit of the ink came out. 2010 L. Christopher (2011) lxviii. 304 Some of the mud comes out right away and makes the water brown. the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > emerge or come out > as result of investigation, etc. 1598 R. Barret v. 159 Of this 4000 pases superficiall take the quadrat roote, which commeth out to be 63 pases square, little more. 1676 E. Stillingfleet i. ii. 257 It is indeed come out at last, that we are to look on the Saints as inferior Deities. 1727 J. Arbuthnot 15 The weight of the Denarius, or the seventh part of a Roman Ounce, comes out 624/ 7 grains. 1781 (Royal Soc.) 70 515 The perpendicular height [of the mountain] comes out less than half a mile. 1814 J. Playfair II. i. i. 21 If tan Long. come out negative, the longitude is greater than a semicircle. 1890 1 The death rate came out at a little under 13·28. 1903 Apr. 362/1 The results of the test came out just about what the chief engineer had estimated. 1911 4 Nov. (Suppl.) 14/3 A three-quarter length [coat] comes out at only 5 guineas. 2008 D. Kamp in G. Cater 129 Cleopatra's adjusted-for budget comes out at $231 million. the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > emerge or come out 1823 E. Sampson (new ed.) xi. 43 One, notorious for stratagem in his secular concerns,..seldom comes out well at last, either as to character or property. 1859 J. R. Bartlett (ed. 2) 92 ‘How did you come out?’ means, how did you fare in your undertaking? 1868 ‘H. Lee’ xxxiv. 186 He will come out a double-first. 1905 20 May 6/2 This was a pitchers' duel in which Joss came out ahead owing to superior support. 1959 Jan. 26/3 The team that gets the majority of rebounds comes out the winner. 2006 7 Dec. (Business section) 3/5 If you compare the UK's performance with other members of the Anglo-sphere it does not come out especially well. 20. intransitive. the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > turn out > in a specific manner 1842 Nov. 207/1 She must..trust to Providence that it would come out all right in the end. 1868 Apr. 137 Frank, dear Frank, everything comes out just like a well-written story-book! 1883 W. Black I. xviii. 355 I think it will come out all right. 1927 20 Apr. 103/2 The job came out nicely, netting me some six dollars. 1990 L. C. Stevenson 247 You mean people have been wrong all these years, making up stories that came out okay at the end? 1999 A. Hadley 60 I had a pregnancy test at Brook. It came out positive. I was eight weeks already. 2014 C. Morley 63 Six months later, I opened my salon across town. It came out beautifully. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > patience or solitaire > [verb (intransitive)] > be solved 1886 C. Bell tr. L. Tolstoy II. xx. 266 The patience came out right.] 1909 H. G. Wells xv. 320 ‘I believe after all it's coming out!’ said Miss Stanley. ‘The aces made it easy.’ 1953 A. Christie xviii. 123 ‘Just wait a minute,’ said Miss Ramsbottom. ‘This Patience is going to come out.’ 2000 A. Bell tr. H. M. Enzensberger 47 He couldn't resist picking up the correct card and playing it. The solitaire came out. society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > travel across or beyond the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > across eOE (Parker) anno 914 Her on þysum geare com micel sciphere hider ofer suþan of Lidwiccum. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xi. 27 Forsothe in thes daies prophetis camen ouer fro Jerusalem to Antiochie. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1894) II. lf. 192v As sone as he was come ouer [Fr. fut] on that other syde, he toke deyanyra, and sayd that she shold be his wyf. a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) I. ccx. f. cxxxv This Robert..came ouer by the sonde of the kynge. 1567 T. Harman (new ed.) sig. G.iiv Their is aboue an hundreth of Irishe men and women that wander about to begge for their lyuing, that hath come ouer within these twoo yeares. 1608 W. Shakespeare xiii. 24 She dares not come, ouer to thee. View more context for this quotation 1611 Acts xvi 9 There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come ouer into Macedonia, and helpe vs. View more context for this quotation 1736 W. R. Chetwood II. 2 The same captain I came over with to Calais. 1761 D. Hume I. ii. 55 A new swarm of Danes came over this year. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. 343 A bookseller named Michael Johnson..came over from Lichfield. 1898 A. M. Douglas iii. 32 In the afternoon Aunt Priscilla came over for her cup of tea. 1908 L. M. Montgomery xix. 208 Her cousins are coming over from Newbridge in a big pung sleigh. 1953 W. S. Burroughs 22 Apr. (1993) 160 The majority of Colombian priests have come over from Spain since Franco took over. 2014 C. Tóibín xii. 162 The barman came over with a Babycham and a brandy and soda. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1965) Eccles. ix. 12 As briddis ben caȝt with þe grene: so ben taken men in euel tyme: whan to þem sodeynly it comeþ ouer. a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxvi. 2 So curs in veyn spoken in to sum man shal comen ouer [L. superveniet]. the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > desert one's party or principles the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > turn favourably in opinion 1576 A. Fleming tr. L. Plancus in 119 Yet notwithstanding, tenne of the best and chiefest of his horsemen, came over unto mee. 1602 in J. D. Marwick (1870) II. 144 Gif thai can nocht cum ower nor agrie vpoun the seting of the said schip. 1687 Bp. G. Burnet 141 Many of the Earl of Pembroke's men came over to him. 1720 B. Mandeville i. 6 To those who were brought up Jews, Mahometans or Pagans, it may not be an easy Matter to lay down their Prejudice, and come over to our Religion. 1774 O. Goldsmith I. viii. 282 This made the rest..come over to Demosthenes's opinion. 1827 B. Disraeli IV. vii. i. 304 The Prince has come over..he is going to live at Court. 1860 Dec. 117 A very large proportion..of the United Presbyterians have come over to our view. 1907 I. 498/1 The Anglican grievance was that those of their clergy who came over to us were re-ordained. ?1949 D. Thomas (1966) 339 Bert and I had a regular square-up, but he came over to my way of thinking. 2013 (Nexis) 5 Apr. Sikkema..later came over to Crady's way of thinking. the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > undergo chemical reactions or processes [verb] > undergo chemical reactions or processes (named) > subject to distillation > pass over during distillation 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré xix. xiii. 736 The liquor which first comes over is more strong and hot, but that which flowes out afterwards, more milde. 1651 J. French ii. 50 Distill them..and there will come over a water of no small vertue. 1734 (Royal Soc.) 38 65 Near the End of the Distillation comes over that depurated Oil which constitutes the inflamable Part of the Phosphorus. 1793 T. Beddoes 239 If the heat applied be too great, carbonic acid air will come over instead of oxygene air. 1838 T. Thomson 346 When wood is distilled for the purpose of obtaining acetic acid, the pyroxylic spirit is..found in the aqueous liquid which comes over. 1960 F. G. Mann & B. C. Saunders (ed. 4) ii. 176 The fraction coming over below about 56°/14 m.m. is unchanged ethyl crotonate. 2011 S. F. Pedersen & A. M. Myers ii. 264 If the distillate comes over too quickly, turn the heat control down. the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade [verb (intransitive)] 1741 S. Richardson IV. xxiv. 156 Have you thus come over with me, Pamela! the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > be affected or act affectedly [verb (intransitive)] > adopt an air the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > lose consciousness [verb (intransitive)] > faint or swoon > be about to 1849 July 17 Symptom 17. He comes over faint in the evening. 1866 J. E. Hopkins 92 ‘I say..how bad you do look! Whatever's the matter with you?’ ‘I've come over bad.’ 1909 28 181/2 I've come over a bit faint. I'll go in 'ere for 'arf a minnit and sit down. 1938 R. G. Collingwood v. 83 Sound knockabout entertainers..suddenly come over all solemn. 1960 N. F. Simpson ii. 118 There was nothing wrong with him..and then next day he came over funny at work. 2007 (Nexis) 21 Apr. (Mag. section) 90 I came over all sleepy. society > communication > [verb (intransitive)] > successfully 1946 Spring 10/1 At first sight of the Ghost he falls to the ground, he writhes. Ever after vengeance works like a leaven. This comes over well, as it should, throughout. 1947 20 Sept. 25/4 The quiet dignity and sincerity with which Laughton delivered his lines came over as a true boff. 1963 26 Jan. 5/2 In the novel the dissolute lover ‘came over’ as much more than a debaucher. 1968 I. Lambot xii. 88 He's a damned good administrator, but somehow, he doesn't come over, as a person. He takes a lot of getting to know. 1989 Sept. 97/3 The visual razzamatazz doesn't come over well on the small screen. 2011 30 Sept. 3/1 Some clergy are not so sensitive to the needs of unchurched families as civil celebrants, and maybe this comes over as arrogance. 1. intransitive. the world > time > period > cycle of time > [verb (intransitive)] > come with the revolution of time 1597 G. Buchanan Comm. Virgil Georgics ii. l. 401 in (1957) 3 280/1 Redit..in orbem, comes round about, hes never ane end. 1606 Bp. W. Barlow sig. C3 With vs againe it is come round, for now that we haue Con and Sci, a learned (God be thanked) and a religious Clergy, the Entia are gone. 1639 J. Fletcher et al. v. ii. sig. I2v Farewell my sorrowes, and my teares take truce, My wishes are come round. 1782 F. Burney II. iii. iii. 38 I..borrow what I want till pay day comes round again. 1789 ‘A. Pasquin’ I. 35 The Spring Assize at last came round. 1844 Nov. 572/2 A new order of things had come round. 1864 E. R. Charles vii. 122 The time had come round to pay for some of the printing materials. 1905 Dec. 172/4 Every year when Christmas came round, Frantz's heart was filled with gratitude. 1967 Aug. 25/3 The double paradiddle.., double ratamacue, single drag, etc. are all..rudiments which can be repeated a number of times until the first beat of the bar comes round again. 2014 (Nexis) 22 Oct. 26 The day as ever came round far too quickly. the world > time > [verb (intransitive)] 1650 C. Elderfield xix. 132 Occasions requiring them to chop and change before the year came round. a1743 J. Cannon (2010) II. 439 Before a year came round wheat were sold for 15s per bushel & upwards. 1748 T. Rutherforth II. 991 19 solar years will come round 1½ hour sooner than 19 lunar years. 1826 J. Miers II. xix. 242 When six months came round, three more months were solicited and obtained. 1859 W. E. Manley xv. 344 The Canaanites were in distress before two years came round. 1908 145 139/2 Let two or three years come round when money is not abundant. 2016 (Nexis) 31 Mar. We always knew that the three years would come round quickly. 1607 T. Middleton Induct. sig. A2v And as it hath beene often found, Let the Clients cups come round. 1647 iv. sig. A8 The Cup of fury shal come round to thee, And thou shalt drunken, thou shalt naked be. 1682 T. D'Urfey ii. 115 The lust of Eating made him Loyal, 'Til second Course the Table crown'd And the Whig Healths were coming round. 1750 E. Haywood II. lxxxix. 71 She told it to me;—she may tell it to others also,—they may repeat it till it comes round to Mrs. *** herself. 1761 C. Johnstone (ed. 2) I. xvii. 100 Wait till the dice-box comes round to him, and you will see all his philosophy vanish. 1829 J. Fuller xiii. 415 Whenever the cup came round to Padre Demetrio..he prefaced his copious draught by a verse. 1888 J. Payn viii Love is very much like the domestic game of pounce commerce—we must do the best we can for ourselves, and always keep changing one's hand, as the cards come round. 1918 P. R. Campbell (1919) 122 All of a sudden, the word came round that we were to leave at two-thirty in the afternoon. 1971 S. Hill 188 We have had a pep talk from the Brigadier, and last week, a pep letter came round to all officers. 2004 H. Kennedy (2005) ii. 42 The book came round for attendees to give their names and contact numbers. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. iii. 23 Time is come round, And where I did begin, there shall I end, My life is run his compasse. View more context for this quotation 1664 J. Wilson iii. ii. 35 Thus you see, the wheel comes round, to the same point again. 1736 W. Warburton v. 47 We are now come round, and have at length demonstrated, what in the Beginning of the Section we had asserted. 1743 J. Rowning xviii. 215 The greater its Velocity is, the sooner it [sc. a revolving body] comes round. 1845 W. G. T. Shed 22 Thus by this brief examination of the true nature of knowledge do we come round in a full circle to the spot whence we started. 1875 Apr. 247 As the inside magnet comes round, the outside magnet, being delicately suspended on its centre, bows backwards and forwards. 1906 7 June 568/2 The centre of gravity was low and overcame the tendency of the wire to turn as the wheel came round. 1981 J. C. L. Gibson I. 209 With this little parable the wheel of Genesis' first eleven chapters has come round full circle. 2012 (Nexis) 4 Sept. The wheel has come round again as the present Government is embarking on a range of cuts to the health services. society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (intransitive)] > visit informally society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > change course or turn off > diverge from direct course > make a detour > go or come by circuitous route 1620 R. Whitbourne 3 And so from thence, till you come round, backe to Trinity Bay. 1699 J. Stevens tr. J. de Mariana xxvi. ii. 462 One of the Ships..coming round by the Cape of Good Hope, at last arrived at Sevil. 1720 D. Defoe 264 Resolving..not to stay..long enough to have Expresses sent cross the Island to Batavia, and for Ships to come round from thence to attack us. 1750 T. Pownall 50 The Foot of those Hills (where that great River coming round enters the Prospect). 1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in 2 Sept. 604 My sons came round, in the chaise, by Andover and Weyhill. 1877 W. H. Thomson ii. 122 The prisoner..quietly bides his time till the chief warder comes round, then asks to speak to him. 1888 ‘F. Warden’ II. xxii. 176 She said she might come round this evening. 1934 M. Gibbs (new ed.) vi. 68 Dr Hokus Stickus came round to dinner, and everyone declared the picture to be livelike. 1999 R. Deakin (2000) xi. 132 Mike had come round by the cliff path to our rendezvous at the limekilns. 2011 T. Ronald (2012) xi. 160 I was thinking about coming round tomorrow, to your place, after school. 5. intransitive. 1625 M. Pring in S. Purchas I. v. vii. 651 We put the helme hard aweather, thinking that the ship would haue come round, but all in vaine. 1711 C. Lockyer vii. 197 The Wind coming round to S. we hall'd up E. S. E. for about an Hour. 1797 W. Young 33 If the right horse reins back whilst the left horse comes round..the man reining back must shorten his outward rein. 1805 14 31 Next morning the Wind came round to the S.E. 1853 C. Dickens xx. 197 I had confident expectations that things would come round. 1908 Mar. 246 At the moment when she began to come round to starboard the Kintyre was seen approaching less than three-fourths of a mile distant. 1918 ‘Wing Adjutant’ ii. 21 Before he could manoeuvre his machine into safety the British fighter came round into position. 2003 (Nexis) 5 May 5 I started on starboard gybe, had to gybe over to port, and slowly the wind came round 'til I was on a reach. the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > turn favourably in opinion 1697 Let. in D. Leeds 146 Thus by little and little, Inch by Inch they [sc. Quakers] come round and can do that which at another time is against their tender Consciences. 1753 I. xxi. 209 Why, Madam, really, upon deliberating the Point more maturely, I am come round to your Ladyship's Opinion. a1770 J. Jortin (1772) V. xii. 250 These very teachers..are forced at last to come round to us, and to confess one plain truth. 1817 F. Burney 14 Mar. (1982) IX. 349 He always has believed & hoped you would come round. 1909 W. S. Churchill Let. 3 Nov. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill (1999) ii. 37 I took a v[er]y clear line & was almost alone at first, but gradually they all came round to my view. 1993 79/2 Though he was opposed to the offer of the Crown to Cromwell..he came round in support of the revised draft of the Humble Petition and Advice. 2004 6 Jan. 23/1 Syria seems content to stand pat in the expectation that others will come round to its way of thinking. the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover or be healed [verb (intransitive)] 1672 J. Lacy iv. i. 56 We whip' em out of a phrenzy into stark madness, and then whip 'em on till they come round to their wits again.] 1818 27 Sept. 623/1 His troubles had taken effect upon him, but he would come round to his senses when the world treated him with less bitterness. 1824 11 Dec. 324/2 If this be attended to, and the parts kept tranquil, the patient will generally come round, if there be no inveterate disease. 1839 J. Elliotson 540 It is in hysteria that filling the mouth with salt, answers the best purpose. You generally see them come round, if you fill the mouth with salt. 1901 20 July 124/1 The patient quietly came round in about two minutes, being in an analgetic, sleep-like state during the recovery. 1920 E. Ferber iv. 129 An ice bag on your head and real quiet for two-three days. You'll come round fine. 1973 ‘H. Howard’ vii. 85 He was still out cold but he began coming round just before the ambulance got there. 2006 22 Nov. 21/5 Dozily coming round from the operation..I was met with the classic mixed-sex ward dilemma. the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse with [verb (transitive)] > discuss or confer about > turn to (a topic) 1841 J. F. Cooper II. ix. 153 Naturally the conversation had come round to the very point at which she had aimed to bring it. 1884 25 511/1 The conversation came round to the artist's own affairs presently. 1953 R. Haig-Brown Man with Briefcase in V. Haig-Brown (1980) xvi. 157 The talk will eventually come round to cows and chickens. 1978 K. Williams 6 Feb. (1993) 556 Then the subject comes round to the S/M scene. 2014 (Nexis) 21 Jan. 36 On the radio show, the line of questioning came round to the subject of Angiodema, basically a type of hives. 1. intransitive. society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > convert [verb (intransitive)] the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > succeed in doing anything > succeed under difficulties 1708 W. Wilson in A. Ferrier (1830) 43 I pray that God may..give me prudence and resolution to apply my mind to my study, that I may not linger, but come through with credit and success. 1821 J. Galt i. 12 The poor lassie was very ill—nobody thought she could come through. 1886 A. Edwardes xvi. 181 You will do as I tell you, and, please God, shall come through without a singe. 1906 30 May 220/2 That slow movement is the test of a good many violinists; and therefore the fact that this young fellow came through with flying colours is all the more admirable. 1917 D. H. Lawrence (title) Look! we have come through! 2013 (Nexis) 7 Oct. 5 There's a chance she could come through and live a normal life. 1868 Aug. 181/1 He was thrown into great doubt and distress because he did not shout when he ‘come through’ as they do in Mr. —— meetings. 1881 H. W. Pierson 172 They could scarcely speak for hoarseness—enjoyed seeing them ‘come through’ (the vernacular for conversion). 1913 G. Stratton-Porter xv. 494 Pretty soon it began to look like she was going to come through as Amos Hurd did when he was redeemed. 1947 Democrat 3 July 4/2 in M. M. Mathews (1961) 364/2 The prospect would usually ‘come through’ after the performance. 2010 N. Cohodas xii. 144 The truth entered into me and I ‘came through’. 2. intransitive. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive > specifically of things 1847 24 Mar. 47/4 The following news came through by telegraph for the Evening Gazette. 1891 9 Apr. 7/1 Some twenty or thirty men, who were crowding round a ‘tape machine’..waiting for the result of the second race of the day to come through. 1959 P. Frank vi. 118 The word came through that Washington had been atomized. 1981 Feb. 67/3 A day or so before the run a letter came through that okayed women. 2014 12 Dec. 6/2 When the call..comes through, he climbs on to his motorbike and drives off into the night. 1918 123 By the time your license comes through you find you can't purchase that material there. 1920 14 Mar. (Sunday Mag.) 5/2 He remembered having heard some talk of a divorce,..hotly contested by her husband, whose blameless mode of living was the serious drawback which prevented the divorce coming through. 1953 A. Smith x. 204 Our Yugoslavian visas had not come through. 1999 Jan. 27/2 If you opt for life insurance, write it ‘in trust’ for a family member. They'll then be able to access the money without having to wait for probate to come through. 2009 (National ed.) 10 June d4/6 Until its liquor license comes through, the bar is confined to ‘nojitos’ and other nonalcoholic drinks. society > communication > manifestation > [verb (intransitive)] > slightly the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible 1868 July 485 Scratch an amateur actor as you would a Russian, and the Tartar vanity will come through. 1931 K. A. Porter 28 Aug. (1990) i. 50 I think I have a very short short-story out of it..but the distressing thing is, nothing seems to come through. 1947 L. Hastings ix. 200 An attractive personality that ‘came through’. 1977 2 Nov. 16/1 For me, the local tang comes through in phrases like..‘let me put it in monosyllables’. 2015 (Nexis) 29 Jan. 22 The project was quite interesting. The teachers' personalities really came through. the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > be efficacious [verb (intransitive)] 1906 Oct. 2/2 We doubt if even the chairman of the late Republican convention would advocate that we go back to the open ballot of our grandfathers' time to make sure that the voters ‘come through with the goods’. 1912 C. Mathewson ii. 33 I have been told that Clarke was the most relieved man in seven counties when O'Toole came through with that victory in Boston. 1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer 25 Come through,..to give up, to deliver, to surrender any secret information or any material goods demanded. 1949 J. B. Priestley i. 2 Dayton. Can't tell you yet. Jill. When can you? Dayton. Soon. Depends on you, though. When you come through, then I'll come through. 1969 R. V. Beste iii. 35 I had to twist his arm a bit but he came through. 2014 13 Apr. 41 Kate really came through for her sister and demonstrated..what she was capable of. society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive [verb (intransitive)] society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive at or reach [verb (transitive)] OE 21 Ic þa bote gemon, cyninga wuldor, cume to, gif ic mot. OE (Mercian) vi. 10 Adueniat regnum tuum : cume to þin rice [OE Lindisf. Gospels tocymeð ric ðin]. c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 9897 Forr þa wass cumenn to þatt crist. Þa shollde cumenn newenn. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxvi. 60 Whenne many fals witnessis hadden cummen to. 1827 R. M. Bird (1941) ii. iii. 21 Maude. Go to, knave. And why so sudden? Carlo. Come to, wench: thus. society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > become at peace with each other [verb (intransitive)] > be reconciled to or come to agreement with another the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > be cheerful [verb (intransitive)] > become cheerful or cheer up 1709 J. Swift Mrs. Harris's Petition in (new ed.) 14 What if after all my Chaplain won't come to? 1749 H. Fielding VI. xviii. viii. 225 I thought she was a just coming to . View more context for this quotation 1765 J. Logan in (1872) X. 8 For a long time behaved oddly, but he has come to again. 1825 J. Jamieson Suppl. at Cum When there is reason to suppose that he will at length comply, it is said ‘He'll come to yet.’ 1841 S. Warren III. v. 186 When you're once out o' the house, they'll come to, and make up their mind to it. 1877 E. Peacock Come to, to become friendly. ‘He would n't speak one while, but he 's comed to now.’ 1929 Jan. 8/3 ‘If he can convince them that Oakhurst is the hardest nut they ever cracked, they'll come to and win.’ ‘They may come to,’ laughed Sam..‘but they'll still have a game to win.’ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (intransitive)] > head in a certain course or direction > come to a standstill 1726 G. Shelvocke iii. 95 In the fright he had forgot he had a graplin in the boat to come to with. 1769 W. Falconer Transl. French Terms Rarrivée, the movement of coming to, after having fallen off, when a ship is lying-by or trying. 1805 A. Duncan III. 225 They resolved, being near shoal water..to come-to, and rest themselves for the night. 1861 in (1863) 5 H. B. M.'s corvette racer came to, and anchored near us; her commander paid us a visit. 1903 J. Conrad & F. M. Hueffer ii. v. 87 There was a great volley of cracks from the loose sails, and the ship came to. 1805 J. Ffirth ii. 126 The power of the Lord struck a baptist woman to the floor, and when she came to, she exhorted the people to believe. 1832 F. Marryat III. xii. 201 Isabel was the first to come to. 1861 C. Dickens I. iv. 49 He had just been all but choked, and had that moment come to. 1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in I. 55 Chafe away, keep chafing, for she moans: She's coming to! 1910 E. S. Phelps 62 Joe had come home very drunk the night before..and was ‘coming to’, after supper, in a ferocious mood. 1976 A. Haley (1977) xlviii. 234 He came to in his hut, and along with his senses pain returned. 2008 (Nexis) 3 June (Glasgow ed.) 14 I blacked out. When I came to, the windscreen had come in on top of me. the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)] > come into agreement society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > meet or assemble for common purpose [verb (intransitive)] OE tr. (Cambr.) xiv. §3. 181 Ealle þa Iudeas comon togædere þa and gesomnode wæron [L. congregati sunt]. lOE (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 654 On his time þa comon togadere heo & Oswiu..& sprecon þet hi wolden an mynstre areren. c1175 ( (Bodl. 343) (1894) 6 Þa heo þa togædere comen, þa wunedon heo ætgædere six daȝæs. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) l. 432 Þat folc com to-gadere, guðliche cnihtes, & heora lauerd spac. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith (1870) 37 (MED) Alle þe bretherin and sistrin shullen comen togidere..in cause of deuocioun. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iv. i. 130 Þe bemes of liȝt comeþ togedres..as ȝif þe bemes were ioyned in a myrour. c1425 (Cambr.) (1904) xix. 32 (MED) Þo chirche was confused ande many wiste noghte for whatte cause þei wore comen togider. 1514 S. Appulby xv. sig. C.ii The prynces & senyours of prestes came togyder takynge counseyle how they myght destroye the by moost shamefull deth. 1568 E. Dering ii. 91 It appereth in the scripture, that on a day when the Disciples came together to break bread, Paule disputed among them. 1607 Statutes in M. H. Peacock (1892) 55 The Governours beinge come together, the Spokesman..shall delyver up the keyes of his office. 1659 H. Oldenburg Let. 20 Apr. in (1965) I. 219 They could not endure one another being together.., but were mad, when separated, for to come together. 1708 M. Hole iv. 26 The custom of Neighbours and Friends coming together, and rejoicing at the Birth and Baptism of Infants, is very antient. 1790 18 If people come together in marriage with the extravagant expectations that all are to be halcyon days.., every body sees how that must end. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ II. xl. 59 After hard ‘scrouging’ each way some hundred yards,..we came together and held a council. 1884 16 Oct. 781/1 The demonstration of demonstrations took place on Saturday at Chatsworth, when..about 80,000 people came together. 1906 (Special No.) p. a. iv Nineteen young artists came together, to found the Viennese ‘Secession’. 1943 (Virginia Univ. Extension Div.) No. 36. 15 Aug. 3 County Ordinary Frank A. Smith invited representatives of all agencies..to come together for discussion. 1986 May 63/1 A group of professional labs have come together under the banner of the PPLA with that objective in mind. 2014 M. Rothblatt ii. 69 They call themselves ‘makers’ and come together..at annual Maker Faires and related local gatherings. 2. intransitive. society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > join or meet in battle OE (Tiber. B.i) anno 1001 Sona swa hi togædere coman þa beah þæt folc. lOE (Laud) anno 1119 Þa twegen cyngas innan Normandige mid heoran folcan coman togædere. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1978) l. 8656 To-gaderen heo comen & hærd-liche on-sloȝen. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 23 They dressed their shyldis and began to couche hir sperys..they com so egirly togydir that all men had wondir. 1605 ii. xx. sig. Bb2v By this time were both Armies come together, the Lord Louden giuing the first charge vpon his enemies. 1706 J. Stevens ix. 103 The two Armies coming together, the Battel began in the Afternoon. 1838 May 595/1 Never did the French Emperor manifest more skill or energy in his diplomatic negociations, than during the short interval..before the opposing armies came together in actual conflict. 1877 A. Pinkerton (1878) x. 92 The combatants came together again, despite the presence of the big pacificator. 1901 J. Coulter & J. A. Cooper xxxii. 572 The British and the Boers came together on the battlefield at Dundee. 1928 H. Asbury vi. 113 The gangs came together at Bayard street and immediately began the most ferocious free-for-all in the history of the city. 1990 (Nexis) 4 Mar. On a plain far below, two unwieldy armies came together in a battle that was to last 48 hours. 2010 S. Tucker (2011) 8 The two armies came together on the Plain of Thymbra just outside of Sardis. 1837 5 Nov. 4/2 The spectators had a rich treat in the wrestling contest, upwards of 80 competitors entering the arena... Nicholson and his old antagonist, Miller, came together in the first round. 1877 8 Dec. 6/2 On Saturday..these celebrated teams, who were drawn for the third ties, came together. 1880 17 Nov. 90/2 Magdalen and Hertford came together in the second heat, Hertford having first station. 1913 W. S. Walsh 935 The National Commission issued a ruling making it compulsory for the pennant winners of the two leagues to come together in a series of seven games at the end of the season. 1985 24 Dec. 4/1 Bohemians and Drogheda United, fated to trade in different divisions this season, come together in the final of the Leinster Senior Cup. 2006 (Nexis) 16 Dec. (Sport section) 52 Ford's Craig Lowndes..lost the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship to Holden's Rick Kelly after the pair came together in the final race of the year. the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xlviii. 262 To fulfille suche generacioun it nediþ þat tweye beestis come togedres [L. conuenire], male and female. c1450 (c1400) (Huntington) (1942) 45 (MED) Þe seuene is a man wiþ his modre or wiþ his douȝter..suche folke mowe not come to-gidre wiþ-out dedly synne, not in mariage. 1538 T. Elyot at Coīre To come togither with other, to ioyne to.., to do the acte of generation. 1699 R. L'Estrange vii. 5 A New-marry'd Couple had a Toy took them in their Heads.., to Shrift one another before they came together. 1887 14 June 390/1 Is it at all a likely thing that a young man twenty-two years of age, having gone through that ceremony, and both of them considering it a valid marriage—that they would never have come together as man and wife? 2001 J. Wray 107 It was the better part of a year before we came together finally as man and wife. 4. intransitive. With reference to various elements combining effectively. the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > become clear [verb (intransitive)] 1907 G. Burgess in Sept. 427/2 You bought me a tie—you made me change it in the cab—oh, it's all coming together now, like one of those dissected-map puzzles. It's wonderful! 1941 (Defense Digest) 15/2 It all came together... He wasn't confused but clear—clear as a bell. 1995 E. Van Lustbader ii. 62 That's when it all came together for Vesper. She had always wondered how Johnny Leonforte had successfully masqueraded as Leon Waxman. 2011 C. C. Muchnick viii. 98 Sometimes you will have an ‘a-ha moment’ when the ideas start to come together and make more sense to you. 1982 11 Jan. 15/1 The transition from typewriter to micro was not easy, but eventually it all came together. 1990 Jan. 26/3 Then one of the creative people brought in a record and tried it as background. ‘All of a sudden it came together... The whole campaign jelled’. 2012 Mar. 389/1 The original notion was just to get Steve to do a sports-presenter voice, but when he came out with the voice, the whole persona came together almost instantly. I. Senses primarily relating to movement in space, and derived uses. 1. intransitive. society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)] OE tr. Bede (Corpus Oxf.) v. xvii. 458 Sona þæs þe he on scyp eode & astagh, bleow westwind: & he wæs adrifen þæt he com up on Frysana land. OE 455 Þæt, la, wæs fæger, þæt se feða com up to earde, and se eca mid him meotod mancynnes in þa mæran burh! c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 3489 To cumenn upp Till heofennrichess blisse. 1516 in E. Lodge (1791) I. 15 If I shulde com up to London the next terme. 1577 N. Breton f. 39 Hauing left my chamber doore vnshutte, When I came vp, I found the footesteppes playne, vppon the floore. 1617 F. Moryson iii. 55 The coaches comming downe from the upper parts, give the way to those that come up. 1646 J. Lilburne 26 Brisco, the Clerk came up into my chamber, and commanded me to forbeare speaking to my wife. 1704 J. Swift ii. 55 They came up to Town. 1735 III. 337 Gow came up from the Butchery he had been at between Decks. a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) iv. iii, in (1821) II. 105 I thought you would not choose Sir Peter to come up without announcing him. 1828 Law Cases 336/2 I asked her to go down stairs: she went, and then she came up again. 1915 W. Cather v. ii. 352 A page shuffled into the room... He droned, ‘The lady says you can come up, sir.’ 1987 R. Mistry 249 I come up, refresh my lungs, examine quickly the overwater world of the washroom, and go in again. 2007 J. Lescroart vi. 50 I came up by elevator directly from the garage. the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > move [verb (intransitive)] > rise eOE (2009) xxix. 26 Se forrynel..cymeð eastan up æst for sunnan and eft æfter sunnan on setl glideð. lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius (Bodl.) (2009) I. xxxix. 369 Þonne hate we hine morgensteorra, forþam he cymð eastan up. 1665 R. B. lxxx. 71 The Sun came up again in his course, and entered the first Point of Aries. 1704 tr. D. Fernández Navarrete Acct. Empire China v. xiii. in A. Churchill & J. Churchill I. 211/2 When the Sun draws off, the Moon comes up. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge 7 The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the Sea came he. 1820 12 Sept. 81/2 Before the colours of the sun had entirely faded in the west, the moon came up over the eastern horizon. 1860 ‘E. Wetherell’ & ‘A. Lothrop’ II. vii. 95 And so the night wore away, and the morning star came up. 1937 27 Feb. 138/2 Mars appears in the east about midnight, while Jupiter comes up about three hours before sunrise. 1959 G. Drayton i. ii. 26 An orange moon was coming up over the cordia trees that lined the lawn. 1993 S. Deshpande 22 We could lie in the dark and watch the stars come up. 2015 (Nexis) 21 Mar. (Weekend section) 9 Their aim is to create a relaxed environment where people can chat, mingle and dance until the sun comes up. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten i. l. 92 They are hard to digest, & doe commonly come vp againe out of the stomacke vndigested, euen as they were eaten. 1615 H. Crooke x. xvi. 760 Some say they [sc. muscles] hinder the liquid matter that comes vp in vomiting that it passeth not through or into the nose. 1787 J. Woodforde 17 Feb. (1926) II. 306 She drank very little Tea indeed, all of that little soon came up again. 1824 E. Weeton (1969) I. 27 Everything I ate or drank has come up again. 1868 4 July 1/2 As a rule, she has vomited every meal she has swallowed; it comes up immediately, even before she has finished eating. 1925 1 275 After they had carried her back to her cell all the food came up. 1988 B. Plain viii. 224 Ben held his straining head, while the lunch came up, a mess of clam sauce, pasta, meat, and coconut cream pie. 2005 (Nexis) 1 Sept. 72 I just felt like I was going to burp, and then everything came up. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)] > rise to the surface > of submerged body 1749 T. Salmon 182 After the Whale has run some hundred Fathoms deep, he is forced to come up for Air. 1835 viii. 115 The animal [sc. a seal] must sometimes come up for air. 1862 W. M. Thackeray II. x. 223 We have left the general dipping his nose in the brandy-and-water... He must come up for air presently. 1926 J. M. March (1928) ii. iii. 49 Burrs and Kate lay locked In a five-minute kiss... They stirred: They unlocked: They came up for air. 1954 98 225 They seem to be having a very good time among themselves..and we can merely hope that they will later come up for air and tell us in a common language what it is all about. 2006 (Nexis) 1 Dec. d1 They [sc. kids] swim for their lives in underwater caves, coming up for air in spaces barely large enough to draw a breath. 1835 R. S. Surtees in May 14 He was standing on a half broken down stone wall, trying to lead over, tugging away at his horse's head, exclaiming at every jerk, ‘come hup you hugly beast!’ 1869 J. C. Atkinson Coop, come up! addressed to horses. 1884 R. Holland (1886) Come up, an expression used to an animal when it is required to move. 1888 M. W. Hungerford I. i. 3 He..implores them [sc. horses] to ‘come up’ or ‘go on’, as occasion demands. 1937 Z. N. Hurston vi. 83 Yeah, you feeds 'im. Feeds 'im offa ‘come up’ and seasons it wid raw-hide. 1949 H. Kurath 1 43/1 We find the regional call come up!..from the Virginia Piedmont westward and southward. 2. intransitive. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > move towards the speaker or this place c1390 (a1376) W. Langland (Vernon) (1867) A. Prol. l. 70 Þe lewede Men..comen vp knelynge. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 582 Cometh vp ye wyues, offreth of youre wolle. 1594 J. Throckmorton sig. Bv Seeing some others come vp to me about busines, he snatched vp his papers, and..tooke his leaue for that time. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius War with Vandals i. 20 in tr. Procopius The Barbarians came up close, with Gelimer in the head of them. 1666 W. Temple I. 55 When he came up, tho' with much Civility. 1711 J. Addison No. 106. ¶7 The Gentleman we were talking of came up to us. a1712 W. Edmundson (1715) v. 34 William Moore, going by, saw me standing, so coming up to me, said, He was very sorry to see me there. 1815 I. 393 See, see—he's going to shirk Lady Kitty—he pretends he don't see her coming up. 1843 Apr. 173 It was a cow elk. I came up and caught my right arm over its neck. 1928 July 59/2 Lem's mother came up and said she supposed Clyde had told him the plans. 1955 9 Mar. 18/2 Peter Pan came right up to me and threw some pixie dust on my leg. 2011 C. Taylor 177 We were talking and a group of Essex boys came up. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > from the rear 1621 M. Wroth 130 Then did Rosindy, and Selarinus haste to the battaile, which was now by the ouerthrowne of the Vantguard, required to come vp, and the Reare with the strangers to aduance against the Macedonian Horse. 1677 Earl of Orrery 62 All the Horse which march in the Van of the Army, if assaulted by the Enemies Foot, might be too much exposed, while the Foot are coming up from the Van of the Foot, to relieve them. 1783 Hist. Europe 60/2 The rear of the column being come up. 1796 45 When divisions come up in front successively into line, they come up to the horses heads of the marking persons. 1855 T. B. Macaulay III. 243 Macarthy soon came up to support Hamilton. 1888 XIV. 258/1 Blake, coming up with a strong reinforcement fresh from the river, completed their rout and put them to the run. 1919 (N.Y. Times Current Hist.) 8 934/1 The cruiser squadron came up at high speed, taking station ahead of the battle cruisers. 1949 Apr. 107 ‘Boots’ Morphy from California..came up from the rear ranks in both heats to lead by a large margin. 2013 (Nexis) 21 Nov. When all the Charger defenders came up to cover the run, Woodcock..heaved the ball down field to a wide-open Trey Waltermire. the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout forth or spring up ?1523 J. Fitzherbert f. viv Plowe nat that lande tyll ye wyll sowe it for and ye do ther wyll come vp kedlokes and other wedes. 1535 Job xiv. 2 He commeth vp and falleth awaye like a floure. 1545 R. Ascham i. f. 2v The corne commeth thinne vp. 1609 T. Dekker i. 22 Albeit Paul planteth and Apollo watereth, no herb or flowre can come vp or tree prosper vnlesse thy hand be at the graffing. 1664 S. Blake 64 You shall see your plants come up the eighteenth or the twentieth day. 1710 W. Salmon II. dxviii. 772/2 They [sc. Nettles] come up plentifully early in the Spring, and through all the Summer Months. 1768 P. Collinson Let. 29 Feb. in J. Bartram (1992) 699 There often comes up od plants..as did formerly the fine White sweet Orchis & a very Stately Cyperus Grass. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ I. i. v. 69 The same flowers come up again every spring. 1884 J. H. Ewing (1886) xi. 66 The time-honoured prescription, ‘Plant a primrose upside down, and it will come up a polyanthus’. 1901 F. Norris i. ii. 53 A delicate and important process which prevented rust and smut appearing in the crop when the wheat should come up. 1928 D. F. Bleek 7 With the first rains numbers of bulbs come up. 2005 E. Rabateau (2006) 163 Off to the sides is tall grass coming up from red dirt. 4. intransitive. to come up against. the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > meet in battle 1535 Judges xv. B They of Juda sayde: Wherfore are ye come vp against vs [Heb. ʿălīṯem ʿālēnū, Gk. ἀνέβητε ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς, L. ascendistis adversum nos]. 1598 T. Stoughton 169 The Spanyards..doe yet daily threaten to come vp against vs. 1611 Ezek. xxvi. 3 I am against thee..and will cause many nations to come vp against thee. View more context for this quotation 1649 J. Milton iii. 23 Tampring both with the English and the Scotch Army, to come up against the Parlament. 1682 J. Bunyan 113 I am therefore come up against thee in mine own right, even to recover mine own inheritance out of thine hand. View more context for this quotation 1733 J. Court tr. Josephus Of Jewish War iii. x, in tr. Josephus 639/2 Others..fell directly into the hands of their enemies, who were coming up against them. 1754 J. Gill 6 The king and his people had no power to oppose such a numerous army that was come up against them. 1803 R. Southey tr. IV. xxxvii. 278 So great a power was come up against me, and chiefly by the power of ye three..I obtained such victory as secured my person and kingdom. 1909 3 Apr. 98/1 When your enemies come up against you, to smite you, they shall be smitten before thy face. 1921 Aug. 5 We wipe the earth with almost any other scrub team that comes up against us. 2003 M. Stover (2005) 413 Our job—me and Eight-Three, the bubble-turret gunners—is to handle everything that comes up against us. 1886 J. W. Moore 244 Now he sails against the tide, now with it, going along at a dashing rate, until he suddenly comes up against some hidden snag, which, but for sheer luck, would have shivered his timbers to pieces. 1893 9 Nov. 19/1 If you come up against another snag just let me know. 1932 7 Jan. 13/2 When..he comes up against a more important bibliographical problem, his description is confused. 1959 C. Devlin 5 In this smoke-sodden little town he [sc. Hopkins] came up against people who needed him desperately. 1996 T. Taylor & R. J. Martin 106/1 1st Company was ordered to scout aggressively till they came up against significant resistance. 2014 (Nexis) 1 Jan. 40 The Art Gallery has come up against some criticism in the past year for its controversial pieces. 5. intransitive. society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > luff or turn to windward a1584 S. Borough in R. Hakluyt (1589) ii. 313 To the Northwardes fourtie eight leagues, and then the winde came vp at North. 1633 T. James 19 The winde..came vp at South. 1694 173 At 11 in the Forenoon the Wind came up at South-south-east, and foggy. 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins 17 The greatest Part of the Night she [sc. the ship] came up no nearer than S. by W. and S.S.W. At Four in the Morning she came up with her Head West. 1758 Nov. 267/1 The vessel came up to the wind. 1834 F. Marryat I. xv. 233 She has come up again. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher 202 A close-hauled ship comes up (to her course) as the wind changes in her favour. 1889 A. Conan Doyle iv. 27 She came up into the wind again and continued her course to the southward. 1952 E. Hemingway Old Man & Sea in 1 Sept. 44/1 There was a small sea rising with the wind coming up from the east. 1984 Feb. 62/1 If..her bow automatically comes up so she lies broadside..to the wind, she will be safe. 2006 (Nexis) 22 Sept. b1 ‘Still coming up, still coming up, still coming—almost to windward,’ Chao said, his hand on the tiller. the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow strongly > increase 1647 L. Sammel sig. A2v Wee heard of the Fellowship without the Barre, but a storm came up about three a clock, and put her off to Sea. 1693 H. Shreeves tr. Polybius I. i. 109 A strong Gale of Wind came up. 1704 tr. G. F. Gemelli Careri Voy. round World ii. i, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill IV. 52/2 Wednesday 25th. the Calm continu'd, and a little Gale coming up in the Evening, we pass'd by Cape Carabornus. 1717 tr. A. F. Frézier 290 We had four Days of Calm... After that, a little Wind came up. 1812 H. Holcombe 223 During the evening a severe rain came up which gradually increased. 1877 H. C. Russell 162 On this day a squall of wind and thunder came up and a little rain fell. 1923 Oct. 3/1 When the storm came up..it put the radio out. 1978 B. Lopez vi. 115 In the afternoon a thunderstorm came up which changed to sleet and, later, to snow. 2007 B. Carter (2008) xvi. 195 He never liked to be inside a trailer when the winds came up. 6. intransitive. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move or cause to move forward or advance [verb (transitive)] > advance to come abreast of 1592 H. Roberts sig. *3 Thus neere six a clock in the euening the caruill parting, the fight bareing rome from them, whose consart was now come vp with them, continuing his course towardes the Ilandes. 1613 R. Cocks Let. 30 Nov. in A. Farrington (1991) I. 97 The 13th ditto we came up w'th the iland of Burro. 1678 J. Bunyan 35 Just as Christian came up with the Cross. View more context for this quotation 1699 W. Dampier ii. i. 34 Though we followed..a good way, yet did not come up with him. a1712 W. Edmundson (1715) viii. 67 When we came up with the Land of Ireland the Wind turn'd North-East. 1783 Hist. Europe 55/2 Tarleton came up with his enemy at eight in the morning. 1803 J. Davis x. 410 She [sc. a sailing-ship] comes up with us hand over fist. 1841 R. W. Emerson x. 310 Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations... As soon as you once come up with a man's limitations, it is all over with him. 1908 Aug. 213/2 I started in pursuit, and next morning came up with the fugitives. 1930 Mar. 9/1 Britannus came up with him just as he was ready for a second throw, ducked under the net and lunged. 2006 G. S. Beard 2007 v. 77 We'll be luffing again shortly to avoid having the Otter crossing our stern and he'd like the larboard guns ready for firing as she comes up with us. 1833 23 Feb. 267/1 The old chap was well come up with. The best joke I ever heard of. 1871 H. B. Stowe 180 The way he got come-up-with by Miry was too funny for anything. 1873 S. Hale 19 Feb. (1919) 123 She gets come up with occasionally, and then I'm delighted. 1901 S. E. White xi. 78 Revenge with him seemed to lie..in the victim's realization that he was being come up with. 1922 A. Chapman xix. 169 It will do me good if these scoundrels get come up with. 1641 i. 32 When Bills come up, being agreed by both the Houses; the Kings Majesty, to those he doth not allow, or not like of, doth make no direct deniall. 1697 G. Whitehead 141 The Clause to Recover Tythes, was past in the House of Commons before it came up to the House of Lords. 1752 D. Mallet iv. 87 When this Bill came up into the House of Lords, three Clauses were added. 1833 31 Aug. 1/1 Another like case is about to come up before the circuit court of the United States, for the district of Pennsylvania. 1872 9 Mar. 293/2 If a measure..must be debated..a second time the next Session before coming to the Lords, it will come up to the Lords at their busy time. 1926 18 Dec. 757/1 The principle of the Bill was sound, and..the Lords would cure defects in its phrasing. But when it came up to the Lords last Tuesday its treatment was even more summary. 1956 29 June 7/5 Writing certain clauses into the Bill when it comes up to the Upper Chamber for perusal. 1989 17 Sept. 23/2 The clock is ticking away fast to the October 3 deadline when the Aspinall Curzon licence comes up before the courts for renewal. 2002 8 Mar. (Mag.) 17/3 Two months later, Jason's case came up before the courts. 8. intransitive. society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear causes [verb (intransitive)] > present oneself for judgement or stand trial 1665 J. Bunyan 101 Every one is thus set in his proper place, the Judge on his Throne, with his Attendants, and the prisoners coming up to Judgement. 1770 Oct. 632/1 Before the defendant comes up for judgment, he is at liberty to extenuate his crimes. 1783 20 The counsel for Mr. Bourne..will say..that a time will come..when he shall come up for judgment upon this. 1811 E. H. East 13 190 When he [sc. the defendant] came up for judgment, the matters in difference were referred to the king's coroner and attorney. 1888 ‘F. Warden’ II. xvii. 171 He felt as if he himself had come up to judgement before a stern and unbending judge. 1933 V. F. Nelson ii. 22 The very next guy that comes up before So-and-So is a guy that grabbed a hot car, a Buick or something. 1990 W. O. Mitchell iv. 52 Got into trouble in the old country an' come up before the judge one time too many. 2002 8 May 15/1 The severity of your sentence..largely depends on which magistrates' bench you come up before rather than the crime you have committed. society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > run a business [verb (intransitive)] > enter a business as a partner 1858 Dec. 360/1 Under proposition of members, Wm. A. Jackson and D. B. Luther were proposed as resident members. Under the rules, their names come up for election at the next meeting. 1892 A. C. Gunter (1893) 275 When Lawrence's name comes up for membership, he sneaks in a black-ball, as many another prig..has done before. 1912 W. Irwin xxii. 367 He comes up for reelection in November—fact is we're campaigning now. 1947 30 Sept. 4/2 Under the present system a convict who has served one third his time and has been on good behavior comes up for parole. 1974 Oct. 1247/1 These evaluations preferably should be unrelated to any specific judge coming up for election, re-election, or merit retention in that particular year. 1999 C. Nelson & S. Watt 214 When I came up for promotion for the third time in 1974, I was allowed to pick all my outside referees. 2014 J. C. Williams & R. Dempsey ii. 30 One attorney said when she came up as a candidate for partner at her law firm, someone brought up a mistake she had made years ago, as a second-year associate. 1671 W. S. (new ed.) 36 When boys come up to Cambridge or Oxford raw in the knowledge of Greek and Latine, they seldom attain to any Excellency afterwards. 1691 G. Langbaine 272 He..came up to the University of Oxford, and was enter'd of Lincoln Colledge. 1823 J. Campbell iv. 36 No Freshman need come up to Oxford so unprepared. 1868 G. L. Tottenham I. ix. 100 Minor scholarships were for men coming up to Trinity to go in for before they become members of the College. 1902 G. Calderon xvi. 97 He had done three years at Harvard, and had come up with a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford. 1941 M. Tylecote ii. 52 This new generation of women came up to the College in steadily increasing numbers. 2011 P. Linehan v. 627 One of them [sc. the ladies]..came up to read Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic in 1985. society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > work ropes or cables in specific ways 1685 N. Boteler iv. 115 The Words of Art belonging to this Work, are, Come up Capstan, id est, slake the Cable that they heave by. 1704 J. Harris I. at Capstain Come up Capstan, that is, slack the Cable which you heave by. 1804 26 Hang the top mast by the hawser or top-rope, whilst the opposite top-block is unhooked..; when it is done, bowse it well taught, and come up the other. 1849 J. Weale i. 114/2 To ‘come up’ a rope or tackle, is to slack it off. 1850 J. Greenwood 107 To come up, to cast loose the forelocks or lashings of a sett, in order to take in closer to the plank. 1904 W. H. B. Bullard et al. II. 409 The middle part can be unscrewed after coming up a set screw, and the gasket for the whole sixteen cables must then be worked along the conductors. 1709 (new ed.) xxxviii. 184 Suppose Ten, or any other Card Wins for the Punter, if another Ten comes up just after in the winning Cards place it does not win for him, but for the Bank. 1843 Apr. 460/1 An ‘extrait’, yielding (if only one number came up) fifteen times the sum deposited. 1846 C. Dickens 424 I buy three numbers. If one of them come up, I win a small prize. 1916 H. L. Wilson vi. 262 The time she put five apiece on the three numbers and the single-o come up. 1947 N. Mitchison i. i. 31 There was a time when two gentlemen would be playing at the cards and when the nine of diamonds came up, it was not Stair they would name. It was my own brother was the Curse of Scotland! 1986 D. Madden (1988) 36 If her Premium Bond came up she would go to Lourdes. 2014 (Nexis) 17 Oct. 19 A couple missed out on a £2million Lotto jackpot when their numbers came up in the one week they forgot to buy a ticket. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] > recover from round the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > recovery from misfortune, error, etc. > [verb (intransitive)] > from an apparently impossible situation 1812 ii. 186 O'Donnel came up smiling; Caleb made several blows tell; a blow from O'Donnel made him stagger. 1867 C. Dickens 12 Feb. (1999) XI. 313 I have been Vapour-Bathed, Head-Shampooed and Stomach-Cockled; and am ready to come up smiling to the scratch. 1886 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed II. xv. 47 One comes up smiling and ready for the next round. 1928 13 Mar. 16/3 His car..can be rubbed down dry,..and, as the phrase goes, it will come up smiling. 1931 P. G. Wodehouse iv. 51 You come up smiling after having a whacking great car run into you. 2000 11 Dec. ii. 5/3 Foo had a habit of wiping out in 30ft-plus waves and coming up smiling. 13. intransitive. colloquial. to come up short. 1845 R. S. Surtees I. 27 After a little repetition about the weather and a hit at the rose bushes, conversation came up short. 1919 72/2 The outfit was in a muddle right there, for the pack horses came up short, with snorts of terror, and with every nerve quiverin'. 1943 25 July 10/3 You grow more and more eager to be about our Father's business, and it makes you restless..to come up short that way, like a boat being snubbed suddenly by its anchor. 1990 R. Blount 192 I came up short for a moment, because that is not the way I talk. I regrouped and pressed on. 2010 S. S. Gubser iii. 35 I fell into empty space... With a jerk, I came up short on the next piece. the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > fail or fall short 1917 9 Aug. 4/3 Davis..catches a good game, but comes up short in team work. 1935 24 Aug. ii. 4/1 The Pittsburgh fans..have been coming up short in their support of the Craws and the Grays. 1948 13 Mar. 26/1 Most of the present-day fighters come up short in comparison with the boys of yesteryear. 1996 T. Enos viii. 104 As teachers, aren't we used to telling our students where they have come up short? 2013 T. Pynchon vii. 71 If this generation of con artists came up short now and then in IT skills, they made up for it in the area of social engineering. 1913 Oct. 27/2 It's light and airy... No chance of any building coming up and shutting off your light. 1953 53 70/2 One after another the industrial buildings came up.., and..the pride in these great plants was both great and genuine. 1994 W. J. Clinton in 914/2 Why don't we make a monument to peace where all of us can live together, not with walls coming up, but with walls tearing down. 2016 (Nexis) 21 Feb. With new malls and offices coming up in the city almost every week, the city will be swamped with cars soon. 1923 26 Mar. 10/1 As..[the winning horse's]..number came up on the board, a crowd of 25,000 racing enthusiasts began a prolonged demonstration, for the finish was so close. 1948 25 Oct. 95/3 (caption) Harris..looks up book, fills out card, waits for number to come up on the board. 1966 Jan. 56/1 The information sought will come up on the screen above the keyboard within three seconds. 1995 S. Gregory et al. v. 136 They have got to look at the board for when their flight comes up. 2014 (Nexis) 2 Jan. (Sport section) 70 Steve Bruce must be sick of my number coming up on his phone. 1943 W. Guthrie xiii. 293 Wheeler said that he was turning the train back to the railroad company at Indio. That's the town coming up. 1966 16 Oct. 34/2 If your exit comes up while you're still on an inside lane, don't risk a disastrous high-speed collision to cross over suddenly to get off. 1972 P. Lively iii. 34 Northampton coming up, not bad time, there before eight, anyway. 2009 M. Hayder lxxiii. 373 She drove steadily, eyes bloodshot... About half a mile from the house a hairpin bend came up fast. II. Senses not primarily relating to movement in space. 17. intransitive. the world > existence and causation > existence > [verb (intransitive)] > come into existence the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > act habitually [verb (intransitive)] > be usual or customary > become usual or customary the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [verb (intransitive)] OE Wærferð tr. Gregory (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. Introd. 8 Forþon ne cymð naht ungelic trymnes upp [L. oritur], ac swa swiþe geþwærlicu of ðære gemynde godra mægna. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 115 Þat tyme come up Arrian his heresie, þat infectede..þe grete londes of þe world. c1449 R. Pecock (1860) 246 Thus miche is ynouȝ..forto knowe how ydolatrie came vp. 1549 H. Latimer To Rdr. sig. A. viv Belyke they [sc. terms] wer not vsed and commen vp in his time. 1594 W. Shakespeare iv. ii. 10 Twas neuer merry world with vs, since these gentle men came vp. 1640 R. Brathwait ii. 190 Whence came up that Custome, for kinsmen to kisse their kinswomen, to know whether they had drunke wine or no. 1684 J. Flamsteed Let. 2 May in (1997) II. 161 When the regulated watches first came up and for some 2 or three yeares after they were ill made and deare sold. 1704 J. Swift ii. 63 Before they were a Month in Town, great Shoulder-knots came up. 1753 27 Sept. 236 The fashion came up among the ladies of wearing their gowns off the shoulders. 1847 L. Hunt I. ix. 161 This gentleman, who died not long after policemen came up. 1895 E. J. Matthew I. xxxii. 139 The custom first came up of making a statement of grievances. 1905 10 June 446/2 I do not know when the custom came up of throwing addled birds' eggs at persons who failed on Royal Oak Day to appear with the badge. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)] 1538 Acts vii. C Whan ye tyme of forty yeare was fulfilled vnto him it came vp into hys mynde [Gk. ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ] to visite his brethren, ye chyldren of Israel. 1619 H. Ainsworth sig. O4v/2 Let it not come up into thy minde, that the King Christ needeth to doe signes and wonders. 1713 A. Pope Let. 14 Dec. in (1956) I. 201 I have been lying in wait for my own imagination..and watching what thoughts came up in the whirl of the fancy, that were worth communicating to you in a letter. 1741 S. Richardson III. xxxiv. 339 Mr. B. come up again! I have not heard of Mr. B. a great while! 1844 30 102/2 Now and then a name would come up in the conversation which I remembered. 1889 23 Nov. 582/1 That [question] has not come up, and is not likely to come up for many years. 1908 23 July 132/3 A certain job came up at one time in our shop. 1975 Dec. 9/1 When the question of legalization of pot comes up, the cop always bad-mouths the legislature for even thinking of it. 2015 F. Y. Bailie xviii. 116 She stood him up. ‘So sorry, but something came up.’ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > be for sale 1860 2 June 523/1 The Spencer yearlings, six in number, come up for sale at Tattersall's on Monday. 1870 5 Nov. 6/4 Vestminster, Mount Pleasant , and many other well-known steeds come up for auction at Albert Gate next month. 1901 Mar. 99/1 At a London auction-room a few days ago a curious lot came up. This was a dried, musty piece of wedding-cake, over sixty years old. 1919 May 139/1 When this house came up for auction sale about 1887, a descendant of the builder made up his mind to preserve it. 1970 Aug. 8/1 When a bargain in canned goods comes up, buy more than you need. 1987 22 June 32/1 If just one of those apartments came up for rent, I could get 100 applicants. 2015 (Nexis) 3 Nov. (Farming section) 38 He..told the relations at home to give him a call on the transatlantic cable if any farm came up on Valentia Island. the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)] > rise in prosperity, power, or rank a1475 (Lansd.) (1999) II. l. 10473 Þe þridde þanne is a ȝong man Þat late riche to wexe he bigan And is ycome vp of noght. 1530 J. Palsgrave 425 I am come up, as a man is that from povertie is come to rychesse..He his mervaylously come up within a yere or two. 1535 2 Chron. xxi. 4 When Ioram came vp ouer his fathers kyngdome. 1561 T. Hoby Breef Rehersall in tr. B. Castiglione sig. Zz.ii Not to seeke to come vp by any naughtie or subtill practise. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus xxix. vii. 362 The man without any desert was come up to be Prefect. 1852 10 Mar. 712/2 He has come up from poverty to eminence. 1875 Nov. 331/1 Andersen..had come up from poverty, and was, besides, a young man ignorant of worldly wisdom. 1910 10 Feb. 131/2 Capt. U. G. Worrilow, Twenty-ninth Infantry, who came up from the ranks, could be eliminated this year as over forty-four on a retired pay of $50.40 a month. 1987 R. Drake 66 Fred had come up in the world, my mother said. 2002 B. Ballew xvi. 181 Mike and I are very good friends and we came up together in the minor leagues. When he came up to the big leagues, he wasn't ready. 1548 W. Patten sig. A.iiij Thus is it fenced round about and hath hereto on the eastsyde the sea, at flud cummyng vp to the harde walles. 1583 P. Barrough iii. xxv. 113 If the liuer be vexed with inflammation, there is felt paine and heauinesse all ouer the right side comming vp to the necke, and downe to the bastard ribs. 1621 M. Wroth 16 Their feete they had a kind of shooes, which came vp to the anckle. 1706 (new ed.) Vamps or Vampays, an odd kind of short Hose or Stockings that cover'd the Feet, and came up only to the Ancle, just above the Shooe. 1763 16 Apr. 355/3 (advt.) The Turnpike Road comes up to the Gates. 1816 Oct. 171/2 She saw several ladies with short sleeves, and gloves which only came up to the elbow. 1883 Dec. 54 A road comes up from Hagley Station on the right. 1920 E. A. Powell i. 38 The immensely important junction-point where the main trunk line from Venice to Vienna is joined by the line coming up from Fiume and Trieste. 1940 Aug. 11/3 The water came up to his armpits. 2014 S. Smith tr. I. Némirovsky vii. 63 An enormous American officer passed by, crushing a plump little woman against him—she only came up to his waist. the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > be equal to or match a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 195 He Whose ignorant credulitie, will not Come vp to th' truth. View more context for this quotation 1695 J. Woodward 159 All these will not come up to near the quantity requisite. 1709 J. Swift 17 We of Ireland are not yet come up to other Folks Refinements. 1711 J. Addison No. 62. ¶8 These Writers..not being able to come up to the beautiful Simplicity of the old Greeks and Romans. 1751 R. Paltock I. xx. 197 No Taylor can come up to it. 1820 No. 622. 173/1 His vocal pieces do not come up to Mozart's. 1877 7 July 579/2 The desire to buy Silk being general, and supplies being altogether inadequate to the demand, prices came up with a rush. 1904 July 810/1 Of all the compounds that have been tested at the proving-grounds, maximite was the only one that came up to and exceeded these specifications. 1965 G. Jones ii. iii. 83 He did this three times, counting out loud—one—two—meaning to give the kid a real stinger when it came up to three. 1981 10 Aug. 16/3 In the last 12 months the shares have come up 11.3 per cent. 2015 (Nexis) 27 Sept. 1 When all the online donations came in, our total came up to about $7,000. the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] 1858 Aug. 86/1 ‘When Bill pungled his thirty better, what did Lem come up with?’ ‘Why Lem he lifted him a cool fifty.’ 1887 G. H. Devol 36 I came up with the ice and bet $250 before the draw. 1955 6 Aug. 6/3 President Eisenhower..thought the Secretary of Agriculture soon would be ‘able to come up with something’. 1958 1 Nov. 392/2 Russia has come up with money that the West clumsily refused. 1970 J. Porter ii. 19 I'll have a ponder about it and, if I come up with anything, I'll let you know. 2013 K. Sampsell 203 We came up with all kinds of theories. 1868 ‘F. Fern’ 56 Of what avail is it to those children who come up, but who are not brought up, that another meadow..is added to the family inheritance? c1937 H. Johnson Interview in C. L. Perdue et al. (1976) 158 I come up as one of de white chillun. 1945 6 May 18/1 When we were kids coming up..our parents struggled valiantly to teach us ‘our manners’. 1965 C. Brown iv. 121 He had come up in someplace called Austria, and I figured there wasn't a colored person in the whole country. So what could he know about coming up in Harlem? 1997 in C. R. Johnson & J. McCluskey ii. 53 We didn't come up in a warm house..but he was a good provider, a dedicated person. 2013 (Nexis) 23 Dec. a23 She understands from her own life story what it's like for children to come up in humble circumstances and struggle. 23. intransitive. 1870 14 May 493/1 This [sc. shivering] was a symptom which he had never had before, and which left him when the rash came up. 1949 Dec. 170/1 No real damage but he has a ‘shiner’ coming up. He was hit in the eye with the soft ball. 1996 J. Abbott xxii. 293 Jordan, you got a bruise coming up on your face gonna be as purple as a plum. 2010 (Nexis) 31 Mar. (Local section) 1 She..gets teased by the other kids at school and can't play much sport because she gets embarrassed when her rash comes up. 1883 16 Mar. 151/1 I then dropped it into the developer again, when the image immediately began to come up strongly, and I allowed it to remain until it came up fully. 1909 F. S. Scales 225 With metol-hydroquinone the image comes up very rapidly at first. 1979 S. Johnson i. 11 He worked on..developing the pictures he'd taken the night before. The first to come up was that of the old man. 2008 (Nexis) 14 Mar. (Pasatiempo section) pa40 He recalls that, as he watched his first images of [Chet] Baker come up in the developing tray in his darkroom, he had ‘a very strong feeling..of what photogenic meant’. 1892 94 Painting on glass comes up well if you use bicarbonate of soda. a1948 D. Welch (1951) 187 ‘The gold braid's rather tarnished, isn't it?’... ‘Why, all you needs is a drop of petrol and your old toothbrush and that'll come up fine.’ 1984 17 Sept. 56/1 I knew this floor had life left in it... It's come up a treat. 2006 K. Blackburn xi. 135 If you polish your penny with Brasso it comes up brand new. 1895 12 Dec. 8/2 The incandescants [sic] went out, and as he was in a hurry he did not wait till the lights came up to have the job completed. 1929 26 Jan. 3/2 The house faded into darkness. The footlights came up. The curtain rose. 1973 A. Fugard Island in (1974) i. 47 Stage-lights came up to reveal a moat of harsh, white light around the cell. 1991 D. Purcell (1992) xii. 413 When the house lights came up at the end of the screening, cast, crew, moneymen and friends stood up in their seats and applauded and cheered. 2015 (Nexis) 27 Mar. (Weekend section) t10 You're transported to a nightclub in Dubai in the late hours when the DJ has stopped, the lights have come up, and you're halfway between a glamorous fantasy and the harsh morning glare of reality. the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > sprouting or germination the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [interjection] 1908 14 July 4/4 ‘Where is that mock turtle soup I ordered?’ ‘Comin' right up, sah.’ 1917 20 Oct. 5/3 I..caught hold of the waiter's coattail..and inquired after my order. It was ‘coming up, sir’, he assured me. 1941 R. Riskin Meet John Doe in (1997) 632 Dan. And doughnuts! I know. Hey, Ma! Sinkers, a pair! Ma's Voice. Sinkers, a pair, coming up. 1944 23 Sept. 10 Live announcements—in which CBS stations remind their audiences constantly of new and pleasant listening ‘coming right up’. 1968 L. Deighton xiv. 183 ‘Perhaps a coca-cola.’ ‘Coca-cola coming up,’ said Spencer. 2014 (Nexis) 9 Aug. 16 He's asked the air force orderly for a second cup of coffee. ‘Coming up, sir,’ she replies smartly. the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > present time [verb (intransitive)] > arrive so as to be present the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > future [verb (intransitive)] > be imminent 1909 June 345/1 Local No. 93 has a baseball nine and a game coming up with the Nicolet College. Will let you know next month how it came out. 1943 30 Nov. 1/7 I was doing famously in the course till the mid-year exams came up. 1994 T. Lewis (1996) i. 4 We got two handfuls of mail every day and even more now, with Daddy's election coming up in November. 2006 (Nexis) 27 Mar. d5 When my family's birthdays come up, I always make sure the kids get gifts for each other and their dad. 1943 17 July 20/1 Maurice Rocco, boogie-woogie pianist, has scored in local cocktail spots and is now coming up big in New York. 1975 23 Apr. 35 When our back is up against the wall..and we have to come up big, I think that's when we play our best. 1985 22 Apr. c1/4 [The goaltender]..came up large in the first period and then we just seemed to outplay them. 1998 R. Hundley & T. McEachin i. 10 Antoine Carr came up huge in that game too, scoring 12 points in the second half. 2015 (Nexis) 20 Mar. (Sports section) s3 The 31-year-old from Sierra Leone's three goals in four playoff games proves he comes up big in pressure situations. 1989 Q Jan. 11/2 What's more the music and dancing made you feel good anyway and the people who took it [sc. Ecstasy] seemed to come up smiling. 1997 N. Blincoe in S. Champion 11 He could tell by his eyes he was coming up. The pupils were spreading like ink blots to cover the whole of his eye ball. 2013 (Nexis) 26 Jan. 26 Two minutes later..I felt as if I was coming up on LSD. PV2. With prepositions in specialized senses. to come across —— the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] 1653 H. Hammond 806/2 The fears that come acrosse men in their Christian course, and much hinder their speed, and interrupt their constancy. 1654 J. Collinges ix. 100 Though for the maine I leave Mr Humfry to his proper Adversary, yet because he comes acrosse me, here I must give him a meeting. 1693 G. Powell ii. 14 As much as you say you love this Well-born, if your young Masquerader shou'd come across you, I wou'd not swear for your fidelity to him. 1739 J. B. de Freval tr. N. A. Pluche IV. v. 302 A false Learning, in some sort worse than Ignorance, came across the best Intentions. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > occur to [verb (transitive)] 1673 S. Wakeman 16 Some slight thoughts that there is a God, it may be sometimes come across thee. 1725 I. Watts i. v. 121 It is..an unhappy and a shameful Thing, that every Trifle that comes across the Senses or Fancy, should divert us. 1793 6 Nov. 39 Such at least is the idea that has come across your Arctic correspondent. 1811 J. Austen III. viii. 148 The possibility of Colonel Brandon's arriving and finding him there came across her. View more context for this quotation 1849 16 226/1 The recollection..came across my mind. 1884 E. Eiloart 68/2 Catherine Marchdale has never forgotten the look that came across his face—the utter horror, the blank dread despair. 1903 7 Nov. 2/3 The idea came across me like a flash that I must find some way to put it all off. 1995 C. C. Criscuolo 123 A look of disgust came across his face. the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (transitive)] > unexpectedly or by chance the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > find or discover by chance 1738 18 May 1/2 The next Parson that chanc'd to come across either of them had good Luck if he escaped without a rude Sneer. 1774 L. Carter 27 June (1965) II. 838 I came across many heaps of withered hash tobacco. 1799 G. Washington Let. 18 Aug. in (1940) XXXVII. 338 Your letter..was laid by, and entirely forgotten, until I came across it yesterday again. 1810 Z. M. Pike i. 20 Saw great sign of elk, but had not the good fortune to come across any of them. 1876 E. A. Freeman III. xii. 191 We come across more than one incidental mention of those wars. 1909 15 June 3/2 Robert Bates..said that he came across two of the plaintiff's workmen. 1946 21 67/1 While in Florida Keys in the service in the Spring of 1940 I came across a road stand selling turtleburgers. 2007 I. McEwan i. 7 She came across certain phrases or words that almost made her gag. the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow [verb (transitive)] > pursue c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) l. 275 Brutus heom com æfter & æfer he heom leide on. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. (1882–7) xxiii. 68 He wyll come after vs lyke a madd man. 1683 B. Calamy 29 He fears, if he leaves the Meetings and resorts to his Parish-Church, some not satisfied concerning the lawfulness of it, should come after him thither. 1705 3 Apr. 1/1 The Declarant got on board the Unity..but Mr. Callant, the Super-Cargo, came after him, and brought him back to their own Ship. 1793 H. Campbell Affidavit in A. Hook 50 She..ran down stairs and went into the street;..the servant..came after her, and she immediately returned. 1829 2 360/1 That fetch who comes after us all, Death! has fetch'd Him. 1869 H. B. Stowe iv. 37 And be off lying in the mowing, like a patridge, when they come after ye. 1922 7 108 Not long after I left Ponce de Leon spring I heard the plantation dogs coming after me. 1944 G. Heyer xxi. 247 There's a thing that comes after a fellow... Creeps up behind him, and puts him in the basket when he ain't expecting it. 1985 J. Kelman (1987) 289 Is it true he's going to come after you when he gets out..? She shrugged. He said he was. 2010 (National ed.) 30 Mar. a16/3 After attacking the police, the members planned to retreat to several planned ‘rally points’ and wait for the authorities to come after them. . 1. intransitive. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] OE (Corpus Cambr.) xxv. 43 Ic wæs..on cwearterne & ge ne comon æt me. c1450 (?a1400) (1880) l. 505 Þay wolde noghte come att Paresche To þay had offerde to Seyne Denys. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry (1971) xlix. 71 Many ladyes and damoysels were come at the weddyng of a maide. 1529 T. More iii. f. lxviiv/1 Ye vnyuersyte, where he was..ere he cam at you. 1531 W. Tyndale (i) sig. Bv We wyll neuer come more at scole. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay ii. viii. 86 Oloödemvs..would not come at the Court. 1659 20 They might have been heard next day if they had pleased, but that they had nothing to say for themselves, nor would come at the Parliament. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War iv. viii, in tr. Josephus 868 This countrey is then so sadly burnt up, that no body cares to come at it. 1829 15 Apr. 81/2 We keep with great gallop, till we come at a great crowd of the people. 1894 W. M. Conway xxiv. 550 We could not tell when we got on to the glacier, coming at it from the side. 1940 R. Ellison in S. Alexander 32 He wound up and pitched, the apple humming as it whipped through the air. Riley saw it coming at him. 1969 ‘G. Black’ x. 142 Headlights came at us. Rob dipped. 2006 (National ed.) 13 July b3/5 He still can't get over a visit to Cleveland in 1988..and ‘the thousands of people coming at us with pictures to autograph’. the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > make hostile approach to 1601 tr. M. Martínez sig. T2 He came at him in such sort with his battel-axe, as would haue made Mars afeard. 1651–7 T. Barker (1820) 20 The Salmon will come at a Gudgeon. 1727 D. Defoe xi. 240 He came at him with such Fury, that he really thought he would have run him thro' the Body. 1799 P. Henly 24 The old man..came at me with an intent to kill me. 1855 Mar. 22/2 The guards in the main trench came at them with the bayonet. 1889 A. Lang ix. 65 He rose on a pair of flaming wings, and came right at the prince. 1905 H. G. Wells ii. iii. 197 The bull really came at them. 1908 G. H. Lorimer vi. 107 My troubles came at me from all sides, and soaked it to me till my conscience fairly ached. 1968 G. M. Williams ii. 42 When they came at him, ready to hammer him into the ground, he'd bamboozle them..sending them chasing in the wrong direction. 2002 J. Harvey 131 She's a real practical trickster... Pretending to come at me with a crowbar every time I stepped foot outside! the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach (a point or place) [verb (transitive)] a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) iv. l. 914 If thou art such in love, Thou miht noght come at thin above Of that thou woldest wel achieve. 1557 Confut. Tyndales Aunswere (new ed.) in 695/2 We can neuer come at it withoute the helpe of God. 1589 T. Nashe sig. Ciii Least..they be choaked with the haune before they can come at the karnell. ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron i. xxxiv. 106 Plutarch reporteth, that he saw a Dog in a ship casting stones into a pipe of oile, to make the oile to mount, that hee might the better come at it. 1669 J. Worlidge vii. 111 If they [sc. mice] can come at them, you will have but few left. 1747 R. Lucas in (Royal Soc.) 44 464 They are cheap, easily come at, and prepared by one's self. 1783 Chron. 179/1 The defendant, being then abroad, could not be come at. 1817 Mar. 7 If actual want be the only qualification required, this can be easily come at. 1832 Jan. 133/1 Lord Brougham's opinion of democracy is hard to come at. 1889 R. L. Stevenson iii. 64 How to come at the path. 1926 R. Fry 1 Honesty is..very difficult to come at, since in this matter we are all excessively auto-suggestible. 1943 K. A. Porter 21 May (1990) iv. 263 Some of the great things of the world, even if they have a surface simplicity, are very deep and difficult to come at fully. 2011 May 37/2 He..set himself to collect all the written church music, either in score or in parts that he could come at. the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxv. 1166 Þe male comeþ nought at hire [L. non accedit ad eam] but in þe sixte monþe after þe whelpynge. 1535 Exod. xix. 15 Be ready agaynst the thirde daye, and no man come at his wife. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach iii. f. 156v After the Catte hath kitned, she commeth no more at [L. non amplius adire] the Bucke. a1641 R. Montagu (1642) 433 Both [men and women] may well heare the reader..but not come at each other. 1729 J. Hippisley i. i. 8 When you have persuaded your Lover to make the same Proposal under his Hand, I shall then believe you are equally mad to come at one another. the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] 1901 28 Sept. 14/2 For the fourteenth time he ‘came’ At a bottle of unknown brand. 1911 A. Wright (1923) 118 Punters were watching for a move that the stable was backing... It came at last; the word went round that — was ‘coming at’ Gorki. 1944 J. H. Fullarton 95 Don't come at that, you Wog..bastard. 1964 16 Dec. 45/1 A chesty little cockney bloke who'd come at anything. 1969 164 I told you before I wouldn't come at that again. It's too risky. 1984 18 Sept. 17/6 I was a great advocate of Hawke's... I went to Canberra deliberately to see him. I spent a week there, but watching him at a distance I just couldn't come at it. 2007 (Nexis) 10 June (Sport section) 6 Anything that promotes a weak body and a weak mind I just can't come at. 1924 1 Mar. 664/2 He approaches rural water development from several sides. He comes at it from the side of an inventor... He comes at it from the side of a business man. 1929 No. 3. 40 What is the difference, spiritually, between these two ventures, except that one is labelled ‘communist’ quite frankly and the other coming at it from the art-angle. 1973 A. W. Roberts & D. E. Varberg p. xvi Most mathematicians interested in convexity come at it from a geometric point of view. 1989 S. E. Cozzens 78 Snyder..came at the problem from a different tradition. 2008 15 June 24/1 Coming at it with fresh eyes, a different perspective, these doctors might be able to find the answer. the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > find means to do something [verb (intransitive)] > act as intermediate means ?1492 tr. Raymond of Capua (de Worde) ii. vii. sig. i.vjv/2 Mene persons came bytwene for to make peas. 1579 T. Churchyard sig. C.iv.v The Prince of Orange and many other noble personages, came betwene the twoo powers, and made a peace. a1670 J. Hacket (1675) v. 44 There's a difference arising between the first Testament, and the last, from the several Mediators that came between God and the people. 1693 J. Austen tr. in 14 The Women came between both Armies, and mediating with their Fathers and Husbands, at last procured a Peace. 1716 M. Hole IV. li. 416 A Mediator..is one that comes between two Parties, to make up some Breach or Difference. 1883 17 June 286 A mediator is some one who, having knowledge of, and sympathy with two others who are at variance, comes between them, and sets them at one again. 1921 17 Aug. 538/2 No intermediary comes between the public and the art. 2001 J. M. Boice (2009) 101 A mediator is one who comes between the two parties in order to represent each to the other or to reconcile them. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy i. 34 He was minded..to have forgone and given over, had not this wicked intestine practise from his owne familie come betweene. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. iv. 78 No obstacle, no incredulous or vnsafe circumstance,..can come betweene me, and the full prospect of my hopes. View more context for this quotation 1700 T. Southerne i. i. 22 Why didst thou come between him, and my Heart? 1781 J. Ramsay ii. 32 You..are..obliged to take care, that neither your bad lives, nor your disobedience and ill conduct in the service, may ever come between her and the success, which Providence designs to bestow on her by your hands. 1838 C. C. Bury II. xi. 98 My officious brother came between me and happiness. 1896 Jan. 368/1 I shall think of you only as the dear companion of those happy days of boyhood when no discord had come between us. 1932 E. Ferber (1933) 194 Goodness knows I'm not the sort of wife to come between her husband and his friends. 1978 L. A. Hunt 66 Incontrovertible political differences came between them. 2015 A. Buist 248 I felt it came between us, that pregnancy. the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 83 (MED) He com bi þis forwundede mon. c1330 (Auch.) (1933) l. 1181 Als he com bi a gong Amidde þe pit he hit slong. a1375 (c1350) (1867) l. 1688 Miȝt we by coyntise com bi tvo skynnes, of þe breme beres. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 296 Alle þat he mot com bie, he robbed alle bidene. a1450 (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 8591 (MED) Allas! traied we bene Of the ring bi my modre the Quene That I may not come therbi. 1526 Acts xxvii. 16 We..had moche worke to come by a bote. 1531 T. Elyot i. x. sig. Dvi Greke..is hardest to come by. 1569 R. Grafton II. 218 It could not be perceyued howe he [sc. Edw. II] came by his death. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. v. 119 Cosin, Cosin, how haue you come so earely by this Lethargie? View more context for this quotation a1642 R. Callis (1647) ii. 96 That the party so distrained hath a direct remedy to come by his losses. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind 146 The hindmost man comes ever by the worst. 1797 Jan. 58/1 He came to the stable, where Jem shewed him his treasure. ‘And how did you come by it? honestly?’ 1824 W. Scott III. vi. 163 There are sharp laws in France against refractory pupils—lettres de cachet are easily come by. 1866 C. Kingsley I. xv. 280 The rogues have fallen out, and honest men may come by their own. 1907 28 Mar. 191/2 The evidence was not satisfactory to show that the lambs had been honestly come by. 1968 G. Daws vi. 241 Understanding was hard to come by between a willful Hawaiian king and a headstrong white opposition. 2013 V. Flynn (2015) 352 How easy do you think it is to come by information like this? the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. 717 Bycause they rode forthe lyke foles, so it came by them. 1892 Jan. 99/2 He came by the store with two or three of his comrades, swearing at a fearful rate. 1946 L. Lenski viii. 108 I've got more baskets than I can sell in a month of Sundays. Uncle Pozy come by here t'other day, loaded down like a pack mule and wished all his'n on me. 1991 J. Levesque i. 13 But a fellow I was representing who was from the reserve came by the house one day. 2004 5 Jan. 65/1 A little while later..he came by my desk and told me of a rumor that had washed over the city. 1. intransitive. ?1492 tr. Raymond of Capua (de Worde) ii. iii. sig. fjv/1 Whan the poure man had that crosse he wente awaye fro her gladly and asked nomore almes ye day of none other man as though he had come for the crosse alone. 1565 J. Shute in tr. P. Viret Pref. sig. a.iv He that sat asked hym, why he came thyther, and what he had to do there: who beynge excedyngly affrayde & in maner out of breath, aunswered, that he came for a certayne garment for the Pope. ?a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle (1659) iv. sig. H4 I scorn to make my state known to e're a prowling Beggar on ye all, we know your Brother has Gold, and 'tis that we come for. 1712 R. Steele No. 509. ⁋8 Mr. Hobson,..when a Man came for a Horse,..obliged him to take the Horse which stood next to the Stable-Door. 1782 S. Johnson 21 May (1994) IV. 41 It is kind in Miss to come for me. 1864 Logbk. Great Yarmouth Sailors Home 29 Feb. in (2007) 93 343/2 At 4.5pm Beachmen came for the stretcher, stating they had picked up a man dying or dead from the vessel he was in. 1972 17 June 6/2 A tow truck..came for the crippled car. 2001 K. Sampson (2002) 81 The taxi comes for the kids—school's only about a five-minute walk but you can't be too careful these days. 1836 7 Dec. The police came for Farmer. 1898 A. Griffiths (1899) II. xx. 11 At the very moment they came for him, he was insisting that the criminal would never be caught. 1954 17 May 139/2 I became an underground worker in a Communist country and I knew that soon the police must come for me. 1990 S. Jamba (1992) xxii. 208 Five special commandos came for me. They manhandled me to the military police post. 2009 11 June 14/8 When the police came for Richard, they said he had already been arrested 10 times. the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > make hostile approach to 1870 23 June 1/9 The drummer came for him with a knife. 1880 Dec. 582/1 He was coming for me with his cutlass. 1890 148 460/2 With a rush the hawk comes for him and misses. 1921 10 Dec. 488/2 Just then I saw a bear coming for me. 1993 (Nexis) 22 May 7 At least the milkman isn't coming for your husband with a machete. 1652 T. Case 44 By letting out our affections inordinately to the creature, we suffer the world to come in between God and our hearts. 1670 G. Firmin 266 He hath engaged against whatever it be that should come in between me and him, to make my heart unsound and rotten. 1748 S. Richardson V. xxi. 189 A man comes in between the pretended inseparables. 1842 May 9/2 Alas! how often does the world come in between us and happiness! 1867 iii. 45 In days gone by..those two had been as one, and when a third and a strange love came in between them, the separation had cost them dear. 1915 E. B. Holt 9 She likes a certain girl of my own age and always tries to come in between us and keep us apart. 1956 C. S. Lewis (1984) 150 Their heart is never so wholly given to any matter but that some trifle..may come in between them and it. 2013 1 Mar. We're a strong family, and we don't let anything come in between us. the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > find means to do something [verb (intransitive)] > act as intermediate means 1676 tr. Josephus xx. vi. 537 The quarrel grew to that heat..that on both sides divers of them were both killed and hurt... Foelix perceiving that this debate might breed a War, came in between them. 1860 July 450 Christ has come in between them as a mediator. 2008 J. van Loon vi. 130 The third party, the mediator, comes ‘in-between’ the (two) antagonistic parties in conflict to avoid a direct confrontation between them. 1. intransitive. society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > take office [verb (transitive)] 1604 tr. cxviii. sig. S3v They..shall not be suffered to passe ouer the said presentments to those that are newly come into office. 1659 G. Bishop 32 It is lawful for another generation of men, as they come into Power, to impose their profession. 1765 Sept. 428/2 This was the conduct of the new ministers before they came into office. 1784 R. Price Let. 27 Nov. in (1991) II. 250 Some of the people in the Alley, I understand, think that there would be a great change for the better in the stocks were your Lordship to come into power. 1820 No. 617. 83/2 The year in which the Coalition came into power. 1844 30 745/1 The Whigs came into office. 1910 29 June 4/4 From the day the Republican party came into power the South has been treated like a red-headed stepchild. 1973 Nov. 96/2 Mayor Lee came into office promising to reform Chapel Hill's government. 2014 D. Goldblatt (2015) iii. 121 Kevin Keegan came into the job on an avalanche of press and popular acclaim. the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > receive [verb (transitive)] > be given 1672 O. Walker ii. vii. 280 He, who comes into a plentifull fortune, having no occasion to employ his parts and industry, grows lazy, and negligent. 1727 R. Bradley vii. 148 The gainer would come into his estate in good condition, without expence for repairs. 1753 S. Richardson IV. xxxviii. 270 Miss Clements having, by the death of her mother and aunt, come into a pretty fortune. 1833 38 68 I came into a property of one hundred thousand pounds. 1861 C. Reade IV. xxiv. 262 She is not so poor now as she was; and never fell riches to a better hand; and she is only come into her own for that matter. 1937 26 July 6/2 (advt.) People say that Bill must have had a big raise, or come into some money, or something. 1968 22 Nov. 8/2 Eva Trout..comes into a fortune on her 25th birthday. 2011 23 June 28/2 The museum came into a billion-dollar inheritance. the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)] > concede to or comply with 1704 W. Nicolson Diary 10 Dec. in (1985) 248 The Letters written into Scotland..which influenced the Revolution-Party to come into the Measures of the Act of Security. 1722 D. Defoe 27 The poor People came into it so eagerly. 1747 S. Richardson II. xliv. 304 She thought something was in the wind, when my brother came into my dining here so readily. 1828 W. Scott 1st Ser. II. x. 194 That he ought not to..come into the King's will. 1850 137/2 They came into his proposal. the world > action or operation > operation upon something > exert operative influence [verb (intransitive)] 1881 Rep. Comm. Educ. Wales II. 782/1 in (C. 3047-1) XXXIII. 115 I do not think myself that the question of religious persuasion ought to come into the matter at all. 1894 4th Ser. 26 1551 It appears to me that the duty of the Chancellor of the Duchy is to administer certain Crown property for the benefit of the Crown, and that the opinion of the Government with regard to a particular question concerning it does not come into the matter of their administration of that property. 1913 Dec. 45/2 ‘Thank God,’ I said. He smiled grimly. ‘God doesn't come into it.’ 1961 12 May 28/1 I didn't let emotion come into my thinking until I got on the plane. 1974 J. McGahern ii. 116 Do you think a man and woman can talk as friends, without sex necessarily coming into it? 2006 13 Sept. 20/7 Sheffield United are in the Premiership and it's a lot nearer his home, and a lot of that came into his decision. the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > become of ?c1335 in C. Brown (1924) 36 (MED) Euer hab mund in þi hert of þos þinges þre: Whan þou commist, whan þou art, and what ssal com of þe. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1894) I. lf. 80 As touchyng his sone they answerd that in the euenyng he was in the prees amonge hys enemyes but they wyst not what was comen of hym. 1535 Exod. ii. 4 His sister stode a farre of, to wete what wolde come of him. 1631 R. Bolton 325 A stronge, invincible resoltion..to returne unto foolishnes, whatsoever comes of him. a1650 S. D'Ewes anno 1572 (1682) 217/1 Her malicious intent to subvert your Majesty, and to give a push for the Crown, come of her what will. 1758 A. Murphy i. 14 I can't sleep in my Bed for thinking what will come of the Protestants, if the Papists should get the better in the present War. 1838 Mar. 300/2 What is to come of the..thousands of drawboys and carters whom the colliers and miners' strike utterly ruins? 1847 W. M. Thackeray (1848) xxxviii. 341 What has come of Major Dobbin? 1973 G. S. Sternlieb & B. P. Indik 130 We will both be too old to work, what will come of us? 1998 H. Pyle in B. S. Mosiman & M. H. Greenberg vii. 35 All that remains now is..to tell of what came of him in the end. the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > become detached [verb (intransitive)] > be detachable 1652 J. Mullard 96 Pluck up, O good Father, these roots of bitterness, that no unsavory fruit may come off the tree. 1695 L. Echard I. ii. x. 202 Many of the Beasts were left dead in the Mud, and the Hoofs came off the Horses Feet. 1749 T. Short II. 91 The Cuticle became rough, as it were broken..; at last it peeled almost all off; often it came off the Feet in large Fleaks like Shoe-soles. 1849 66 49/2 A wheel had come off the carriage. 1906 No. 17. 70/1 I would like to know how a Goodrich detachable tire can come off a wheel if it is put on properly. 1917 D. F. Canfield iii. 61 When they [sc. the apples] first come off the tree in October you could shoot them through an oak plank. 1993 Feb. 6/2 A rear wheel came off his Skoda Estelle 130GL. 2010 E. Payne in P. Jevin et al. iv. 87 Some of this information may be transmitted to the prescription by using the patient's addressograph label, although this is not ideal since the label can come off the prescription. 1793 2 What time did you come off centry?.. About half past nine in the evening. 1857 6 May 2/4 The men in the next shaft, coming off work at eight o'clock, also found another body. 1883 29 Aug. 226/1 It was early morning, and the speaker..had just come off a long spell of night duty. 1956 2 Apr. 46/2 (caption) Base builders, who have just come off a 12-hour shift, relax over coffee. 1993 P. F. Hamilton (1997) x. 98 Another wave of voices broke, the high, restless kind people used when they'd just come off work. 2007 V. Jewiss tr. R. Saviano (2008) 107 They were coming off a night shift as watch guards. 1888 10 Sept. 6/3 A man came off his horse while riding on in the human sacrifice scene, and was unhurt. 1922 3 Dec. 1/5 He came off his horse at a difficult double jump at which his mount failed. 1979 15 Nov. 525/2 In such an event [sc. the front wheel locking] most riders come off the bike. 2007 (Nexis) 4 Apr. 8 It is believed Mr Grey came off his surfboard and fell head-first into a sandbar. the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > leave off! or stop it! 1896 162/1 Oh, come off that, Jack. 1904 27 Aug. 312/3 ‘Here, come off it!’ the bully grunted. ‘Come off it—I ain't taking any. What's your game?’ 1930 W. S. Maugham 48 ‘Come off it, Roy,’ I said. ‘I'm too old a bird to be caught with chaff.’ 1942 E. Waugh iii. 187 ‘I don't know what you mean,’ she said... ‘Oh, come off it,’ he said. Angela came off it. She began to weep. 1982 6 Aug. 15/2 We hope the company comes off their ridiculous proposals. 1988 G. Patterson (1993) 122 ‘Tell him I'm..having a bath.’ ‘Come off it, he'll know that's a lie.’ 2001 P. P. Read (2002) iii. vii. 276 ‘I don't know that I want a husband,’ said Alice. ‘Oh, come off it. We all saw what went on with that ghastly Lieutenant Solovyov.’ 1957 10 Nov. 35/4 Man, you're a dope fiend, you ain't got nothin'. Never. If I ever come off it now, I'd die. 1977 15 Mar. 7/4 In some cases when women come off the Pill, we can stimulate the return of periods with an ovulatory drug. 1990 A. Beevor xxiv. 301 Coming off an addiction to tension and danger can produce as bad a form of ‘cold turkey’ as giving up drugs. 1999 (Electronic ed.) 27 Jan. Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. Coming off heroin would be a skoosh too. 2006 24 Oct. 11/4 The second patient's motile sperm level went from healthy to almost zero when on sertraline..and back to normal when he came off medication. 1. intransitive. society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > attack suddenly eOE tr. Orosius (BL Add.) (1980) iv. i. 83 Hie þa Romane comon on Tarentine & þær eall aweston þæt hie metton. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 2667 Folc ethiopienes on egipte cam. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. clvii. 191 The frenchmen..came on them with great randon, their speares in their restes. 1569 R. Grafton II. 295 Then the kinges battaile came on the Englishe men. 1644 J. Vernon 17 Now if the enemie come on the Reere something inclining to the Right, you are to command to the right hand about face. 1685 C. Cleeve 4 Still the slippery Foe came on him fresh again. 1724 D. Defoe (ed. 2) 335 They made about fourscore Horse... And then coming on us, with great Fury, we fir'd without Ball. 1746 M. Hughes 42 Our Horse coming on their Backs, made a terrible Havock. 1861 2 54 A constant look-out..was kept..lest the pirates should come on them unawares. 1871 F. T. Palgrave 51 Red-faced and stalwart-fashioned Point-blank they came on their foes. 1906 C. Oman IV. ii. 59 Despenser..found a band of rioters... Coming on them by surprise he took them all prisoners. 1983 N. Hancock (new ed.) 253 ‘They came on us by surprise,’ shouted Mathiny, over a renewed attack that was being mounted by the Varads. the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict > fall upon with adverse effect OE (Harl.) (1865) ii. lix. 284 Soðlice seo adl cymð on monnan æfter feowertigum oððe fiftigum wintra. a1225 (c1200) (1888) 61 (MED) For ði scal godes wraððe cumen on hem. c1380 (1879) l. 303 Cristes cors come on hure croun. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 162 Vnthank come on his hand. ?c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer (Pepys) (1880) l. 1786 Evill thrift com on [c1450 Fairf. 16 come to] your Iowes. 1526 2 Cor. iv. 1 As mercy is come on us we fayncte not. c1550 (1979) 5 The iminent dangeir that vas cummand on the realme of France. a1618 R. Rogers (1620) xxii. 261 I could weepe bitterly, for the desolation that shall come on them. a1684 R. Leighton (1692) ii. 27 Though trouble be the general Lot of Mankind, yet it doth not come on him by an improvidential fatality. 1744 J. Willison (new ed.) vii. 137 God frequently hides his People from the Temptations and Troubles that are coming on the Earth. 1789 8 Aug. 183 The punishment came on her..unexpectedly and suddenly. 1830 Jan. 20/2 The unhappy woman..said that a curse would come on the money thus awfully risked. 1862 13 Sept. 335/2 Vengeance came on the Frankforters in the shape of a whirlwind. 1902 1 Apr. 735 She had another son that was reared a priest, so that shows a blessing came on them. 1921 Feb. 136/1 If you run out of ammunition or some other calamity comes on you, you are not in such a predicament. 2011 J. MacArthur 179 Great plagues that come on Egypt caused a massive amount of death. the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience > of a person the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > suddenly or violently a1599 R. Rollock (1616) xx. 184 It shall come vpon them suddenly, euen as the showres and dolour, comes on a woman who is trauelling in birth. 1664 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont xxix. 226 I slid down, rigour presently came on me, with a loathing, vomiting, and the former appetite to eat, being suppressed. a1698 C. Marshall (1704) 133 Sorrow comes on many daily, who have received false Reports of an innocent People. 1753 6 I being to feel this Malady coming on me again; the Distemper..—I mean Modesty. 1793 Feb. 84/1 I feel an inclination for ‘the substantial meal’, much about the same hour that it came on me fifty years ago. 1850 Aug. 478/1 The change had come on them like a shot. 1879 J. H. Newman Let. 10 May in 4 Oct. 10/2 The thought comes on me, that I cannot be well till I am back. 1915 Mar. 13/1 The idea came on me in the second part of the night. 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ iv. 254 And a queer, cold curiosity came on her then. 2011 C. Edgarian (2012) xx. 202 One night the urge came on him to poke among her things. the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > be caused by or result from [verb (transitive)] 1568 Gen. xlix. 1 Come together, that I may tell you what shall come on you in the last dayes. 1583 P. Stubbes sig. E7v The poore man shall forfait his lease, before his lease be expired: which thing if it happen, out goes the poore man, come on it what will. 1632 P. Hausted v. iv. sig. L2 Well I will venture to speake what ere come on 't. a1677 I. Barrow (1686) III. 328 Say what you can, let what will come on it. 1729 T. Odell i. 10 She's at her Replicates agen; you wou'd have her learn to read, and see what's come on't now. 1796 T. Holcroft iv. v. 54 I'll tell madam my mind, come on't what wul! 1842 A. Butler II. xii. 42 There was a handful of fire and a cup of water, and they were put together. Now what came on't? 1877 E. Peacock at Follow They say that Jim follows Mary Anne; but, brade o' me, nowt'll come on it, 'cos boath th' squire an' her fäathor's sore setten agëan him. 1908 T. Hardy iii. ii. i. 71 A pretty girl 'a was. But nothing came on't. the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > find or discover by chance the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (transitive)] > unexpectedly or by chance 1584 King James VI & I sig. D As the Pilgrim..Cumd on the parting of two wayes at night. 1617 F. Moryson i. ii. ii. 83 Their horse and foote comming on a little plaine, somewhat farre from the skirt of the Wood. 1663 J. Yonge (1963) 54 In 22 days we came on the false bank of New Found Land, where it was intolerable cold. 1725 S. Willard Jrnl. 5 Oct. in (1881) 2 343 This morning we came on some Entervalls and plain land. 1787 E. Irwin (ed. 3) II. 294 We suddenly came on some pools of water. 1801 R. Musgrave App. 158 One party..suddenly, and unexpectedly, came on general Moore, and had a skirmish with him. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in 9 Moving homeward [Enoch] came on Annie. 1918 W. H. Hudson xx. 269 One of the boys would pretend to come on a valuable find. 1939 G. Household 1 When they came on me watching the terrace..it was natural enough that they should jump to conclusions. 2014 A. Cooper 61 I came on a clearing in the woods. †4. intransitive. 1680 Bp. G. Burnet 18 After all other Rigours, Costs of the Suit were to come on her. 1703 H. Curson 60 The Plaintiff need not aver, that the Defendant hath Assets to pay Legacies or Debts, for that shall come on the Defendant's part. 1780 R. B. Sheridan ii. ii. 21 A right to come on any of the indorsers. 1830 17 Mar. 184/2 If a voluntary settlement is to be set aside, they would..equally have a right to come on the Cavan estate. 1888 Rep. Select Comm. House of Assembly on Employers' Liability Amendment Bill 30 in III If a vessel runs aground and everyone is drowned, the relatives of each of the men can come on you for three years' wages. 1921 (66th Congr. 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives) xii. 4607 We were afraid that it might get public and our creditors come on us quicker than they did. 1695 J. Cary 169 If he miscarrys her Family is undone, and she and they must come on the Parish. 1835 24 Oct. 665/1 In winter generally, a labourer in the country comes on the parish. 1841 C. Dickens lxxviii. 393 The popular expression of ‘coming on the parish’. 1917 28 Mar. 1/4 Mrs Murphy came on the telephone and said that her husband was ill. 1962 3 Aug. 56/2 Other voices came on the tape now, the pilots of four jet chase planes. 1980 B. Mac Laverty (1981) xii. 102 A round-up of the day's sport came on the radio. 1990 R. Pilcher xxviii. 400 A little wait while the telephonist bleeped him, and then he came on the line. 1991 J. Waters xviii. 188 As I arrived, Sean Doherty came on the television set in the corner of the bar. 2015 D. Williams & J. McCaffrey 269 As Owen and Katie played on the sitting-room floor, some sport came on TV and Dave shouted at them to be quiet. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out of [verb (transitive)] the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > take on or reach a state or condition [verb (transitive)] > emerge from a state the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out of [verb (transitive)] > from a state or condition lOE (Laud) anno 1048 Þa gyrnde he griðes & gisla þet he moste unswican into gemote cuman & ut of gemote [cuman]. a1300 (c1275) (1991) 30 He neweð his ȝuðhede,..he cumeð ut of elde. c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) p. 462 ‘Þat dint’, he seyd, ‘was iuel sett. Wele schal y com out of þi dett.’ c1475 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Taylor) in J. Robson (1842) 39 Ȝette God may me sende of his sele, That I may..cum owte of this wo. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour (Adv.) iii. 43 To withdraw ws ws defendand Till we cum owt off yar daunger. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. (?1560) xcvii. sig. *C.ivv/1 Arthur coulde no longer kepe his herte and eyen fro wepynge the whych he didde neuer before syth he came out of hys childhoode. ?1565 A. Hartwell tr. W. Haddon sig. C.iiii What I praye you, M. Hieronimus, come out of thys traunce, fie vpon this impacience, in a professed wyse man, let in a littell breath, & chere vp your spirites, you shall se al things in a cleare case. 1611 Rev. vii. 14 These are they which came out of great tribulation. View more context for this quotation 1677 A. Horneck (1704) iv. 103 When men..come out of their apprenticeship. 1710 R. Steele No. 212. ⁋7 He is just come out of the Small-Pox. 1779 Apr. 214/2 The ship was not in a condition to renew the engagement till three hours and an half after he had come out of battle. 1849 16 184/1 They..came out of all the confiscations consequent on rebellion, better than they entered them. 1861 H. A. Jacobs xii. 102 We came out of this affair very fortunately. 1904 Apr. 573/2 Art among these peasants who had come out of slavery only twenty-five years! 1986 Aug. 16/1 When I met him..he'd just come out of a divorce. 2000 N. DeMille xv. 119 Wiggins came out of his reverie and checked his position. the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > derive, come from, or originate in 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1893) viii. 28 The turke & turkemans cam out of a lynage, Rote, & of a contre toward the Eest whiche is in surye. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine f. ccccxxxvj/2 Thys grayel here cam out of greek tunge. ?1549 G. Joye sig. E.vii What synne is there, but it cometh oute of the concupiscence of the spiritual part of man, which is his soule consenting to synne? a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1590) i. xii. sig. H8 His speach..came out of a loue much more vehement. 1605 F. Bacon i. sig. K2v A speech..liker to haue comen out of the mouth of Aristotle, or Democritus. View more context for this quotation 1654 J. Webster 162 All good and evil comes out of the heart. 1725 R. Bradley Belching, a Ventosity coming out of the mouth with a disagreeable noise. 1792 T. W. Tone Diary 14 Aug. in (1827) Hist. & Biogr. 162/2 Something will come out of all this. 1849 16 78/2 Can good come out of such bloody scenes? 1875 W. S. Jevons (1878) 117 Profit..comes out of the economy with which the work is managed. 1938 ‘E. Queen’ ix. 142 No sensational news angle can come out of the case. 1988 M. Brodsky 117 Whatever came out of Lou's mouth must be understood as having nothing to do with him. 2012 N. Lake 181 Biggie pressed a button and a beat came out of the speakers. the world > people > nations > native people > be native [verb] 1857 G. A. Lawrence iii. 17 He stood A 1. in Jem Hill's estimation, as the best heavy-weight [horse] that had come out of Oxford for many a day. 1927 J. Devanny 278 I'll back one pig island miner against three of the best that ever came out of England. 1968 ‘A. D'Arcangelo’ 88 Baba, the most beautiful Jew ever to come out of Fez. 1994 P. Baker xxx. 344 Ain't that a bitch. He was one of the best ballers ever to come out of this city. 2009 4 May 7/1 Fig is lucky enough to tour with one of the most talented guitar-shredders to come out of New York in recent memory. 1. intransitive. the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > specifically of things OE 153 Þær wæs geworden þæt þær com ofer hie on fruman mycel broga & hie wæron mid blindnesse slegene. a1492 W. Caxton tr. (1495) ii. f. ccxlviii/2 Saynt Anthonye the abbot..was meruayllously vexed & his corage sore perturbed & confuse by the occasyon of dyuerse thoughtes & cogytacions yt cam ouer hym. 1544 G. Joye i. sig. D.iiij When this tentacion come ouer vs, then let vs rune to the scriptures whiche shall counfort vs. 1566 J. Rastell f. 43v A certaine quiet Affection, that is sodainly come ouer your mind. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1622) iv. i. 20 It comes o're my memory, As doth the Rauen o're the infected house, Boding to all. View more context for this quotation 1689 J. Flavel iv. 130 These..cause many a qualm to come over your Hearts. 1715 J. Stoddart in W. Edmundson Pref. p. v A general Apostacy came over Professed Christians. 1791 A. Radcliffe II. x. 75 An unaccountable dread came over her. 1841 C. J. Lever iii. 11 Certain misgivings came over me. 1861 Feb. 147/1 It came over me what a cheery, comfortable home this was. 1889 2 Nov. 699/1 That..look once more came over his face. 1953 P. Gallico v. 33 He saw a startled expression come over her features before she could mask it. 1968 19 July 18 b/1 A peculiar look came over him as he waited. 1985 P. Ackroyd ii. 38 He would sit there, contemplating the change which had come over his life. 2003 K. Slater & J. Borte (2004) ix. 211 A wave of guilt came over me as I realized it had been Donnie whom Ross and I saw get smashed. the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > suddenly or violently the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > unaccustomed to [phrase] > why is a person behaving unusually? 1726 W. R. Chetwood 31 I don't know what came over me, but I seem'd impatiently to expect their nearer Approach. 1760 A. Murphy iii. 65 What the Devil is come over her? and what in the Name of Wonder, does all this mean? 1836 Mar. 391/1 ‘What's come over our little Fan?’ exclaimed Mark Fairfeld, in a tone of perplexity and vexation. 1888 B. L. Farjeon II. vii. 96 What had come over Bob? 1909 J. Galsworthy 111 I asked him whatever came over him to do such a thing—and he said it was the drink. He said that he had had too much to drink, and something came over him. 1951 S. H. Bell ii. xviii. 182 What came over Hami to go hunting after that man, son? 2004 H. Strachan xvii. 203 This thing is too too embarrassing, I don't know what came over me. the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > be great in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > be greater than in quantity, amount, or degree a1479 W. Paston in (2004) I. 644 That comth over the reseytys in my exspenses I have borowd. 1600 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 8 Mar. Wil you then write me a sonnet in praise of my beautie? Bene. In so high a stile Margaret, that no man liuing shall come ouer it. View more context for this quotation 1591 R. Greene sig. Cv Straight the Setter comes ouer him thus: In good sooth sir, I know you by your face. 1603 T. Dekker To Rdr. sig. A3 To keepe Custome in reparations, he must be honyed, and come-ouer with Gentle Reader, Courteous Reader, and Learned Reader, though he haue no more Gentilitie in him than Adam had. a1652 R. Brome City Wit i. ii. sig. B3, in (1653) My good friend Mr. Crasie, I have no tricks and Jerks to come over you, as the witty Gentleman had ere while. 1781 H. Cowley iii. 36 Mr. Curate, don't think to come over me with your flim-flams. 1821 W. Scott I. iv. 66 Old Jasper Yellowley..had been come over by a certain noble Scottish Earl. 1841 C. Dickens xx. 47 Not feeling quite certain..whether he might not be ‘coming over her’ with these compliments. 1877 E. Peacock Come ower, to deceive, to wheedle. ‘He tell'd all sorts o' fine tales, but he could n't come ower th' owd man.’ 1940 D. L. Sayers 28 Nov. (1997) II. 205 I will not be come over by amateurs in the Books for Bairns department. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey 65/1 Come ovver... To take in, to deceive, to con. ‘'E weãnnt cum ovver me; Ah know 'is type.’ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > pretend to superiority [verb (intransitive)] the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [verb (intransitive)] 1600 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 267 How he comes ore vs With our wilder dayes. the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm 1637 R. Monro i. 77 This City having feared the Emperours tyranny to come over them, desired the King of Denmark as their protector. 1668 S. Pepys 20 Jan. (1976) IX. 30 We hear all the good news of our making a league now with Holland against the French power coming over them or us. 1858 W. Swinton tr. J. J. Rousseau II. viii. 102 I was incessantly being come over by my complaisance. 1987 R. Mehta vii. 158 The conservative thought was come over by reminding women and their guardians the old Hindu lofty ideals of sacrifice, equality and bravery. 1872 5 Dec. A telegram came over the Ohio River Telegraph Line. 1878 14 Nov. 8/3 An alarm of fire came to the central station from some point on the South Hill of the telephone fire alarm. The words that came over the line were only, ‘Corner of Main and Locust streets’. 1905 7 July 9/2 The description which came over the wire fitted Dr. Duck exactly. 1933 Oct. 224/2 The parade and military maneuvers are drawing to a close and in a few moments a voice comes over the speakers. 1959 July 69/1 A voice came over the loudspeaker saying that a tree was coming down. 1999 June (Best of Bar Room Jokes & True Stories Suppl.) 97/1 One day I was getting a lift in a panda car, driven by a senior WPC, when an urgent call came over the radio. 2013 (Nexis) 8 July 64 A multilingual announcement came over the P.A. system: the opening ceremony..would commence in five minutes. 1888 A. M. Jocelyn II. iv. 68 It all seems so sudden like, Miss Kate, I can't come over that. Obsolete. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > beguile, cajole [verb (transitive)] 1784 J. O'Keefe (new ed.) ii. iii. 20 He wanted to come round me now about my ward Kathleen; a wheedling son of a——. 1830 J. W. Warter tr. Aristophanes Birds in tr. Aristophanes 247 How he comes round you with his sophistry! 1869 May 75/1 ‘I'll go and do it, Vernon, if it's only to show you I'm not afraid.’ ‘That's right, Jack. I thought I should come round you at last.’ 1882 Holiday No. 17 Peter..told me I was the beauty of Drury Lane..and tried very hard to come round me by his flattering tongue. 1921 J. S. Fletcher iv. 50 He had half a suspicion that Jeckie had come round him at some time or other. to come through —— the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover (health) [verb (transitive)] > recover from (an illness) the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > take on or reach a state or condition [verb (transitive)] > emerge from a state the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > pass through (danger or adversity) 1655 F. Howgill in E. Burrough & F. Howgill 21 Oh yee who have come through great tribulation! 1736 J. Duchal 24 Few have come through the dangerous Years of Childhood and Youth so unspotted. 1775 J. Howie 604 He had come through many tribulations.., in all which he was still kept faithful in testifying for the word of Christ's patience. 1804 Jan. 319 Edmund.., after having come through the ordeal ‘pure as gold seven times tried’, is pronounced not guilty. 1895 G. A. Henty xv. 322 I cannot but share your wonder how my brother..came through it safely, while tens of thousands of men..fell and died along the road. 1915 R. Pulitzer 39 The shrapnel scars on the horse of Jeanne d'Arc, which ended the myth that this statue had come through the whole bombardment miraculously untouched. 1958 B. Behan i. 81 He..had come through Borstal institutions, mostly, I would say, by sucking up to bullying big bollixes the likes of James. 1976 A. F. Douglas-Home xvi. 219 He came through the debates with a greatly enhanced reputation as a Parliamentarian. 2015 (Nexis) 28 Apr. 27 You can come through cancer, reach the other side and life can be good again. 1. intransitive. With to. society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > succeed to society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > cause to descend by inheritance > inherit eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) x. 61 (heading) Hwelc se bion sceal ðe to reccenddome cuman sceal. a1200 (?OE) Royal Charter: Edward the Confessor to Old Minster, Winchester (Sawyer 1062) in A. J. Robertson (1956) 218 Saule..ealra þara kinge þe tefore me wæron oþþe æfter me cumeð to þise rice. 1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua i. xvi. f. 36 They that come to ye crowne by enherytaunce..shall not rule so imperyouslie and lordlie ouer theyr subiectes, as shall they that be nowe elected. 1580 J. Lyly (new ed.) f. 119 This clemencie did hir Maiestie..shewe at hir comming to ye crowne. 1648 E. Symmons (new ed.) xxvii. 256 If men come to power and Authority by fraud and violence..the case is otherwise. 1674 tr. N. Machiavelli i. 34 Urban the Second was now come to the Papacy. 1714 J. Walker 114/1 He came to this Living in 1618; and was..Disposses'd in about 1643. 1766 J. Ussher 146 In the course of Providence King Charles II. came to the Throne. 1855 T. B. Macaulay III. 13 When he came to the crown. 1893 R. Lanciani iv. 196 I..resume my description with those who came to power after the peace of the church. 1936 23 Nov. 32/1 Victoria came to the throne a queen in 1837 and died an empress in 1901. 1970 7 Nov. 7/1 He criticized the Nixon Administration's decision on coming to office to drop the practice of ‘jawboning’, or presidential persuasion, on the prices and wages front. 2009 14 Sept. 33/3 When George I came to the throne, he was 52nd in the line of succession. the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) l. 308 Y loue þing y no may com to. 1545 R. Ascham ii. f. 12 I can not teache you to make a bowe or a shafte, whiche belongeth to a bowyer and a fletcher to comme to theyr lyuyng. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. P2v, in (rev. ed.) It is requisite you proue, either that you had them by chaunce..or otherwise that by some gift you came to them. the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way 1607 B. Jonson iii. vii. sig. H T'vse his fortune, With reuerence, when he comes to it. View more context for this quotation 1609 W. Holbrooke 30 If we cannot shew godlinesse for a warrant, how we came to our riches, we shall proue, no better then theeues. 1711 R. Steele No. 113. ⁋3 I came to my Estate in my Twenty second Year. 1773 O. Goldsmith i. 11 What a pity it is the 'Squire is not come to his own. 1871 29 Apr. 538/2 She..ends by accepting..Gregory, having actually refused Ralph after he comes to his inheritance. 2. intransitive. to come to one's senses (or oneself). 1340 (1866) 128 Ac þanne he heþ y-slepe and comþ to him-zelue. 1490 W. Caxton tr. (1885) iv. 122 She felle doun in a swoune... And whan the duchesse was come agen to herselfe. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye I. 520 She fell downe amazed: and beyng come to hir selfe agayne, sayde vnto them, [etc.]. 1595 x. sig. C2v By this time, the Prouost [dazeled by the fury of Blanchardines stroke] came to his sences. 1636 H. Blount 16 The hurt person comming to his senses, cleared me, telling how it came, and by whom. 1667 S. Pepys 7 Feb. (1974) VIII. 48 He was fallen down all along upon the ground, dead... He did presently come to himself. 1723 D. Defoe (ed. 2) 337 When she was come to her self enough to talk again. 1758 E. Kimber iii. 140 Thus he continued for near a Day and a half, when, by some Administrations of our excellent Surgeon, he came to himself. 1805 M. Edgeworth Lottery iii. in (ed. 2) II. 61 The surgeon arrived: he set her leg, and, during this operation, she came to her senses. 1890 S. R. Gardiner in XXII. 319/1 At the news of the execution of Charles I he [sc. Montrose] fainted, and when he came to himself swore to avenge him. 1921 Mar. 19/2 The pain..had made me faint. When I came to my senses again I was in pitch darkness lying flat on my back. 1994 S. Butala i. 19 I came to myself and the darkened bedroom... Bewildered, I called my husband and asked him how long I'd been asleep. 2012 (Nexis) 16 Oct. The woman..had apparently fallen, hitting her head. When she came to herself, she called the police and reported the robbery. the mind > emotion > calmness > be calm [phrase] > compose or make calm c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies i. vi, in (1885) 8 139 (MED) Whanne she comen to hirselfe ageyne as after a moystnesse of mynde..if she myghte perceyue þat she hadde excedid neuer so litil, she shroue hir wiþ a wondirful contricyone of herte. 1534 Luke xv. D Then he came to him selfe [1526 remembred hym silfe] and sayde, how many hyred seruantes at my fathers, have breed ynough, & I dye for honger. 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion ii. f. xixv Nabuchodonosor..was become madde & woodde... Daniel prayed God for him, and he was restored: afterward comminge to hys ryght mynde agayn from hys wyckednesse. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione iii. sig. Gg.iiiiv I woulde sooner haue beleaued he had bine continent, if he had declared any token to haue bine come to his right senses again, and in that case haue vsed continencie. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne ii. xxxi. 410 So long as our pulse panted, and we feele any concitation, so long remit we the partie: And things will seeme farre otherwise vnto vs, if we once come to our senses againe, and shall better bethinke vs. a1708 W. Beveridge (1711) 9 Zaccheus..being come to himself as soon as Christ was come into his House. 1749 H. Fielding VI. xviii. ii. 173 But at last having vented the first Torrent of Passion, he came a little to himself . View more context for this quotation 1792 H. H. Brackenridge I. vi. 128 He came a little to his senses, (for love is a phrenzy), and began to behave like a common man. 1854 C. Dickens xiii. 99 She just mutters and stares... When she comes to her right mind once more, I shall have done what I can. 1883 W. Black III. vii. 129 The people..may come to their senses. 1943 W. Stegner vii. 399 It was unstoppable, unless Chet came to himself, got a decent job up in Idaho. 1991 A. Campbell i. 2 I came to my senses and realised that Tia wasn't a reincarnation of my mother at all, but only a lookalike. 2015 (Nexis) 17 Apr. 4 He started to feel as if..a voice in his head was telling him to get a knife from the kitchen and hurt Dawn. After he came to himself he said he realised he had done something awful. c1350 in C. Brown (1924) 111 (MED) Com to crist..for þe was hys blod ysched. 1496 (de Worde) sig. Ciii The grete loue & desyre yt he had to be with cryste made hym glad to take trybylacyons whiche he knewe was the waye to come to cryste. a1540 R. Barnes All Men Bounde to receiue Holy Communion in W. Tyndale et al. (1573) ii. 273/2 Doth hee not learne all men to come to Christe? 1558 Bp. T. Watson xvii. f. ciiiiv For no man commeth to God that is not smytten with some feare. 1610 H. Broughton (new ed.) 142 Such were Babel builders, till heathen came to God. 1681 J. Flavell ix. 198 There is an effectual perswading, overcoming and victorious work of the Spirit upon the hearts and wills of sinners, under which they come to Jesus Christ. 1788 S. Deacon 43 O, come to Jesus! trust him as thy Saviour. 1816 J. Allen (2 Kings v. 9–16) 811 If the Lord prevail upon you to..lay down your own wisdom, and come to the Lord Jesus.., you would find your sin..washed away, and yourselves converted. 1872 C. H. Spurgeon XVII. 16 Rely upon him, trust in him as having suffered in your stead... This is to come to Jesus. 1931 150 After her earnest and loving appeal to come to God, prisoners..have wept and prayed their way to forgiveness and a new life. 1991 Jan. 25/1 Evangelicals have loved to invite worshippers to ‘come to Christ’ at gospel services. 2009 26 Apr. a15/2 When a student pastor invited the unsaved to come to Jesus, Lobdell fell into the Lord's arms at last. 4. intransitive. the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > enumerate, reckon, or calculate [verb (intransitive)] > amount or be equal to ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 104 Þe somme..commez to fyue hundreth thowsand florenez. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif (1880) 63 It wole come to sixti þousand mark þat he robbiþ of þe kingis lige men. 1526 W. Bonde i. sig. Eiiv The dayes of the pilgrimage of my lyfe..come nat to the dayes of my forefathers. 1585 in J. D. Marwick (1882) IV. 431 That the samyn [drink] be browin thynner as cumis to threttie twa gallouns the boll. 1642 Bp. J. Taylor 303 S. Chrysostome had Pontus, Asia, and all Thrace in his parish, even as much as came to sixteen prefectures. 1720 D. Defoe 76 Let us put it all together, and see what it 'twill come to. 1777 R. Hamilton I. i. ix. 114 5.6875 cwt. is reduced to a decimal of a ton by dividing by 20, and comes to .284375. 1885 52 671/1 The proceeds of the sale came to over 5000l. 1888 E. Bellamy xxii. 314 The total annual product of the nation..would not have come to more than three or four hundred dollars per head. 1925 E. A. Powell iv. 85 The cost of transporting our belongings would come to a by no means insignificant sum. 1963 11 July 96/2 The available payload comes to 120 tons. 2007 A. Konstam 157 The total comes to a little over 12,000 men. society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > [verb (transitive)] > be priced at 1577 in (1878) 1 58 For a chalyshe wayng xx oz. d at vs. vjd. the ounze comynge to vl. xijs. viijd. 1598 W. Shakespeare ii. v. 74 In Barbary sir, it cannot come to so much. View more context for this quotation a1687 W. Petty (1691) 52 The Gallon of Milk comes but to a Farthing. 1727 P. Aubin tr. R. Challes II. 295 The postman brought a great Packet of Letters for him the next day, which came to four Shillings the Postage. 1796 F. Burney IV. viii. xii. 429 The piece comes to but fifteen pounds. 1809 J. O.'Raw Let. 1 Apr. in K. Miller et al. (2003) 98 My part with my sea Store came to 40 dollars. 1831 J. Cochran Let. 20 Aug. in (1832) 113 My board, attendance and washing comes to three dollars per week. 1930 W. C. Nason (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 1622) 21 New furnishings came to $1,000. 1973 Sept. 63/2 At Kitzbuhel, their lift tickets came to $3 per person per day. 2013 (Nexis) 14 Apr. (Journeys section) 4 For the four of us, lunch came to less than 800 pesos. 5. intransitive. the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > end in c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock (1921) 9 (MED) Eche beestis soule dieþ and comeþ to nouȝt, whanne þe beest dieþ. 1535 Isa. xix. B All the of Egipte, all the policie of their Moates & diches shal come to naught. 1569 R. Grafton II. 233 This voyage..came to nothing. 1611 Hag. i. 9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little. View more context for this quotation 1648 W. Jenkyn iv. 88 Your engagement against or seeking..will come to nothing. 1719 D. Defoe 123 Not one Grain of that I sow'd this Time came to any Thing. 1776 J. Leacock iv. vii. 55 Such foolish councils..Must end in wordy words, and come to nought. 1817 W. Scott II. xi. 239 An' I am to lose by ye, I'se ne'er deny I hae won by ye mony a fair pund sterling—Sae, an' it come to the warst, I'se e'en lay the head o' the sow to the tail o' the grice. 1879 A. Trollope I. ii. 30 I hope that it may come to nothing, but I think that you ought to know. 1903 V. Bell Let. 15 Mar. in (1993) 10 I really think I have put down all I can remember of his sayings about Art. I don't know that they really come to much and perhaps they will only bore you. 1984 5 Dec. 19/6 The talks came to nought. 2008 (Nexis) 2 Nov. (Mag.) 9 So you face the final curtain. The whisper therapy came to nada. The shared judo lessons came to zilch. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin xxxvii. 222/2 His creating of vs, is not onely to abstaine from evill: (for stones and trees and other senselesse things doe as much as that comes to:) but wee must gue and applye our selves to the doing of good. 1635 G. Wither To Rdr. sig. A2v I am contented to hazzard among them, so much of my reputation, as that comes to. 1673 J. Dryden iii. i. 24 I'le tempt as great a danger as that comes to. 1685 J. Northleigh iii. 426 His Remarks upon Ανθρωπινὴ κτίσις will tell us that he understood as much Greek as that came to. 1749 D. Garrick 20 I an't so young and so foolish as that comes to, to be directed by my Husband. 1756 No. 39 ⁋4 Mrs. Bull is not so bad a wife, as that comes to. 1825 14 327 You don't eat any thing. What, is your leg so bad as that comes to? 1888 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed II. iv. 49 I am not exactly such a pig as that comes to. 1896 H. James (1897) xvi. 141 Everything's strange—and the truest things are the strangest. Besides, it isn't so extraordinary as that comes to. the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > be or become equal [verb (intransitive)] > be equivalent 1643 D. Digges iii. 64 It will come to the same thing by undenyable deductions from his owne grounds. 1662 P. du Moulin tr. viii. ix. i. 668 What he saith, comes to the same thing that we say. 1741 G. Turnbull tr. J. G. Heineccius I. i. iii. 62 Conformity to Reason, or which comes to the same thing, to our rational nature. 1768 L. Sterne I. 92 It comes to the same thing, said I. 1825 C. Waterton i. 12 It comes nearly to the same thing in the end. 1877 6 Oct. 213/2 He would call it excess of income over expenditure, which came to much the same thing. a1933 J. A. Thomson (1934) II. 1297 With the squamosal or with the temporal, which comes to the same thing, the lower jaw or mandible articulates. 1965 B. Barry (1990) i. 10 One may ‘appraise’ a person, which comes to much the same as ‘weighing him up’. 2001 J. Boyle 14 Most of our relations are not real relations either, though my mammy says it comes to the same thing. the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > be occupied with a topic [verb (intransitive)] > be a matter of 1879 M. J. Guest xix. 178 The first [dispute] really came to the question whether the bishops..were subjects of the king or of the Pope. 1907 S. C. Bryant p. xliii This is what it all comes to, ultimately: the teacher of young children must be a person who can speak English as it should be spoken. 1925 W. Cather ii. vi. 244 Rodney explained that..he'd always supposed..that it would come to money in the end. 2001 S. King iii. 103 Funny to compare the ending of your life to a sneeze, but that was probably what it came to. Just kerchoo , and then hello darkness, my old friend. 6. intransitive. 1630 J. Gaule 25 In all offices, men are forward at first; but when it comes to it, who so backward as they? 1643 J. Caryl ii. 242 Doe not barter away your lives upon mean rates... If it comes to it..sell your lives as deare as you can. 1689 2 His [sc. God's] Proposal to Abraham was only for Trial; for you see, he would not permit him to kill his Son when it came to it. 1867 E. S. Elliot ii. 43 I thought so! When it comes to it you're just like any other girl. 1905 S. C. Comstock xxvi. 413 Hugh an' I had agreed to make a dash for it with her, an' should it come to it, had sworn to kill Mademoiselle, rather than that she should fall into the hands of this horde. 1937 A. Thirkell ii. 45 I could have lent him some of my pyjamas, if it comes to that. 1948 H. Drake-Brockman 261 At the last Bill gripped her hand on the wheel. ‘If it comes to it, Bren, take care of yourself as well as the kids.’ 1989 I. Murdoch (1990) v. 283 Was Irina right to think that ‘when it came to it’ Marcus might oppose the marriage? 2008 R. Miller 5 But as long as Pippa keeps making that butterflied lamb, I'll even caddie for you, if that's what it comes to. 2014 (Nexis) 25 Oct. (Business section) 37 We do not discriminate and are very proud of our record in this area which, if it comes to it, we will robustly defend. 1800 M. Edgeworth 141 I only offer to purchase to make things easy and oblige him—though I don't see what compliment I am under, if you come to that. 1843 C. Dickens (1844) xxiv. 292 I've been as good a son as ever you were a brother. It's the pot and the kettle, if you come to that. 1891 Sept. 293/1 Why in snakes should anybody want to be a sculptor, if you come to that? 1942 12 84 He was plumb scared of war. Come to that, so am I. 1964 R. Jeffries iii. 21 You don't want to be nice for this job—or for any other job, come to that. 2014 9 Oct. (West End Final ed.) 45/1 This narrative from a woman's perspective is tone-true. So, come to that, was Tóibín's well-received novel Brooklyn. 1889 Mar. 561/1 A man must dismiss all thoughts of..common-sense when it comes to masquerade dresses, and just sail in and make an unmitigated fool of himself. 1898 427 The intelligent farmer of today has got beyond trading ‘sight unseen’ or ‘buying a cat in a bag’ when it comes to fertilizers. 1904 July 793/2 When it comes to rapid growing, no other garden vegetable compares with the squashvine. 1942 L. D. Rich viii. 220 He's often hardboiled in his attitude toward his own kind, but when it comes to animals, he's just a bowl of custard. 1985 W. A. Donohue v. 339 When it comes to crime control, it is clear what remedies the ACLU opposes. 2012 P. Druckerman xiii. 226 When it comes to parenting she's the boss, full stop. the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > expression of dismay [phrase] 1656 tr. M. Maier xix. 130 O harsh times, O evill manners! what is the world come to when slanders shall pass for Truths? 1693 W. Wycherley (ed. 2) v. i. 64 How! is the World come to that? a Man cannot keep a Wench without Articles and Settlements. 1712 J. Arbuthnot 24 'Sdeath! what am I come to, to be Affronted so by my Tradesmen? 1795 18 Apr. 140 O what are we come to when all our calculations are employed upon pounds, shillings and pence. 1834 (2nd Sess., 11th Parl.) 3 2655/1 Good God! What have we come to? This is really worse than any Tory Government I have ever witnessed. 1863 Mar. 555/1 Are you going to turn curmudgeon, too..? I don't know what's coming to the world! 1886 19 June 395/1 What are things coming to when a large and influential daily newspaper..ventures to write thus of such an anti-Christ as Saladin? 1906 J. Galsworthy (1910) xxii. 270 I don't know what's coming to women nowadays... I never used to have any trouble with them. 1926 J. Devanny xxii. 275 What was she come to? She, Margaret Messenger, renowned throughout the country for her mental and moral pulchritude, had descended to the level of a drab. 1938 ‘G. Graham’ 182 What's this school coming to? 2003 K. Kwei-Armah ii. i. 51 When man have party people suppose to dance, not stand up and chat. What de arse this generation coming to? 1987 15 Dec. 37/6 The Thinker is a horse who doesn't come to himself until Christmas or afterwards, and I am not happy enough with him to give him a race yet. 1993 8 Aug. 28/4 Cumani's filly had good form at two and, although disappointing on her Kempton comeback, has been given time to come to herself. 2004 June 13/1 The trainer is therefore taking it slowly, while the horse comes to himself. 2016 (Nexis) 12 Feb. Saint Are is really starting to come to himself, he's definitely a spring horse. 1. intransitive. the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > be subjected to or undergo an action a1475 J. Fortescue (Laud) (1885) 133 The x parties off the peple..chese hem a new kynge, and come neuer aftir þat tyme vndre is subiection. 1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua ii. xxvi. f. 112 They whiche nede his fauour..wyll be content to come vnder his gouernaunce. 1578 W. B. tr. Appian of Alexandria Pref. sig. ¶.iiijv Aegipt came vnder the Romanes dominion. 1603 tr. iii. sig. B3v She priuily pilfers away the suger, the nutmegs and ginger, with all other spices that comes vnder her keeping. 1656 J. Timson 62 No great matter, that I come under their censure, when the holy Lawes of God..cannot escape their slanders. a1712 W. Edmundson (1715) i. 7 All my parts came under this Exercise. 1763 A. P. Goddard tr. F. Guicciardini (ed. 3) X. xx. 206 The King of France laboured to gain some Share of his Favour and Acknowledgements, by causing the Florentines to come under his Power. 1811 32 143 It..narrates..the more remarkable cases of credulity, superstition, errancy of idea,..or phrenzy which came under the author's observation. 1889 14 533 They had each come under liability to pay the balance due. 1928 58 290 So efficient have the natives become that mis-set bones come under the care of the American doctors with surprising infrequency. 1974 J. R. Ravensdale ii. 67 The ordering of the field paths and grass furrows, the control of entry into the fallows..all came under the aegis of the ordermakers. 2008 14 Feb. 33/3 Most of Central and Eastern Europe came under Soviet control by 1948. the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > include [verb (transitive)] > be included under or among 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger III. v. iii. sig. Eeee.iijv/2 Holy things are not only sacrifices, but what things so euer come vnder the name of religion [L. ueniunt sub religionis censum], from whiche we doe not exclude the lawes them selues, and holy doctrine. 1662 E. Stillingfleet iii. iv. §10 So both Greece and Italy come under the name of the Isles of the Gentiles. 1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles 75 Every thing which is contrary to vertue comes under the notion of what is not profitable to you. 1764 R. Hurd 39 Purity..denotes whatever comes under the idea of Propriety. 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in II. 389 All wood which grows in hedgerows and does not come under the denomination of ‘timbers’, ‘pollards’, or ‘thorns’, is called ‘stubwood’. 1816 Ld. Byron 6 Mar. (1976) V. 42 Anything of mine—coming under the description of his request. 1889 Dec. 567 It might come under the head of useful knowledge. 1937 11 Sept. 471/2 One section of the International Congress was devoted to matters coming under such heads as biometry, biotypology and heredity. 1970 A. L. Simon & R. Howe 347/2 All fats, even oils, come under this nomenclature. 2013 V. Curtis v. 91 These offences all come under the heading ‘social parasitism’. 1815 6 171 It required an additional party of 200 British soldiers, to carry to the batteries the ammunition which one of these parties threw away when they came under fire. 1866 E. DeLoss Love viii. 810 They reached the first range of hills, and soon came under accurate fire from the enemy's artillery. 1926 16 Oct. 570/2 The system of legislation by Adoptive Acts comes under severe criticism from time to time. 1957 18 Nov. (Ann. Financial & Commerc. Review) p. i/1 Sterling came under such exceptional pressure in the current year..largely because of..the re-emergence of the dollar gap. 1990 July 462/2 Industry and commerce will come under increasing environmental pressure over the next decade. 2013 9 Jan. 13/2 MPs say their inquiry highlighted worrying gaps in strategy and thinking and said it was unclear to them who would be in charge if the UK came under sustained cyber-attack. Obsolete. the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > enumerate, reckon, or calculate [verb (intransitive)] > amount or be equal to 1562 H. Baker iii. iv. f. 112v Saye again by the rule of thre, yf 595/ come to 521/ , what wyll 100 come vnto? 1569 R. Grafton II. 308 Three Millions of Scutes of Golde..the which do come vnto sterlyng money, fyue hundreth thousand pound. 1603 G. de Malynes 37 Pompey did conquer so much land, as made the reuenue of the Empire to come vnto 8 millions and one halfe of crownes. 1660 T. Willsford i. iii. 108 How much comes 10d. a day unto by the year? 1679 R. Chamberlain xviii. 204 In the first of these Examples it is required to know how much 57632 l. at 2 quarters per Pound cometh unto. ?1733 W. Salmon Pref. p.ix Table IX. shews what any Number of odd Feet in a Superficial or Solid Yard comes unto, at any Price per Yard. to come upon —— 1. intransitive. society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > attack suddenly c1175 (Burchfield transcript) l. 7155 He wennde þatt tatt follc. Vpp onn himm cumenn wære. Wiþþ strenncþe. c1380 (1879) l. 3569 Er þay wern oȝt helf y-dyȝt, þus barons come oppon hem ryȝt. a1475 J. Fortescue (Laud) (1885) 138 To resiste owre enymes, when thai liste to come vppon vs. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) xiv. 509 [Thai] Cum sa hardely Apon all the gret cheuelry of yrland. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart II. f. cccxviii/2 Than the bayly with his great nombre came vpon them without sparynge. 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar i. f. 9 He..came vpon that parte [of theyr armye] that hadde not yet passed the Ryuer: and..slewe a great number of theym. 1611 Gen. xxxiv. 25 And came vpon the citie boldly, and slew all the males. 1658 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta i. i. 38 The Enemy coming upon them at unawares, they had very little time left them to escape their hands. 1758 Oct. 495/1 Their number encreased, and came upon us from the wood. 1780 W. Coxe 191 Katcham..came with such rapidity upon the Russians as to preclude the use of their arms. 1816 Ld. Byron 15 Oct. (1976) V. 116 They come upon you in bodies of thirty..at a time. 1827 W. Scott 1st Ser. viii To come upon him suddenly and by night. 1869 ‘Coroner’ xviii. 175 An overwhelming number of insurgents came upon them by surprise. 1954 R. A. Brown vii. 168 They were attacked by the English army..who came upon them unawares while the king..was at dinner with his helmet off. 2009 M. Moorcock 127 Elric sprang forward and dragged the sabre and the poignard from his hands even as another of the attackers came upon him from the rear. the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] a1300 Passion our Lord 660 in R. Morris (1872) 56 At þon heye vndarne, a wit-suneday..Þe holy gost heom com vp-on in fury tunge. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. xxviii. 2 Þer sholyn comme opon þe alle þese blessynges. 1535 Psalms lxxvii[i]. 31 The heuy wrath of God came vpon them, slewe ye welthiest of them. 1589 T. Cooper 13 Dreadfull punishment came vpon them for misusing the Ministers of God. 1611 Job xxix. 13 The blessing of him that was readie to perish, came vpon me. View more context for this quotation 1660 W. Creed 36 What a famine of all things instantly came upon us? 1715 T. Pledwell & J. Barcroft in W. Edmundson p. xxxvii Calamity that was coming upon this Nation. 1795 J. Walker 12 Their punishment came upon them like a flood. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott iii, in (new ed.) 15 ‘The curse is come upon me,’ cried The Lady of Shalott. 1882 July 485 Whatever honour came upon him in life, he ascribed to the influences of religion. 1915 10 Mar. 255 Great blessings came upon the Church. 1962 C. Stewart tr. E. Canetti 443 We do not get the impression that these disasters came upon mankind against Schreber's will. 2013 (Nexis) 11 Apr. 27 It was then that a curse seemed to come upon us. the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > suddenly or violently the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > occur to [verb (transitive)] a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms liv. 6 Drede and trembling camen vp on me. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. met. i. l. 10 Elde is comen vnwarly vpon me. 1531 G. Joye tr. xxi. sig. F At these wordes..panges came vpon me lyke the panges of a woman travelinge of chylde. 1560 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 156 The paine shall cease, and desire of sleepe shall come vpon him. 1611 2 Chron. xiv. 14 The feare of the Lord came vpon them. View more context for this quotation 1636 tr. J. Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin i. iii. 44 Suddainly a shame came upon her, and accus'd her for commending her selfe so. a1712 W. Edmundson (1715) iv. 25 About this time it came weightily upon me to leave Shopkeeping. 1793 W. Moore I. xxix. 245 Such an unusual terror came upon me, that every bush I passed appeared to be a man with his throat cut. 1826 A. Cunningham II. xii. 368 The thought came upon him that he had done him mortal injury. 1850 July 402/1 A temporary madness seems to have come upon the people. 1916 E. L. Sabin xx. 300 Assuredly, a great change had come upon the ranch, within twenty-four hours. 1919 Oct. 12/2 In a flash it came upon him that she was but uttering his own philosophy of life. 2011 L. Baber 145 Once Shiner left Bo and Copper's company, a change came upon the pasture. 2. intransitive. society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > claim > make a claim upon ?1591 H. Barrow 109 They will replie and come vpon you for all olde reckoninges, and not suffer you to depart vntill you haue fully satisfied. 1607 B. Jonson v. vi. sig. M3v Ile come vpon him, For that, hereafter. View more context for this quotation 1633 P. Massinger iv. ii. sig. I4v Sir Giles Will come vpon you for security For his thousand pounds. 1677 A. Yarranton 8 His Creditors come upon him, the charge of Law-suits comes on. 1680 J. Bunyan 125 He had not been married but a little while, but his Creditors came upon him for their money. 1701 W. Wotton 466 Turinus then came upon him for the Money. 1770 T. Bridges I. iii. 141 We must likewise come upon ye By way of costs for socket-money. 1819 S. E. Brydges xl. 206 Taxes upon prime cost come upon the consumer in a circuitous and aggravated manner. 1841 C. Dickens lxxviii. 393 In the damage done to the Maypole, he could ‘come upon the county’. 1850 Dec. 725/2 They might come upon me afterward, and make me pay up. 1909 Sept. 66/2 The cost comes upon the city of Cleveland and its residents. 1916 July 28/3 When Mark failed and his creditors came upon them, Evelyn lost her property. 1937 E. G. Clark ix.141 The moment Essex's star began to sink, his creditors came upon him, clamouring for payment. 1669 T. Manley iv. 25 Much less do any of their poor come upon our Parishes for relief. 1696 tr. G. Croese ii. i. 173 The Children should come upon the Parish, and..the Parish should have the charge of bringing them up. 1731 12 Aug. 2/2 His Mother, who was maintain'd by his Labour, being come upon the Parish, is sent to the Work-house at Wandsworth. 1838 A. Mathews II. 180 The society had an opportunity of assisting many persons of whom they would be sorry to hear it said that they had come upon the charity. 1850 June 336/2 So Betty came upon the parish with all her children. 1903 106 1473/1 A similar proposal to limit the amount spent on another poor unfortunate section in our midst who had come upon the State. 1923 1 Mar. 7/1 The child will have to come upon the state for assistance. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (transitive)] > unexpectedly or by chance the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > find or discover by chance the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience 1622 21 We fell vpon a place of sandy ground..and comming vpon a strange Iland kept our watch all night. 1675 J. Ogilby 165 Setting forth from Cairfax in Oxford, you pass through the South-Gate and come upon a Causeway. 1711 E. Budgell No. 116. ⁋5 We came upon a large Heath, and the Sportsmen began to beat. 1773 O. Goldsmith i. 15 You are to go side-ways till you come upon Crack-skull common. 1820 No. 637. 414/2 She came upon us by surprise. 1849 16 154/1 The travellers soon came upon a village. 1865 J. W. Carlyle III. 256 I came upon Geraldine in Cheyne Row. 1907 May 534/1 Having passed through the spacious booking halls..we come upon the elevators or lifts. 1941 N. M. Gunn ix. 160 They had to hunt with extreme wariness, lest gamekeeper or ground officer or other minion of the laird come upon them. 1979 E. Hardwick v. 68 She came upon simplicities the way others came upon debts, naturally. 2004 R. Kurson i. 13 He had come upon the place one foggy day while trolling for tuna. the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > accompany or attend [verb (transitive)] 1533 T. Paynell tr. U. von Hutten f. 64 And for as moche as I haue shewed before, what euyls come with this syckenes, it were but labour in vayne to repete them. 1578 T. Brasbridge sig. D They..that are sicke of a quartane, or other Agues that come with a colde. 1684 tr. T. Bonet xviii. 601 The interstinct or discrete [L. Interstinctæ, vel Discretæ] [Small Pox] come with a Shivering and Coldness. 1705 C. Purshall 37 These Frosts seldom last long, that come with a Frozen Fog, or Hoariness. 1825 W. Hazlitt (new ed.) II. 283 Sound conclusions come with practical knowledge, rather than with speculative refinements. 1867 H. C. Selous vii. 63 Fairy cakes always come with birthdays in our house. 1906 1 Apr. 103/1 Nervousness increased..and with this came a desire to get away from his family. 1974 A. Tyler vii. 199 When Brian bought his ketch the shack came with it, automatically. 1982 ‘T. Vee’ et al. (2010) 368/2 With age comes wisdom. 2015 20 Jan. 33/2 You have a shadow workforce of about 1.8 million unpeople, enjoying none of the security that should come with employment in a rich country. Compounds With prepositional phrases. 1917 25 Sept. 1/6 The 2:17 class race was a come-from-behind victory for Don McLeonard. 1959 2 July (Sports section) 24/1 Bobby Thomson singled with one out in the ninth Wednesday to..give the Chicago Cubs a 6-5 come-from-behind win. 1995 (Nexis) 24 June 31 He won 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to follow up his come-from-behind success against Woodforde on the clay at Coral Beach two months ago. 2011 D. P. Redlawsk et al. i. 6 His overall success in the presidential nomination contest may be rooted in his come-from-behind victory in the Iowa caucuses. 1922 J. Joyce xv. 411 I seen you up Faithful place with your squarepusher, the greaser off the railway, in his cometobed hat.] 1962 21 Nov. 13/5 A number of men have told me that I have ‘come to bed’ eyes. 1969 23 Oct. 15/6 It all revolves around sex... Quite simply, Eyelure creates come-to-bed-eyes. 1972 4 June 9/4 (advt.) Layer upon layer of luxurious curls you can toss about for a tousled, come-to-bed look. 1989 P. Robins in D. Rees & P. Robins 40 Our Lennie, with his nut-brown curls and come-to-bed voice paid us both in kind. 2004 Feb. 85/3 Despite his cute, floppy fringe, come-to-bed eyes, and little-boy-lost expression, on record he sounds like a slowed-down Grace Jones who's lived off nothing but Gitanes for the last five years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.1OE n.21578 adj.1564 v.eOE |
