All related terms of 'to come'

When someone who is unconscious comes to , they recover consciousness.

When you come on to a particular topic , you start discussing it.

To be coming up to a time or state means to be getting near to it.

If you come back to a topic or point, you talk about it again later.

If a problem , decision , or question comes down to a particular thing, that thing is the most important factor involved.

to become absolutely clear to

to become available ; be received

If something or someone comes to life , they become active .

to take place

When an object that has been moving comes to rest , it finally stops.

to disagree so strongly about something that you start to fight

If something comes to grief , it fails . If someone comes to grief , they fail in something they are doing, and may be hurt .

to engage in hand-to-hand fighting

to be revealed

If you try to do something but your efforts are not successful , you can say that your efforts come to nought .

to reach acceptance or agreement

If you come clean about something that you have been keeping secret , you admit it or tell people about it.

If two people or groups come to blows , they start fighting .

if a problem or disagreement comes to a head, it reaches a state where you have to take action to deal with it. You can also say that a particular event or factor brings a problem or disagreement to a head.

to become completed or exhausted

a sexually alluring expression

to engage in hand-to-hand fighting

to come to a bad end; end in failure , trouble , etc.

if anger comes to the boil , it increases until it reaches a very high level

to recover one's senses

to make an error or blunder

to go wrong or awry

If something comes to an end , it stops .

to return to reality from a fantasy or daydream

to have to face the reality of everyday life after a period of great excitement

If bad or wrong things that someone has done in the past have come home to roost , or if their chickens have come home to roost , they are now experiencing the unpleasant effects of these actions .

If you come to grips with a problem , you consider it seriously , and start taking action to deal with it.

to find or produce

If you come to terms with something difficult or unpleasant , you learn to accept and deal with it.

to take part or become involved

If you say that someone came up trumps , you mean that they did something successfully, often when they were not expected to.

to be carried or last until the ninth month of gestation or pregnancy

(of something forgotten ) to return to someone's memory

to regain consciousness

If something comes to your notice , you become aware of it.

to emerge ; become apparent

You use the expression come to think of it to indicate that you have suddenly realized something, often something obvious .

When someone comes to the point or gets to the point , they start talking about the thing that is most important to them.

to die in an unpleasant or violent way

to become known to one

If you come to someone's assistance , you take action to help them.

If you get to grips with a problem or if you come to grips with it, you consider it seriously , and start taking action to deal with it.

to be defeated

If you say that something comes to a grinding halt , you are emphasizing that it stops very suddenly, especially before it was meant to.

(of a motor vehicle) to stop suddenly , causing the brakes or tyres to produce a high-pitched sound