Expressions with come. Come (a)round is an English phrasal verb. go out into the world

When is your family coming out to join you? - When does your family plan to come to you? I met them when they came out to Singapore at Christmas last year - I met them last year, on Christmas, when they came to Singapore

2) go out into the world

Would you like to come out to the theater with me? - Do you want to go to the theater with me?

Is Mrs Brown's daughter coming out this year? - What have we heard about Mrs. Brown’s daughter: will she be going out this year?

3) leave, return (from the hospital); free yourself

He’ll be an old man when he comes out - He will be an old man when he gets out of prison

4) Britishism strike

synonyms go out, walk out

The Post Office workers have come out in support of their pay claim - Postal workers went on strike, demanding higher wages

5) fall out (about hair, teeth)

My tooth has just come out - My tooth just fell out

6) bloom (about leaves, flowers)

The flowers are coming out in everyone’s gardens - Flowers bloom in every garden

7) publish

synonyms appear, go out

When does Tom's new book come out? - When does Tom's new book come out?

8) reveal, manifest, reveal

The secret came out - The secret was revealed

When the last test results came out, she was quite disappointed - She was completely disappointed when the last test results came out

Mary always comes out well in her pictures - Mary always comes out well in photographs

9) add up, turn out

When doing the calculation by hand, the sum came out as a different figure - When calculating without the help of technical means, a different result was obtained

10) go out (about words)

I opened my mouth, but no words came out - I opened my mouth, but no words came out

The last words came out in a whisper - The last words were spoken in a whisper

11) cope; succeed

She came out well in the last game - She achieved a good result in the last game

Our company came out well from the recent survey - Our company received a good rating in the recent survey

12) speak, make a statement

He came out against the government - He criticized the government

to come out in smth.

13) become covered (with a rash, pimples)

Jane came out in spots this morning - In the morning, pimples popped up for Jane

to come out with smth.

14) blurt out colloquialism

You never know what he’ll come out with next - You never know what he’ll blurt out in the next minute

15) come forward with something

The government is to come out with concrete proposals - The government must come up with specific proposals

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2) come in, call in, come

synonyms: come by, call, drop in

Why don’t you come round and see us one evening?
Why don't you come over to our place one evening?

3) attack; take place, happen

Birthdays come round too quickly when one is older
As you age, birthdays begin to flash by like spokes in a wheel.

to come round to smth.

4) change opinion, belief; agree

synonym: change one's mind

Don’t worry about the chairman, he’ll soon come round (to our opinion)
Don't worry about the chairman, he'll agree with us soon

5) sea turn, lie down on another tack

synonym: come about, go about, put about

6) improve

I hope things will come round
I hope everything works out

7) calm down; put up

8) come to your senses (after fainting, illness)

synonym: regain consciousness, antonym pass out

The girl fainted, but she came round when we threw drops of water on her face
The girl lost consciousness, but came to her senses when we sprinkled water on her face.

9) apply, proceed

He finally came round to the main purpose of his visit.
Finally he moved on to the main purpose of his visit.

The manager really came down on him for losing the contract. – The manager is tough on him “smashed” for losing his contract.

• Come down to something - come down to something.

It all comes down to a question of who tries the hardest. - All comes down to to the question of who tries the hardest.

It all comes down to money in the end. - Everything in the end comes down to to money.

• Come down with something - catch a disease, get sick (usually about a not very dangerous disease).

She came down with flu. - She I'm sick flu.

• Come from – to be from somewhere (usually about one’s native country).

She comes from China. - She from China.

Where do you come from? – Where You?

• Come into – inherit (money, property).

She came into a lot of money when her grandmother died. - She inherited a lot of money when her grandmother died.

• Come off

1) Fall off

One of the wagon wheels came off. – One of the cart wheels fell off.

2) Go according to plan, work out, work out

• Come off better / worse / badly / well - come out of a scrape, fight, quarrel in a certain state, especially when there is a comparison with another participant.

The smaller dog actually came off better, with only a few scratches. – The dog is actually smaller got off lighter, received only a few scratches.

I always come off worse when we argue. - When we quarrel, I always I'm going out out of a quarrel with greater losses.

• Come out

1) Go out (about a film, book, etc.), publish.

The movie is coming out this summer. - Movie comes out this summer.

His new book came out in September. – His new book came out in September.

2) To be revealed, to become clear, to become known (about a secret, a hidden fact).

It came out that he had been lying all the time. – It revealed that he was lying all this time.

The details of the scandal came out in the press and she had to resign. – Details of the scandal opened up in the press, and she had to resign.

• Come over – come to someone (usually home).

Come over for dinner. – Come in(to me) for lunch.

She texted me: “ Come over! Nobody is home!” “She wrote to me: “ Come to me! Nobody is at home!"

Come over here. – Come over here.

• Come round

1) Visit, come to someone.

Would you like to come round for dinner? - Would you like to come in lunch today?

What day does the garbage man come round? - What day? comes garbage man?

2) Gain consciousness.

The woman who fainted came round after we splashed a little water on her face. - A woman who fainted recovered after we splashed some water on her face.

3) Change your mind, change your mind, agree with someone.

My mother was opposed to my moving so far away but she came round in the end. – My mother was against me moving so far, but in the end changed my mind.

He's a reasonable man. I knew he'd come round eventually. - He is a reasonable person. I knew that he will change his mind.

• Come up against something - to face something difficult: problems, opponent, objections, etc.

How people act when they come up against a problem says a lot about their character. - The way people behave facing with a problem says a lot about their character.

They came up against a lot of opposition to their plans for an out-of-town supermarket construction. - They collided with many protests against their plans to build a suburban supermarket.

• Come up to - be chest, shoulder, etc. tall.

She comes up to my shoulder - She's up to my shoulder.

• Come up with something - find a solution, propose a plan

• Come off it!- an expression of distrust of what was said, disagreement: “Come on, stop it, stop it.”

Come off it! Tell me the truth! – Stop it! Tell me the truth!

Ask Simon to cook the meal? Come off it, he can hardly boil an egg! – Should I ask Simon to prepare a dish? Come on, he can barely boil an egg.

• Come on!

1) A call to action, an encouraging call: “Come on!”

Come on, don’t give up now when you’re so close to finishing. – Let's, don't give up when you're so close to finishing.

2) “Stop it \ Come on.” Usually pronounced with an emphasis on “on” and a drawl: “Come ooon”, as in “Yes ok”.

– You told him you’re moving tomorrow. Are you really going to move? “You told him you were moving tomorrow.” Are you really moving?

– Oh, come on! I just needed to get rid of him. - Yes, okay! I just needed to get rid of it.

• Come in handy- will come in handy.

Take a lighter. It will come in handy in a cave . - Take a lighter, she will come in handy In a cave.

My laptop comes in handy when I have to work in a library. - My laptop comes in handy when I have to work in the library.

• Come into use – start using.

The computerized system came into use at the end of last year. – Computerized system started to be used at the end of last year.

Gas stations did not come into usebefore 1850. – Gas stations not used before 1850.

• How come?- “How so?”, “Why?” Used in informal conversation to find out the reason for something.

The “how come” construction is used in two ways:

1. As part of an interrogative sentence: How come + statement.

How come you got invited and I didn’t? – How so(why) were you invited and I wasn’t?

How come did you miss your train? – How so(why) did you miss your train?

It may surprise you that the sentences in the examples above are not built according to the rules. The fact is that the colloquial phrase 'how come' is a shortened version of 'how did\does\has it come that' (how did it happen that), so somewhere, so to speak, deep down, these sentences are built according to the rules grammar: 'How did it come that you missed your train?'

2. As a reaction to the statement: “How is this?”, “Why?”

– I haven’t watched a football game all year. – I haven’t watched football all year.

– How come? – How so?(Why?)

• Come clean (with someone) (about something)- confess, speak frankly, tell the truth.

I felt it was time to comeclean and tell her what the doctor had told me. – I felt it was time admit and tell her what the doctor told me.

I want you to come clean with me about your financial status. - I want you to spoke to me frankly about your financial situation.

• Come hell or high water / Come rain or shine / Come what may- at all costs, no matter what happens.

Come rain of shine, I'll come back for you. – No matter what happens, I'll come back for you.

I'll be there tomorrow, come hell or highwater. - I'll be there tomorrow no matter what happens.

I'll be home for the holidays, come whatmay. - I'll be home for the holidays, no matter what happens.

• If worst comes to worst / ‘If the worst comes to the worst- in the worst case scenario.

If worst comes to worst and the hotels are full, we can sleep in the car. – In the worst case, if there are no rooms in hotels, we can spend the night in the car.

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come across- to be understandable, to reach (about words, speech); to be perceived, understood
Did his speech come across?
Was his speech understandable?

come across as - to be perceived, understood in any way, to make any impression, to seem
The first candidate came across really well.
The first candidate made a very good impression.

come across - convey, express (some feeling, meaning); express yourself (in some way)
I don't always come across with consistency.
I don't always express my thoughts consistently.

come along- go, go with (with) someone, accompany
After some persuasion Mr. Bateman has agreed to come along with us.
After some persuasion, Mr. Bateman agreed to come with us.

come along - invitation to come along! let's go, let's go, let's go
Come along, come along, this way.
Come, come, here (this way).

come along - come, appear
Оping that someone might come along and offer him a drink.
Hoping that someone might show up and offer him a drink

come along - go, ride along smth. or for something
It was curious, I told myself, that no one else had come along.
It was strange, I told myself that no one else had passed.

come back- return (to previous state)
Is the singer expected to come back?
Is the singer expected to return to the stage?

come back - come to mind, come to mind
Her name will come back (to me) soon.
I'll soon remember her name.

come back - come back into fashion, become fashionable, popular
Long skirts are expected to come back next year.
Long skirts are expected to come back into fashion next year.

come back - (colloquial) to answer in the same way, to repay with the same coin
She always comes back at anyone who tries to be polite to her.
She always reciprocates those who are polite to her.

come by- come in, arrive, call in, arrive
Just thought I"d come by and see how the sick man is.
I just thought (that) I should come in and see how the patient is doing.

come down- decrease, decline
My weight has come down again.
I've lost weight again.

come down - to be knocked down (about a tree), shot down (about an airplane), demolished, destroyed (about a building)
The old hotel is coming down and a new one is to be built.
The old hotel will soon be demolished and a new one will be built in its place.

come down - (British) to return home from the university after finishing the course; graduate from university
He has come down from Oxford with a history degree.
He had just graduated from Oxford with a degree in history.

come forward- come forward, move forward
Ralph came forward and stood by Piggy.
Ralph came forward and stood next to Piggy.

come from- come from, from, “take”; often in similar questions
Where did it (this) come from?
Where did this come from?

come in- (political) to be elected in elections, to come to power
If your party comes in at the next election, what will you do about taxes?
If your party wins the next election, what will you do about taxes?

come in - (sports) to come to the finish line (first, last)
to come in first - win, come first

come in - come into fashion
Mini skirts are coming in again. — Miniskirts are coming back into fashion.

come in - participate, play a certain role
Where do I come in? - What do I have to do with it?; What does this have to do with me?

come in - begin
This week came in very windy.
It was very windy at the beginning of the week.

come in - to advance, to rise (about the tide)
The tide is coming in.
The tide is coming in.

come in for - to get; bring upon oneself
He came in for a lot of trouble.
He had a great time.

come off- separate, break away, leave, go, get off, take off (not found often and in a wide variety of situations)
That means men will have to come off the walls to fight the fire.
This means that people will have to leave the walls (to) fight the fire.

come off - go away, disappear (about a stain, dirt, etc.); fall out (hair, etc.); come off (button, etc.)
The stuff on my body didn't seem to want to come off unless I scrubbed.
This stuff on my body didn't seem to want to come off until I scraped it off.

come off - turn out, succeed (very rarely)
This operation will come off.
This operation will succeed.

come off - in the expression come off it - quit, stop talking, leave, change the subject
Come off it, man!
Come on, guy!

come on - to advance, to advance; approach
A storm is coming on.
A storm is coming.

come on - appear on stage, enter the field
When does the great actor come on?
When will this great actor appear on stage?

come on - turn on (about the device); light up, light up (about light)
Just as I entered the house, all the lights came on.
When I entered the house, all the lights came on.

come on - (colloquial) to behave (in some way)
When Jack wants something, he comes on like a truck.
When Jack wants something, he goes for it.

come on - (colloquial) to flirt, pester
Surprisingly, Jane came on to me.
To my surprise, Jane began to cling to me.

come out - to come (to remote places, to another country)
I met them when they came out to Singapore at Christmas last year.
I met them last year at Christmas when they came to Singapore.

come out - go out, be in public; go out into the world; to be at court
Would you like to come out to the theater with me?
Would you like to go to the theater with me?

come out - (British) to strike
The Post Office workers have come out in support of their pay claim.
Postal workers went on strike demanding higher wages.
come out - fall out (about hair, teeth)
My tooth has just come out.
I just lost a tooth.

come out - to bloom (about leaves, flowers)
The flowers are coming out in everyone's gardens.
Flowers bloom in every garden.

come out - go out (about a book)
When does Tom's new book come out?
When is Tom's new book coming out?

come out - to appear, to appear (about information, facts); become famous
The secret came out.
The secret has been revealed.

come out - add up, turn out (about the amount)
When doing the calculation by hand, the sum came out as a different figure.
When calculating without the help of technical means, a different result was obtained.

come out - cope with (some task); prove yourself
She came out well in the last game.
She achieved a good result in the last game.

come out - speak out, make a statement
He came out against the government.
He criticized the government.

come out in - to become covered (with a rash, pimples)
Jane came out in spots this morning.
In the morning, Jane's pimples popped out.

come over - to come, to approach, to go in, to stop by, to come to someone.
Shall I come over in the morning?
Should I come tomorrow morning?

come over - (rarely encountered) followed by a personal pronoun or name - to be overwhelmed by something. feeling, feel
A tremendous feeling of peace came over him.
An amazing feeling of peace came over him.

come over - just a verb with a preposition: to go over, to cross, including in a figurative sense
As Baker read this, a change came over his face.
While Baker was reading this, his face changed (the change passed through his face).

come up - rise, rise; intensify, increase
Interest rates should come down.
Interest rates must come down.
come up - to come (from the province to the city, from south to north); come to study at university
When do the students come up?
When do students arrive?

come up - to approach, to approach (to someone)
I could hear footsteps coming up behind me.
I heard footsteps behind me.

come up - rise, grow (in someone's eyes, opinion)
That politician has come up in my opinion since I heard his last speech.
Since I heard this politician's last speech, he has grown in my eyes.

come up - colloquial try to show your importance; put on airs
A big fish came up from the deep of the sea.
A large fish appeared from the depths of the sea.

come up - to appear in court
The case came up for trial in the court of the district.
This case was heard in the district court.

come up - introduce yourself (about an occasion, opportunity)
I"ll let you know if anything comes up.
If anything turns up, I'll let you know.

come up - to be mentioned (in conversation)
His name never comes up in our conversation these days.
Now we don't talk about him at all.

come up - appear (on the screen; about information)
A message came up on the screen saying the line is busy.
A message appeared on the screen indicating that the line was busy.

come up - win
Did your horse come up?
Did your horse win?

Phrasal verb COME: usage options, exercise with answers.

The phrasal verb COME is most often followed by the following words:

– across
– down with
– into
– out
– over
– up with

Choose the correct word to insert.

Exercise Hint Answer

1. Alan came ____ a mysterious map in his grandmother’s attic.

2. It was Bill who came ____ the idea of ​​going into the haunted house.

3. After getting caught in the rain, Jane came ____ a terrible cold.

4. Stephen King's new book has just come ____.

5. As soon as I stepped into the creepy house, a strange feeling came ____ me.

6. We came ____ a beautiful antique table at the flea market.

7. Why don’t you come ____ tonight? We're having pizza.

8. The symptoms show that you’re coming ____ the flu.

9. They come ____ at least once a week for a visit.

10. The class came ____ some great games for the party.

11. She came ____ a large inheritance and bought a house.

12. He couldn’t come ____ a good excuse for being late.

13. I came ____ some good bargains in the market.

14. Why don’t you come ____ to our place when you finish work?

15. He was able to start his own business when he came ____ some money.

16. Oh dear! I think I’m coming ____ a cold.

come across - accidentally bump into
come down with – to get sick with something
come into – receive an inheritance
come out – speak (in public)
come over – take over (about a feeling); come in, visit
come up with – offer (an idea)

1. Alan came across a mysterious map in his grandmother’s attic. – Alan came across a mysterious map in his grandmother’s attic.

2. It was Bill who came up with the idea of ​​going into the haunted house. “It was Bill who came up with the idea of ​​going to a haunted house.”

3. After getting caught in the rain, Jane came down with a terrible cold. “Caught in the rain, Jane came down with a terrible cold.

4. Stephen King's new book has just come out. – Stephen King’s new book has just come out.

5. As soon as I stepped into the creepy house, a strange feeling came over me. “As soon as I entered this terrible house, a strange feeling took possession of me.

6. We came across a beautiful antique table at the flea market. – At a flea market, we accidentally came across a beautiful antique table.

7.Why don't you come over tonight? We're having pizza. - Why don't you come over this evening? We have pizza.

8. The symptoms show that you're coming down with the flu. – The symptoms indicate that you have the flu.

9. They come over at least once a week for a visit. – They come in at least once a week.

10. The class came up with some great games for the party. – The class suggested some great games for the party.

11. She came into a large inheritance and bought a house. “She received a large inheritance and bought a house.

12. He couldn't come up with a good excuse for being late. He couldn't think of a good excuse for being late.

13. I came across some good bargains in the market. – I accidentally came across several profitable offers on the market.

14.Why don't you come over to our place when you finish work? “Why don’t you come see me when you finish work.”

15. He was able to start his own business when he came into some money. – He was able to start his own business when he inherited some money.

16. Oh dear! I think I'm coming down with a cold - Expensive! I think I'm getting a cold.