Essential 'Come' Phrasal Verbs: Definitions & Examples

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'Come' Phrasal Verbs: Definitions and Examples

Here's a table of common phrasal verbs using "come," along with their meanings, translations, and example sentences:

Phrasal Verb	Meaning	Translation	Example
come about	to happen	suceder, ocurrir	How did the accident come about?
come across	to encounter	encontrarse con, toparse con	Jane came across a very interesting magazine last weekend.
come after	to follow	perseguir a alguien, o buscar a alguien generalmente para castigarlo	The police are coming after the thief.
come along	to appear, to come with	acompañar, presentarse, aparecer	Come along with me, I have something to show you.
come along	to progress	progresar	How is the patient coming along after the surgery?
come apart	to fall to pieces, to break up	deshacerse, caerse en pedazos	When I picked up the small glass statue, it came apart!
come at	to attack	atacar	While Susan was walking along the street, a dog came at her and bit her.
come away	to leave, to depart	marcharse	I will come away now. See you tomorrow.
come back	to continue, to resume	reanudar, volver a	The teacher wanted to come back to the first unit so we could revise.
come before	to appear	comparecer	The president will come before the court next Friday.
come between	to separate, to pull apart	arruinar una relación, interponerse, separar	I wouldn't let people's gossiping come between us.
come down	to fell, to knock over, to demolish	bajar, caer, aterrizar, derrumbarse, ser derribado	Many people came to see how a famous castle came down.
come into	to inherit	heredar	After his grandfather died, Emma came into a big fortune.
come into	to take part of	estar de moda	You should buy a green blouse, because green has come into this season.
come by	to gain possession of; acquire	conseguir, adquirir	Mortgages are hard to come by.
come off	to happen; occur	tener lugar, ocurrir	The trip came off on schedule.
come off	break down	dejar de funcionar	It is so late! I didn't realized the clock came off!
come out	to become known	mostrarse, publicarse, estrenarse, resultar	When is the play coming out? I can't wait to see it.
come out	to end up; result	acabar, resultar	Everything came out wrong.
come out	to make a formal social debut	debutar	She came out at age 16 in Paris.
come over	to visit someone, to make a casual visit	visitar a alguien en su casa	I want you to come over. I will show you my new kitchen.
come around	to recover, revive	recuperar la conciencia	He fainted, but soon came around.
come round	to change one's opinion or position:	aceptar finalmente	Lucy didn't want to come to the party, but she came round and she enjoyed it.
come through	to do what is required or anticipated	hacer lo que se requiere	I asked for their help, and they came through.
come to	to recover consciousness	recuperar la conciencia	The fainting victim came to.
come up	to manifest itself; arise	manifestar, surgir	The question never came up.
come up	to draw near; approach; go upstairs	aproximarse, acercarse	Came up and said hello.
come up with	to bring forth, discover, or produce	descubrir, producir	He came up with a cure for the disease.
come up against	to encounter, especially a difficulty or major problem.	encontrar con dificultad, conseguir con dificultad	Karl's plan came up against a lot of opposition at first.

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