Phrasal verb Come. Come out - English Phrasal Verb Sentences with all prepositions come
When is your family coming out to join you? - When is your family planning to come to you? 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
2) get out into the light
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 do you hear about Mrs. Brown's daughter: will she leave this year?
3) leave, return (from the hospital); be released
He'll be an old man when he comes out - He will be an old man when he gets out of prison
4) Britishism go on strike
synonyms go out, walk out
The Post Office workers have come out in support of their pay claim
5) fall out (about hair, teeth)
My tooth has just come out - I just lost a tooth
6) to blossom (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 is Tom's new book coming out?
8) show up, show up, reveal
The secret came out - The secret was revealed
When the last test results came out , she was quite disappointed - She was quite disappointed when the last test results came out
Mary always comes out well in her pictures
9) to take shape, to 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 the words didn't come 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 came out well in the last game
Our company came out well from the recent survey - Our company received a good rating in a recent survey
12) speak, make a statement
He came out against the government - He criticized the government
to come out in smth.
13) to be covered (with a rash, acne)
Jane came out in spots this morning
to come out with smth.
14) vernacular blurt out
You never know what he'll come out with next - You never know what he will blurt out the next minute
15) perform with something
The government is to come out with concrete proposals - The government must come up with concrete proposals
fun facts
A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
Phrasal verb COME: usage options, exercise with answers.
The phrasal verb COME is most often followed by the 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 - randomly stumble upon
come down with - get sick with something
come into - receive an inheritance
come out - perform (in public)
come over - to master (about a feeling); come in, visit
come up with - offer (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 suggested the idea of going to a haunted house.
3. After getting caught in the rain, Jane came down with a terrible cold. – After being caught in the rain, Jane came down with a terrible cold.
4. Stephen King's new book has just come out. A new book by Stephen King 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 the flea market, we accidentally stumbled upon a beautiful antique table.
7. Why don't you come over tonight? We're having pizza. "Why don't you come over tonight?" We have pizza.
8. The symptoms show that you're coming down with the flu. Your symptoms indicate that you are getting 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. – In the market, I accidentally came across several profitable offers.
14. Why don't you come over to our place when you finish work? "Why don't you come see me when you're done."
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.
Some English words cover a wide range of meanings. One such example is the verb to come. In order to master all the variants of use and make it part of your active vocabulary, you need to work out this topic in detail.
Basic meanings and forms of the verb come
The main translation options are: to come, to arrive, to arrive, to approach.
Example: What would you do if he came? (Come is a verb, which, unlike the word go, implies an approach towards the speaker, a return). Translation: What would you do if he came?
However, the range of meanings of this word is much wider. In order to understand the meaning of what was said, it is necessary to translate taking into account the context. Here is a partial list of possible uses:
- Come, tell them all you know about him. - Well, tell them everything you know about him.
- Your book came in useful. Your book came in handy.
- I want to come into play. - I want to get started.
- A fear came over him. - Fear took over.
- Come to my place the day after tomorrow. - Come to me the day after tomorrow.
Come (came, come) is an irregular verb, which means that the forms of its use do not obey the basic rule, and they just need to be remembered.
Phrasal verb
In English, some verbs have one feature: in combination with adverbs or prepositions, the main word changes its meaning. The resulting phrases are called phrasal verbs. They are quite common both in everyday speech and in literature.
Let's look at the verb in combination with prepositions.
| come | about | happen |
| across | meet, unexpectedly find | |
| along | hurry, follow | |
| for | go after (someone) | |
| from (of) | to belong to, come from | |
| into | inherit, inherit | |
| off | come off (about buttons), fall out (about hair) | |
| on | 1) Hurry! Let's go! 2) Succeed, achieve success, grow. 3) Approach, begin, advance. |
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| out | 1) go out; 2) go to print, appear in print; 3) blossom (about flowers), blossom; 4) appear, pour out (about acne, rashes); 5) end. |
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| out with | to make a statement (to make a statement) | |
| over | 1) come, visit; 2) master, embrace; 3) come to mind. |
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| to | reach, cost, total | |
| up | become a subject of discussion, arise (about a question) | |
| upon | come to someone's mind |
Now let's find out what the phrasal verb come looks like in combination with adverbs.
To increase the likelihood of remembering new phrases, it is not enough just to write out and memorize. New vocabulary should become part of your active vocabulary.
Usage examples
The best way to learn new words is to come up with a few sentences with each of them and try to introduce new vocabulary into your writing and speaking.
- How did it come about that she went to live in China? - How did it happen that she went to live in China?
- I came across some old books. I accidentally found some old books.
- Come along! They are waiting for us. - Hurry! They are waiting for us.
- She will come back tomorrow. - She'll be back tomorrow.
- I had no idea what to do. But suddenly it came over me that I had to go here. - I didn't know what to do. But suddenly it occurred to me that I need to go there.
- I was surprised that such a question came up at the meeting. - I was surprised that such a question became the subject of discussion at the meeting.
- please, come round and see me. - Please come see me.
- I come for them at 12 o "clock. - I will pick them up at 12 o'clock.
Set phrases
One more feature should be mentioned, which is found in almost all languages. These are indivisible constructions used unchanged. In some cases, understanding the meaning of a particular phrase can be quite difficult. For the most part, these are idioms and phraseological units that you just need to learn.
Come (came, come) - a verb that is part of many. The following are some of them:
- ~ it strong - exaggerate;
- ~ and go - walking back and forth;
- ~ what may - come what may;
- ~ a cropper - crash;
- ~ unstuck - fail, get into trouble;
- ~ to pass - happen, happen;
- ~ true - come true, become reality;
- ~ clean - confess, split;
- ~ rain or shine - under any circumstances, in any case.
When using phrases like this in your speech, remember that you are using came (come is a verb referring to irregular). For example: She wanted to pass an examination. Unfortunately, she came a cropper. "She wanted to take the exam. Unfortunately, she failed."
The manager really came down on him for losing the contract. – The manager is hard on him "smashed" because he lost his contract.
- Come down to something - come down to something.
It all comes down to a question of who tries hardest. - Everything comes down to the question of who tries the hardest.
It all comes down to money in the end. - Everything in the end comes down to money.
- Come down with something - catch a disease, get sick (usually about a not very dangerous disease).
She came down with flu. - She got sick flu.
- Come from - to be from somewhere (usually about your 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, succeed, work
- Come off better / worse / badly / well - get out of trouble, 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 fight, I always going out from a quarrel with greater losses.
- Come out
1) Go out (about a film, book, etc.), publish.
The movie is coming out this summer. - Film coming out this summer.
His new book came out in September. – His new book came out in September.
2) To reveal, to find out, to become known (about a secret, a hidden fact).
It came out that he had been lying all the time. - It turned out that he's been lying all this time.
The details of the scandal came out in the press and she had to resign. – Details of the scandal revealed 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 up here.
- Come round
1) to visit, to come to someone.
Would you like to come round for dinner? - Would you like to come in have lunch today?
What day does the garbage man come round? - What day comes garbage man?
2) Come to 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 in 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 her mind.
He's a reasonable man. I knew he'd come round eventually. - He is a reasonable person. I knew that he change his mind.
- Come up against something - to face something difficult: problems, an opponent, objections, etc.
How people act when they come up against a problem says a lot about their character. - The way people behave faced 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 faced with many protests against their plans to build an out-of-town supermarket.
- Come up to - be chest, shoulder, etc.
She comes up to my shoulder. - She's on my shoulder.
- Come up with something - find a solution, offer 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! Ask Simon to cook a meal? Come on he can hardly 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 \ Come on.” Usually pronounced with an accent on “on” and a drawl: “Come ooon”, like “Yes, ooo.”
– 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- come in handy.
Take a lighter. It will come in handy in a cave . - Take a lighter, she come in handy In the cave.
My laptop comes in hand 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. – Filling stations not used until 1850.
- How come?– “How so?”, “Why?” Used in informal colloquial speech to find out the reason for something.
The “how come” construct 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 an abbreviated version of 'how did\does\has it come that' (how did it happen that), so somewhere, so to speak, in the depths of the soul, 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 so?”, “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)- to confess, to speak frankly, to tell the truth.
I felt it was time to comeclean and tell her what the doctor had told me. - I felt it was time confess and tell her what the doctor told me.
I want you to come clean with me about your financial status. - I would like you to spoke to me frankly about your financial situation.
- Come hell or high water / Come rain or shine / Come what may- no matter what, no matter what happens.
Come rain of shine, I'll come back for you. - No matter what happens I'll be 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 at home for the holidays, no matter what happens.
- If worst comes to worst / ‘If the worst comes to the worst- in the worst case.
If worst comes to worst and the hotels are full, we can sleep in the car. - In the worst case if there are no places in the hotels, we can spend the night in the car.
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Learning phrasal verbs and their meanings
Come is one of the words with which you can make many phrasal verbs. However, some of them will have multiple meanings. Let's look at the phrasal verb come and its meaning with examples of use.
Recall that the second form of the word come is came, and the third form is come (coincides with the first).
Come about
|kʌməˈbaʊt|
Meaning: happen, occur
We hope it will come about in the near future. We hope this will happen in the near future.
Come across
|kʌməˈkrɒs|
Value 1: to come across (an object, a person, an idea), to collide with
She often comes across her son's toys, when cleaning the room. She often bumps into her son's toys when she's cleaning the room.
When I was reading the book, I came across the idea to buy a dog. When I was reading a book, I came across the idea (I got the idea) to buy a dog.
Value 2: to appear, to make an impression, to appear
She came across as a professional during her speech. She gave the impression of a professional during her speech.
Come after
|kʌmˈɑːftə|
Value 1: pursue, follow
The police are coming after you. The police are after you.
The others came after us. The others followed us. (quote from Lost)
Meaning 2: attack (both literally and figuratively)
The felon came after his victims with a knife. — The perpetrator attacked his victims with a knife.
Value 3: to inherit, to be an heir/follower
Who came after the king? Who was the king's successor?
Come along
|kʌməˈlɒŋ|
Value 1: accompany (someone)
Would you like to come along with me during the party? Would you like to accompany me to the party?
He came along to the cinema. He accompanied me to the cinema. (less accurately translated as: he went to the movies with me)
Meaning 2: improve, make progress, get better
As I noticed your French's coming along. — As I noticed, your English is getting better.
Meaning 3: rush someone
Please come along. We shouldn't be late. “Please hurry up. We shouldn't be late.
Come apart
|kʌməˈpɑːt|
Meaning: fall apart, fall apart (both literally and figuratively)
The quality of this toy is awful. It came apart in my hands. The quality of this toy is just terrible. She collapsed in my arms.
Come around
|kʌməˈraʊnd|
Value 1: change your mind / your views, accept someone else's opinion with which you previously did not agree
Don't worry, she might come around. Don't worry, she might change her mind.
Meaning 2: come, come (to someone)
You can feel free to come around to see me. “You can feel free to come and see me.
Come back
Meaning: come back
You can come back any time. - You can come back at any time.
Come before
|kʌm bɪˈfɔː|
He always said that his art came before everything else. - He always said that his work is more important than anything else.
Meaning 2: to appear before (judge, king, jury)
She'll come before the court tomorrow. He will appear in court tomorrow.
Meaning 3: be judged, discussed (discussed / considered) among authoritative people
Emily's misconduct was come around the board of directors. Emily's misdemeanor has been reviewed by the board of directors.
Meaning 4: precede (someone/something)
Strange letters had come before she died. — Strange letters preceded her death.
Come by
Value 1: get, get, get something (hard to get)
How did you come by this dress? I haven't seen such a beautiful one before. How did you manage to get this dress? I have never seen such a beautiful one before.
Meaning 2: pass by
I saw you came buy, when I was doing shopping. — I saw you pass by when I was shopping.
Come down with
|kʌm daʊn wɪð|
Meaning 1: Get sick with something (after with we call it a disease), come down with some kind of illness
She came down with flue last week. She came down with the flu last week.
Meaning 2: decrease, reduce
They usually come down prices in late summer. They usually lower their prices at the end of the summer.
Meaning 3: make a decision (after comes the preposition on)
Finally, we've come down on where we want to go. Finally, we have decided where we want to go.
Come forward
|kʌm ˈfɔːwəd|
Value 1: to speak (often with a proposal)
I think you should come forward and support workers. “I think you should come out and support the workers.
Value 2: nominate yourself
Has he come forward as a candidate to the post of Prime Minister? Did he put forward his candidacy for the post of prime minister?
Value 3: give testimony
The policeman asked whether someone wanted to come forward. The policeman asked if anyone wanted to testify.
Come in
Value 1: enter
You can come in. - You may enter.
Meaning 2: arrive
The train came later than it should've. The train arrived later than it should have.
Meaning 3: becomes available
Strawberries came last month. - Strawberries appeared (lit. became available) last month.
Come into (it)
Meaning: to be the reason, to be
Your demeanor doesn't come into it. Your behavior has nothing to do with it.
Come on
Value 1: encouragement ("come on" / "come on")
Come on, I know you can win. “Come on, I know you can win.
Meaning 2:"no way"
Oh, come on, who would believe it?
Meaning 3: start, exit (about films, series, programs)
The next season will come on next month. The next season will come out next month.
Meaning 4: progress, develop
How is your thesis coming on? How is your dissertation progressing? (how is your thesis?)
Meaning 5: roll on (to someone)
I always feel uncomfortable when he comes on to me at parties. I always feel uncomfortable when he hits on me at parties.
Meaning 6: start off
It came on to rain in the morning. — It started raining in the morning.
Come out
Value 1: become known (of information)
You should tell her the truth. It'll come out sooner or later. “You should tell her the truth. It will open sooner or later.
I can't believe it, my very first book will come out soon. I can't believe my very first book will be published soon.
Meaning 3: end (with some result)
I was worried because everything was going on wrong in the beginning, but later the process was established and it’s come out even better than I expected. — I was worried, because in the beginning everything went wrong, but then the process was adjusted and everything turned out even better than I expected.
Meaning 4: open up (to someone), confess to something
She came out about having a cancer to her friends. She confessed to her friends that she had cancer.
Come over
|kʌmˈəʊvə|
Value 1: come to visit
Don't you want to come over this week? Would you like to come visit this week?
Meaning 2: influence / "find someone"
I'm so sorry for what I told about you during my speech, I have no idea what came over me. “I'm so sorry I mentioned you during my speech, I have no idea what came over me.
Come through
Value 1: survive, endure
He's coming through losing his dad. He is grieving the loss of his father.
Meaning 2: succeed, succeed
The runner came through in the end and won the competition. — The runner pulled ahead (succeeded) at the end and won the competition.
Come up
Meaning: appear, occur
She always coming up at the last minute. She always shows up at the last minute.
Come up with
|kʌm ʌp wɪð|
Meaning: come up with a plan or idea
He came up with a good idea how to rescue more stray cats. He came up with a great idea to save more street cats.
The phrasal verb come must be remembered, as it is used very often in everyday speech. Keep this list for yourself and learn when you have free time.
