Base verb
Phrasal verbs with come
The verb come combines with 22 particles to form everyday phrasal verbs. Each particle steers the meaning in its own direction — here they are with clear definitions and examples, so you can see the whole family at once.
22 phrasal verbs · 59 meanings
come about
2 senses- Happen, especially in an unplanned way
- Of a ship, change tack to the opposite side
come across
2 senses- Find or meet someone or something by chance
- Give a particular impression to others
come after
1 sense- Be later than something in time or order
come along
3 senses- Make progress or develop
- Accompany someone to a place
- Arrive or appear, often by chance
come apart
1 sense- Break into pieces or stop holding together
come around
4 senses- Visit someone at their home
- Regain consciousness after fainting or anaesthesia
- Eventually agree to or accept an idea
come away
1 sense- Leave a place with a particular feeling or impression
come back
3 senses- Return to a place
- Become popular or fashionable again
- Be remembered after being forgotten
come by
1 sense- Pay a brief visit to someone
come down
6 senses- Drop from a high level it has been at
- Move to a lower level, price or position
- Have been passed down from earlier generations
come forth
1 sense- Step forward into view, especially to be seen or heard
come forward
1 sense- Volunteer information or help, especially to authorities
come in
6 senses- Enter a room or building
- Arrive at a destination
- Become available, fashionable or in season
come off
5 senses- Become detached from something
- Happen successfully as planned
- Stop taking a medicine or substance
come on
6 senses- Used to encourage, hurry or challenge someone
- Begin to develop, especially an illness or weather
- Start working or be turned on
come out
1 sense- Be revealed publicly
come over
5 senses- Visit by crossing to where you are
- Visit someone's house or place
- Be felt by someone suddenly
come round
3 senses- Visit someone briefly at their home
- Eventually accept a different point of view
- Regain consciousness after fainting or anaesthesia
come through
4 senses- Pass through to arrive on the other side
- Survive a difficult or dangerous experience
- Do what was expected or hoped for
come together
1 sense- Combine or be assembled to form something whole
come under
1 sense- Be subjected to a particular force or scrutiny
come up
1 sense- Arise as a topic or event
Practice the come family in Sink In
Sink In drills every sense of come with spaced repetition — recognition, particle cloze, and meaning recall — so the whole family sticks instead of blurring together.