[come into one’s own]{v. phr.} To receive the wealth or respect that you should have. •/John’s grandfather died and left him a million dollars; when John is 21, he will come into his own./ •/With the success of the Model T Ford, the automobile industry came into its own./

[came natural] See: COME EASY.

[come of]{v.} 1. To result from. •/After all the energy we spent on that advertising campaign, absolutely nothing came of it./ 2. To become of; happen to. •/"Whatever became of your son, Peter?"/

[come of age] See: OF AGE.

[come off]{v.} 1. To take place; happen. •/The picnic came off at last, after being twice postponed./ 2. {informal} To do well; succeed. •/The attempt to bring the quarreling couple together again came off, to people’s astonishment./

[come off it] also [get off it] {v. phr.}, {slang} Stop pretending; bragging, or kidding; stop being silly. — Used as a command. •/"So I said to the duchess…" Jimmy began. "Oh, come off it," the other boys sneered./ •/Fritz said he had a car of his own. "Oh, come off it," said John. "You can’t even drive."/

[come off] or [through with flying colors] {v. phr.} To succeed; triumph. •/John came off with flying colors in his final exams at college./

[come off second best]{v. phr.} To not win first but only second, third, etc. place. •/Our home team came off second best against the visitors./ •/Sue complains that she always comes off second best when she has a disagreement with her husband./

[come on]{v.} 1. To begin; appear. •/Rain came on toward morning./ •/He felt a cold coming on./ 2. To grow or do well; thrive. •/The wheat was coming on./ •/His business came on splendidly./ 3. or [come upon]. To meet accidentally; encounter; find. •/He came on an old friend that day when he visited his club./ •/He came upon an interesting idea in reading about the French Revolution./ Syn.: COME ACROSS, HAPPEN ON. 4. {informal} Let’s get started; let’s get going; don’t delay; don’t wait. — Used as a command. •/"Come on, or we’ll he late," said Joe, but Lou still waited./ 5. {informal} Please do it! — Used in begging someone to do something. •/Sing us just one song, Jane, come on!/ •/Come on, Laura, you can tell me. I won’t tell anybody./

[come-on]{n.}, {slang} An attractive offer made to a naive person under false pretenses in order to gain monetary or other advantage. •/Joe uses a highly successful come-on when he sells vacant lots on Grand Bahama Island./

[come one’s way]{v. phr.} To be experienced by someone; happen to you. •/Tom said that if the chance to become a sailor ever came his way, he would take it./ •/I hope bad luck isn’t coming our way./ •/Luck came Bill’s way today and he hit a home run./ Compare: GO ONE’S WAY, IN ONE’S FAVOR.

[come on strong]{v. phr.}, {slang} To overwhelm a weaker person with excessively strong language, personality, or mannerisms; to insist extremely strongly and claim something with unusual vigor. •/Joe came on very strong last night about the War in Indochina; most of us felt embarrassed./

[come out]{v.} 1. {Of a girl:} To be formally introduced to polite society at about age eighteen, usually at a party; begin to go to big parties, •/In society, girls come out when they reach the age of about eighteen, and usually it is at a big party in their honor; after that they are looked on as adults./ 2. To be published. •/The book came out two weeks ago./ 3. To become publicly known. •/The truth finally came out at his trial./ 4, To end; result; finish. •/How did the story come out?/ •/The game came out as we had hoped./ •/The snapshots came out well./ 5. To announce support or opposition; declare yourself (for or against a person or thing). •/The party leaders came out for an acceptable candidate./ •/Many Congressmen came out against the bill./ 6. See: GO OUT FOR.

[coming-out]{adj.} Introducing a girl to polite society. •/Mary’s parents gave her a coming-out party when she was 17./

[come out for]{v. phr.} To support; declare oneself in favor of another, especially during a political election. •/Candidates for the presidency of the United States are anxious for the major newspapers to come out for them./

[come out in the open]{v. phr.} 1. To reveal one’s true identity or intentions. •/Fred finally came out in the open and admitted that he was gay./ 2. To declare one’s position openly. •/The conservative Democratic candidate came out in the open and declared that he would join the Republican party./

[come out with]{v. phr.} 1. To make a public announcement of; make known. •/He came out with a clear declaration of his principles./ 2. To say. •/He comes out with the funniest remarks you can imagine./

[come over]{v.} To take control of; cause sudden strong feeling in; happen to. •/A sudden fit of anger came over him./ •/A great tenderness came over her./ •/What has come over him?/

[come round] or [come around] {v.} 1. To happen or appear again and again in regular order. •/And so Saturday night came around again./ •/I will tell him when he comes round again./ 2. {informal} To get back health or knowledge of things; get well from sickness or a faint./ •/Someone brought out smelling salts and Mary soon came round./ •/Jim has come around after having had stomach ulcers./ 3. To change direction, •/The wind has come round to the south./ 4. {informal} To change your opinion or purpose to agree with another’s. •/Tom came round when Dick told him the whole story./

[come through]{v.}, {informal} To be equal to a demand; meet trouble or a sudden need with success; satisfy a need. •/When the baseball team needed a hit, Willie came through with a double./ •/John needed money for college and his father came through./

[come to]{v.} (stress on "to") 1. To wake up after losing consciousness; get the use of your senses back again after fainting or being knocked out. •/She fainted in the store and found herself in the first aid room when she came to./ •/The boxer who was knocked out did not come to for five minutes./ •/The doctor gave her a pill and after she took it she didn’t come to for two days./ Compare: BRING TO. 2. (stress on "come") To get enough familiarity or understanding to; learn to; grow to. — Used with an infinitive. •/John was selfish at first, but he came to realize that other people counted, too./ •/During her years at the school, Mary came to know that road well./ 3. To result in or change to; reach the point of; arrive at. •/Mr. Smith lived to see his invention come to success./ •/Grandfather doesn’t like the way young people act today; he says, "I don’t know what the world is coming to."/ 4. To have something to do with; be in the field of; be about. — Usually used in the phrase "when it comes to". •/Joe is not good in sports, but when it comes to arithmetic he’s the best in the class./ •/The school has very good teachers, but when it comes to buildings, the school is poor./

[come to a dead end]{v. phr.} To reach a point from which one cannot proceed further, either because of a physical obstacle or because of some forbidding circumstance. •/Our car came to a dead end; the only way to get out was to drive back in reverse./ •/The factory expansion project came to a dead end because of a lack of funds./