[come into one’s own]{v. phr.} To receive the wealth or respect thatyou 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 theModel 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 onthat 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 atlast, after being twice postponed./ 2. {informal} To do well; succeed.•/The attempt to bring the quarreling couple together again came off, topeople’s astonishment./

[come off it] also [get off it] {v. phr.}, {slang} Stoppretending; bragging, or kidding; stop being silly. — Used as a command.•/"So I said to the duchess…" Jimmy began. "Oh, come off it," the otherboys 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 thevisitors./ •/Sue complains that she always comes off second best when shehas 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 wheatwas coming on./ •/His business came on splendidly./ 3. or [comeupon]. To meet accidentally; encounter; find. •/He came on an old friendthat day when he visited his club./ •/He came upon an interesting idea inreading 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 stillwaited./ 5. {informal} Please do it! — Used in begging someone to dosomething. •/Sing us just one song, Jane, come on!/ •/Come on, Laura, youcan tell me. I won’t tell anybody./

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

[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 wouldtake it./ •/I hope bad luck isn’t coming our way./ •/Luck came Bill’sway 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 personwith excessively strong language, personality, or mannerisms; to insistextremely strongly and claim something with unusual vigor. •/Joe came on verystrong last night about the War in Indochina; most of us felt embarrassed./

[come out]{v.} 1. {Of a girl:} To be formally introduced to politesociety 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, andusually it is at a big party in their honor; after that they are looked on asadults./ 2. To be published. •/The book came out two weeks ago./ 3. Tobecome publicly known. •/The truth finally came out at his trial./ 4, Toend; result; finish. •/How did the story come out?/ •/The game came outas we had hoped./ •/The snapshots came out well./ 5. To announce supportor opposition; declare yourself (for or against a person or thing). •/Theparty leaders came out for an acceptable candidate./ •/Many Congressmencame out against the bill./ 6. See: GO OUT FOR.

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

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

[come out in the open]{v. phr.} 1. To reveal one’s true identity orintentions. •/Fred finally came out in the open and admitted that he wasgay./ 2. To declare one’s position openly. •/The conservative Democraticcandidate came out in the open and declared that he would join the Republicanparty./

[come out with]{v. phr.} 1. To make a public announcement of; makeknown. •/He came out with a clear declaration of his principles./ 2. Tosay. •/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 tendernesscame over her./ •/What has come over him?/

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

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

[come to]{v.} (stress on "to") 1. To wake up after losingconsciousness; get the use of your senses back again after fainting or beingknocked out. •/She fainted in the store and found herself in the first aidroom when she came to./ •/The boxer who was knocked out did not come to forfive minutes./ •/The doctor gave her a pill and after she took it shedidn’t come to for two days./ Compare: BRING TO. 2. (stress on "come") To getenough familiarity or understanding to; learn to; grow to. — Used with aninfinitive. •/John was selfish at first, but he came to realize that otherpeople counted, too./ •/During her years at the school, Mary came to knowthat 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./ •/Grandfatherdoesn’t like the way young people act today; he says, "I don’t know what theworld is coming to."/ 4. To have something to do with; be in the field of; beabout. — Usually used in the phrase "when it comes to". •/Joe is not good insports, but when it comes to arithmetic he’s the best in the class./ •/Theschool has very good teachers, but when it comes to buildings, the school ispoor./

[come to a dead end]{v. phr.} To reach a point from which one cannotproceed further, either because of a physical obstacle or because of someforbidding circumstance. •/Our car came to a dead end; the only way to getout was to drive back in reverse./ •/The factory expansion project came toa dead end because of a lack of funds./