C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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Contents of C:
[come about] {v.}
To take place; happen, occur.
Sometimes it is hard to tell how a quarrel comes about.
When John woke up he was in the hospital, but he didn't know how that had come about.
[come a cropper]
1. To fall off your horse.
John's horse stumbled, and John came a cropper.
2. To fail.
Mr. Brown did not have enough money to put into his business and it soon came a cropper.
Compare: [RIDING FOR A FALL].
[come across] {v.}
1. or [run across]
To find or meet by chance.
He came across a dollar bill in the suit he was sending to the cleaner.
The other day I ran across a book that you might like.
* /I came across George at a party last week; it […]
[come again] {v.}, {informal}
Please repeat; please say that again. — Usually used as a command.
"Harry has just come into a fortune," my wife said. "Come again? " I asked her, not believing it.
"Come again," said the hard-of-hearing man.
[come alive] or [come to life] {v.}
1. {informal}
To become alert or attentive; wake up and look alive; become active.
When Mr. Simmons mentioned money, the boys came alive.
Bob pushed the starter button, and the engine came alive with a roar.
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[come along] {v.}
To make progress; improve; succeed.
He was coming along well after the operation.
Rose is coming right along on the piano.
[come a long way] {v. phr.}
To show much improvement; make great progress.
The school has come a long way since its beginnings.
Little Jane has come a long way since she broke her leg.
[come apart at the seams] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal}
To become upset to the point where one loses self-control and composure as if having suffered a sudden nervous breakdown.
After his divorce Joe seemed to be coming apart at the seams.
[come at] {v.}
1. To approach; come to or against; advance toward.
The young boxer came at the champion cautiously.
2. To understand (a word or idea) or master (a skill); succeed with.
The sense of an unfamiliar word is hard to come at.