C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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Contents of C:
[come in for] {v.}
To receive.
He came in for a small fortune when his uncle died.
His conduct came in for much criticism.
[come in handy] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To prove useful.
Robinson Crusoe found tools in the ship which came in handy when he built a house.
The French he learned in high school came in handy when he was in the army in France.
[come into] {v.}
To receive, especially after another's death; get possession of.
He came into a lot of money when his father died.
He came into possession of the farm after his uncle died.
[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 […]
[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 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 […]
[come off] or [through with flying colors] {v. phr.}
To succeed; triumph.
John came off with flying colors in his final exams at college.