C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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[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; […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
[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.