C
Idioms beginning with "C"
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Contents of C:
[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 […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
[come to blows] {v. phr.}
To begin to fight.
The two quarreling boys came to blows after school.
The two countries came to blows because one wanted to be independent from the other.
[come to grief] {v. phr.}
To have a bad accident or disappointment; meet trouble or ruin; end badly; wreck; fail.
Bill came to grief learning to drive a car.
* /Nick's hopes for a new house came to grief when the house he was building burned […]
[come to grips with] {v. phr.}
1. To get hold of (another wrestler) in close fighting.
After circling around for a minute, the two wrestlers came to grips with each other.
2. To struggle seriously with (an idea or problem).
* /Mr. Blake's […]
[come to hand] {v. phr.}
To be received or obtained.
Father's letter was mailed from Florida last week and came to hand today.
The new books came to hand today.
New information about the boy's disappearance came to hand yesterday.