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View synonyms for

come to

verb

  1. adverborprep. and reflexive to regain consciousness or return to one's normal state
  2. adverb nautical to slow a vessel or bring her to a stop
  3. preposition to amount to (a sum of money)

    your bill comes to four pounds

  4. preposition to arrive at (a certain state)

    what is the world coming to?

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The court heard Valentin paid £3,000 in travel costs for women to come to the UK and would sometimes accompany them on flights.

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But Wallace says he was never aware he had offended her until it came to light last year, saying: "I thought we got on."

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"It terrifies me still. I feel I have lost so much of me... I'm not sure I will ever come to terms with that."

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I didn’t come to Southern California to find love.

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Yet through those phone calls, the pope came to understand the suffering of Gaza residents, Christians and Muslims alike, said George Anton, head of the Emergency Response Committee for the Catholic Church in Gaza.

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