Collocations for "comes"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "comes" in context.
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come
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- come from [Montana, Norway, Asia]
- come (back) here
- come back for [more, seconds]
- keeps coming back
- come on!
- come to [class, the party, her house]
- am coming from [work, class, home]
- doesn't know [if, whether] he's coming or going
- came by [to visit, for dinner, to talk]
- came over [to visit]
- come [closer, nearer, here, over]
- come in!
- [may, can] I come in?
- come out of the [house, store, bathroom]
- come out of the closet
- came out [winning, losing]
- come with [wine, flowers, dessert]
- comes with [accessories, a manual]
- comes complete with [accessories]
- comes (highly) recommended (by)
- comes with a [proviso, warning, caveat]
- come across [a clue, a $100 dollar bill, an idea]
- come down from the [mountain, tree, second floor]
- coming down with [something, a cold, the flu]
- come up to [me, my room, the stage]
- come up for air
- come up with new [ideas, concepts, theories]
- come along with me to the [store, party]
- came away with [nothing, $5000]
- come away from [the window, that man]
- paint is [coming away from, off] the walls
- come off (the) [drugs, medication]
- come off as [rude, angry, insensitive]
- come forward
- will come around (eventually)
- the two [political parties, groups, opponents] will come together (to)
- come together to [form, try to]
- [stitching, seam, pieces] came apart
- has come into [money, a fortune]
- UK: come off it!
- the [subject, matter, topic] came up
- have come to [love, enjoy, appreciate, know]
- came to realize (that)
- came to the [conclusion, realization] (that)
- come at it from [another, a different] [angle, direction, point of view]
- sexually explicit: he made me come
- sexually explicit: he came [in, on, over] her
- slang: come again?
- come in peace
- come [to Mama, as you are]
'comes' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- I
- January
- N
- North
- O
- October
- S
- Swiss
- T
- W
- Y
- academic
- added
- after
- aging
- alive
- annoyance
- anytime
- appliance
- assorted
- assume
- background
- batch
- bliss
- bloated
- booklet
- bottle
- box
- breaker
- broken
- cable
- caller
- calm
- cash
- caution
- cautious
- caveat
- certificate
- cheese
- chimney
- cleaner
- come
- comfort
- commonly
- complete