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View synonyms for come at

come at

verb

  1. to discover or reach (facts, the truth, etc)
  2. to attack (a person)

    he came at me with an axe

  3. slang.
    to agree to do (something)
  4. slang.
    usually used with a negative to stomach, tolerate

    I couldn't come at it

  5. slang.
    to presume; impose

    what are you coming at?

“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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