come about

verb

1. to take place; happen
2. nautical to change tacks

Example Sentences

The system as we know it today came about in the 1920s.

From BBC

Love said, "I asked him, 'How did you come about really loving Black people's music?' He said he would go around Black churches and just stand at the windows and listen to their music.'"

From Salon

This change in weather fortunes comes about thanks to a blocking area of high pressure building across Greenland with cold Arctic air emptying out across the UK and bitter northerly winds developing.

From BBC

The change comes about 10 months after Prime Video launched a lower-cost option for subscribers that included advertisements.

From Los Angeles Times

Also uncertain is whether anything will come about from a Los Angeles Unified School District investigation.

From Los Angeles Times