come across
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Verb
[edit]come across (third-person singular simple present comes across, present participle coming across, simple past came across, past participle come across)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, across.
- He came across the street towards me.
- (figuratively) To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition.
- Synonym: come over
- You argued well in court but your firm doesn't pay its lawyers well, so why don't you come across to ours?
- (idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]
- Synonyms: come off, come over
- Coordinate terms: translate, equate (especially regarding abstractions)
- How did she come across when you met with her?
- How did she come across to you?
- She came across as sharp and well-grounded.
- A business suit and adequate elocution help her to come across as the competent professional she is.
- 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 36:
- “Because of the British empire, I mean. On which the sun never sets. There’s no offence intended. That’s what I want to be sure of. That the line doesn’t come across as an insult to your country’s glorious past.”
- (idiomatic, transitive) To find, usually by accident.
- Synonyms: come upon, run across, encounter, happen across
- In the meadow he came across a rare flower.
- To produce what was desired; to come up with the goods. [with with]
- Near-synonym: come through
- Coordinate term: come around
- He came across with the rest of the money when we mentioned our lawyer.
- 1929, Reginald Charles Barker, The Hair-trigger Brand, page 160:
- "I'll die before I let my grandad pay you that much money!" blazed the girl.
"That ain't unlikely either," retorted Shanan, "if ol' Bart Hendricks don't come across with the ransom."
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To give in and do what is wanted or expected; to acquiesce to something.
- Near-synonym: come around
- Coordinate term: come through
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To have sex; to give in to seduction.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To confess to something.
Translations
[edit]change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition
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give an appearance or impression
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find, usually by accident
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