come at

British  

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?

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come at Idioms  

1. Get hold of, attain, as in You can come at a classical education with diligent study . [Mid-1800s]

2. Rush at, make for, attack, as in They came at him in full fore . [Mid-1600s]

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Example Sentences

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come at

“It couldn’t come at a worse time, as a lot of producers will be selling their calves over the next few months.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

The unfortunate reality is that nearly every period of injustice the U.S. has experienced has come at the expense of human lives.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

This performance came after a major upgrade to the McLaren car, and there is another to come at the next race, the Dutch Grand Prix after F1's four-week summer break.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

But for Hoerz -- who argues that "the heuriger in its 'traditional' form died out by the mid-1990s at the latest" -- change has come at the price of "diversity".

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

Scythe Curie’s instructions had come at Citra quickly—she only hoped she could remember them all.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman