come to

British  

verb

1. to regain consciousness or return to one's normal state

2. (adverb) nautical to slow a vessel or bring her to a stop

3. (preposition) to amount to (a sum of money)

   your bill comes to four pounds

4. (preposition) to arrive at (a certain state)

   what is the world coming to?

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come to Idioms  

1. Recover consciousness, as in She fainted but quickly came to . [Second half of 1500s]

2. Arrive at, learn, as in I came to see that Tom had been right all along . [c. 1700]

3. See amount to , def. 2.

4. See when it comes to .

5. Stop a sailboat or other vessel by bringing the bow into the wind or dropping anchor, as in “The gale having gone over, we came to” (Richard Dana, Two Years Before the Mast , 1840). [Early 1700s] Also see the subsequent entries beginning with come to .

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Example Sentences

When it comes to saving in 529s, he is influenced more by his own experience.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We believe we can challenge any team in the world and it's about showing that and being at our best when it comes to that."

From BBC

This constitutional provision has come to the Supreme Court before.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Tina” doesn’t entirely decouple Ike from Turner’s story, a fact she knows is impossible and with which she comes to terms.

From Salon

Anthony White KC, who represented Associated, pointed out that a string of experienced journalists were willing to come to court to defend their reputations.

From BBC

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