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

"What looks like a bargain could come at a much higher cost," he warned.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

“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

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

Come nightfall, we have found ourselves anchored near an island at the mouth of the Piankatank River; and there we come at last to rest.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson