2 (of
rain, snow,
etc.
M, f!#) to fall ;• The rain came
down
in torrents. AM (ftfift 3 (of an aircraft Afil) to
land or fall from the sky irffi; We
were
forced to come down in afield. f
] E3 SF M 0
4 if a
price, a temperature, a rate, etc. comes down, it gets lower ( fiflL ttM ) T&, RHK: The
price of gas is coming down. 0
Gas is
coming down in price. MH'fftffifETS&.o 5 to decide and say publicly that you
support or oppose sb AS#®!? ( ) : The
committee came down in support
of his application. 6 to
reach as
far down as a particular point "f f§, ll T 31 # ( HI ft—M ) : Her
hair comes down to her waist. MW ^AlSMJSfnflo come 'down (from . :. ) {BrE, formal) to leave a university,
especially
) r*T-J3 come up (to ... ) ,come 'down (from ... )
(to ... ) to come from one place to
another, usually from the north of a country to the south, or from a larger
place to a smaller one ft---f!]--- ( ai#4HA^“
o o The
courts are coming down heavily on young offenders. A E ft A ft 3tl ^ ff
ff M „ come down (to sb) to have come from a long
time in the past ( AUMAWfly ) firt#~F5|t: The name has come down from the
last century. T
3[€Wo come 'down to sth [no passive] to be able to be explained by
a single important point BJB£p A ; jsh A : What it comes down
to is, either I get more money or I leave. 033DCH: A^nffcfiPfr,
IH0
come 'down with sth [no passive] to get an
illness that is not very serious j&, If, ^_h ( ) : I think
I’m coming down with flu.
come forward to offer your help,
services, etc. Azft H$ i'-ffl&J&Wi&Q ) : Several people
came forward with information.
come from ... (not used in the
progressive tenses Aft 7 ® ff ft) to have as your place of birth or the
place where you live ft AT; 5ft g : She comes from
g : Much
of our butter comes from
comes from his new book. j&Tfi^ftSf&WiJr#,, o Where
does her attitude come from? s4ffn®?
0 Where’s
that smell coming from? UP # H (A 4 M 5ft W ? o He comes from a
family of actors. fife ft % T M M tit o ‘She doesn’t try hard
enough.’ That’s rich, coming from you (= you do not try hard either).’ “ M
A 7f
ftftAo ” aMJAo ” 2 = come
OF STH
come ‘in 1 when the tide comes
in, it moves towards the land ( SHtK
) Lfc$fc; if $1 PT3? go out 2 to finish a race in a particular position ( ( £
V : My
horse came in last. 4 W ft SS 7 Mk & o 3 to become fashionable $
ft H; ftA; Mff : Long hair for men came in in the sixties. HT HA Aft 60
Tft M Vs ft 5ft o f*TI3 go out 4 to become available nj H
[ft; Bf fij ft: We’re still waiting for copies of the book to come in. 5 to have a part in
sth ft
ft 4 iff 'ft ; # ft : 1
understand the plan
perfectly, but I can’t see where I come in. it %, ft J§-ft Q $ ffg & ft 'A ft
o 6 to arrive somewhere; to be received fij ifft
: The train is
coming in now. 0 News is
coming in of a
serious plane crash in
Ad af-^Wtf^Ao 7 to take part in a discussion
#iOtfife: Would you like to come in at this point, Susan? M #4 ift Mff. A # RL ^ ?
8 (of
a law or rule & W sic M MU) to be introduced; to begin to be
used tt#lt5ftft ,come 'in for sth
[no passive]
to receive sth, especially sth unpleasant if fij; fij: The government’s economic policies have
come in for a lot of criticism. pil&Aif
I'J 7
o ,come 'in (on sth) to become involved in sth # A; PSA: If you want to come in on the deal, you
need to decide now. ^t»£ftft&£„
come 'into sth [no passive] 1 to be left money by sb who has died ) : She came into a
fortune when her uncle died. MtktAf£At]±)p^^TwA M ff
o 2 to be important in a particular situation ( M'
F ) JiW: I’ve worked very hard
to
pass this exam—luck doesn’t come into it. fA)'7i§'Mii[ A
‘come of /from sth to be the result of sth JH-- W£r^:
I made
a few enquiries, but nothing came of it in the end.
o i+
-ing] That
comes of eating too much!
come 'off 1 to be able to be removed ( bJc
) : Does
this hood come off? i^Mipli^ift TA11^? 0 That mark won’t come
off. UPA7c 2 (informal)
to take place; to happen ^ ff ; A A : Did the trip to
3 (informal)
(of a plan, etc. if £lj to be successful; to have the intended effect or result
jA5tl;
( ) : They had wanted it to be a
surprise but the
plan didn’t come off. MIA®—A, MM
i+$I£P'//?t/*: To 4 ~ well, badly,
etc. {informaf) to be successful/not
successful in a fight, contest, etc. ( )
fife
ffl, A J&ItJ: I thought they came off very well in the debate. A A SB ^#ft come 'off
(sth) 1 to fall from sth A -fcTF
( $LMT ) : to come off your bicycle/horse A d f i -F / -j ± Wi T 2 to become separated from
sth ) : When I tried
to lift the jug, the handle came off in my hand.
3£7fc<E,
'Affi 7 A To o A button had come
off my coat. §c W M ^ 7 — K M fU a come ‘off it {informal) used to disagree with sb rudely ( ffiUMAA 7 m M 1 M m fit, UI] \ P : come off it! We
don’t have a chance. U'Ji^fit 7! I^CJ^fil^o .come 'off sth [no passive] to stop taking medicine, a drug, alcohol,
etc.
(
JjR^j, MA tAM# ) : I’ve tried to get him to come off the tranquillizers.
IS lit @3 i& fib # ft SR tfHft »Jo
come ‘on 1 (of an actor ^ M) to walk
onto the stage fti^; 2 (of a player iszftM) to join a team during a game (
tb M A ) _h ^ : Owen came on for Brown ten minutes before the end of
the game. oft#, W:ff±MW$l T A6U0 3 to improve or develop in
the way you want gfc.jffi ; # ; A Ut; tg # : The
project is coming on fine. i&JjK .XfSittflMfiJo 4 used in orders
to tell sb to hurry or to try harder ( ft 7# A ) 1&, fiPW,
fiPlSSS: Come on! We don’t have much time. 'A ft! •fic]f]P'tl'sJ7^ 7o o Come
on! Try once more. Up fi23U! ft fit—iXc 5 used to show that you know
what sb has said is not correct ( A ft '£0 il A A fir i# W i£
ft ft 61 ) #7BE: Oh,
come on—you know that isn’t true! m, n 7 HE, ! 6 (usually used in the
progressive
tenses 11 ft 7 IS fa Bt) (of an
illness or a mood to begin ftM: I can
feel a cold
coming on. ^ ^ ^ 7 61 0 I think there’s rain
coming on. f TS 7
0 0 [+ to inf] It came on to rain, ft A T o 7 (of a TV programme, etc. ftM
ft ft
%) to start jf M: What time does the news come on? Hr pfl A W fftft M ? 8 to begin to operate
ft Mlsft
( s&isfr ) : Set the oven to come on at six.
o When
does the heating come on? if ‘come on/upon sb/sth [no
passive]
{formal) to meet or find sb/sth by chance f|££l§ JAl; fl^AJl ,come 'on to sb {informal) to behave in a way that shows sb that you
want to have a sexual relationship with them £3 ft , £]
^ ) —related noun come-on come 'on to sth [no passive] to start talking about a subject 7f ( ft '
) : I’d
like to come on to that question later.
come ‘out 1 when the sun, moon or stars come out,