Phrasal verbs: Come | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

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Come across (to behave in a way that makes people believe that you have a particular characteristic / If an idea or emotion comes across in writing, film, music, or when someone is speaking, it is expressed clearly and people notice it.)

Examples: She comes across really well (= creates a positive image) on television. / What comes across in his later poetry is a great sense of sadness. /

Come into (If someone comes into money, property, or a title, they receive it as a result of the death of a relation / If a particular emotion or quality comes into a situation, it influences that situation)

Examples: She came into a bit of money when her grandfather died. / She married for money - love didn't come into it.

Come up (to move towards someone / to be mentioned or talked about in conversation / When the sun or moon comes up, it rises)

Examples: A young girl came up to me and asked for money. / What points came up at the meeting? / The sun comes up earlier in the summer.

Come down with (to start to suffer from an illness, especially one that is not serious)

Example: I think I'm coming down with flu.

Come around (to change your opinion of something / to become conscious again after an accident or medical operation)

Examples: He’ll come around to my point of view eventually. / She hasn’t come around yet.

Come about (to happen, or start to happen)

Example: How did the problem come about in the first place?

Come up with (to suggest or think of an idea or plan)

Example: She's come up with some amazing scheme to double her income.