To come to time. (a) (Prize Fighting) To come forward in order to resume
the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over
and ``time'' is called; hence: (b) To keep an appointment; to meet expectations.
[Colloq.]
To come together. (a) To meet for business, worship, etc.; to assemble.
--Acts i. 6. (b) To live together as man and wife. --Matt. i. 18.
To come true, to happen as predicted or expected.
To come under, to belong to, as an individual to a class.
To come up (a) to ascend; to rise. (b) To be brought up; to arise, as a question. (c) To spring; to shoot or rise above the earth, as a
plant. (d) To come into use, as a fashion.
To come up the capstan (Naut.), to turn it the contrary
way, so as to slacken the rope about it.
To come up the tackle fall (Naut.), to slacken the tackle
gently. --Totten.
To come up to, to rise to; to equal.
To come up with, to overtake or reach by pursuit.
To come upon. (a) To befall. (b) To attack or invade. (c) To have a claim upon; to become dependent upon for
support; as, to come upon the town. (d) To light or chance upon; to find; as, to come upon hid
treasure.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |