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come

Definition for come

verb as in happen

Strongest matches

break, develop, fall, occur, take place

Strong matches

befall, betide, chance, hap, transpire

Weak matches

come to pass, turn out

verb as in extend, reach

Strongest matches

become, develop, get, go, grow, join, run, turn

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Example Sentences

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"There is nothing we can do - go on the pill and come back and see me when you want to have a baby," she says the doctor told her.

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This will include evidence that DNA recovered from a stick at the scene was 3.8 billion times more likely to have come from Mr Singh than a random member of the public.

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"It's amazing that all of the players that are coming to play in those events, and hopefully that continues for a long time."

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Israel’s government came under heavy criticism during the war, including from its own security services, for failing to empower an alternative to Hamas.

The arrival announcement came a day after the latest US strike in the eastern Pacific, which killed three people.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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