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[come by honestly]{v. phr.}, {informal} To inherit (a characteristic) from your parents. •/Joe comes by his hot temper honestly; his father is the same way./

[come clean]{v. phr.}, {slang} To tell all; tell the whole story; confess. •/The boy suspected of stealing the watch came clean after long questioning./

[comedown]{n.} Disappointment; embarrassment; failure. •/It was quite a comedown for Al when the girl he took for granted refused his marriage proposal./

[come down]{v.} 1. To reduce itself; amount to no more than. — Followed by "to". •/The quarrel finally came down to a question of which boy would do the dishes./ Syn.: BOIL DOWN(3). 2. To be handed down or passed along, descend from parent to child; pass from older generation to younger ones. •/Mary’s necklace had come down to her from her grandmother./

[come down hard on]{v.}, {informal} 1. To scold or punish strongly. •/The principal came down hard on the boys for breaking the window./ 2. To oppose strongly. •/The minister in his sermon came down hard on drinking./

[come down in the world]{v. phr.} To lose a place of respect or honor, become lower (as in rank or fortune). •/The stranger plainly had come down a long way in the world./ Compare: DOWN ON ONE’S LUCK.

[come down off one’s high horse]{v. phr.} To become less arrogant; to assume a more modest disposition. •/The boastful candidate for Congress quickly came down off his high horse when he was soundly beaten by his opponent./

[come down on like a ton of bricks]{v. phr.}, {slang} To direct one’s full anger at somebody. •/When the janitor was late for work, the manager came down on him like a ton of bricks./

[come down to earth] See: COME BACK TO EARTH.

[come down with]{v.}, {informal} To become sick with; catch. •/We all came down with the mumps./ •/After being out in the rain, George came down with a cold./

[come from far and wide]{v. phr.} To originate or hail from many different places. •/The students at this university come from far and wide and speak many languages./

[come full circle]{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To become totally opposed to one’s own earlier conviction on a given subject. •/Today’s conservative businessperson has come full circle from former radical student days./ 2. To change and develop, only to end up where one started. •/From modern permissiveness, ideas about child raising have come full circle to the views of our grandparents./

[come hell or high water]{adv. phr.}, {informal} No matter what happens; whatever may come. •/Grandfather said he would go to the fair, come hell or high water./ Compare: COME WHAT MAY, THROUGH THE MILL.

[come home to roost] See: CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST.

[come in]{v.} 1. To finish in a sports contest or other competition. •/He came in second in the hundred-yard dash./ 2. To become the fashion; begin to be used. •/Swimming trunks for men came in after World War I; before that men used full swim suits./

[come in for]{v.} To receive. •/He came in for a small fortune when his uncle died./ •/His conduct came in for much criticism./