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[come to]{v.} (stress on "to") 1. To wake up after losing consciousness; get the use of your senses back again after fainting or being knocked out. •/She fainted in the store and found herself in the first aid room when she came to./ •/The boxer who was knocked out did not come to for five minutes./ •/The doctor gave her a pill and after she took it she didn’t come to for two days./ Compare: BRING TO. 2. (stress on "come") To get enough familiarity or understanding to; learn to; grow to. — Used with an infinitive. •/John was selfish at first, but he came to realize that other people counted, too./ •/During her years at the school, Mary came to know that road well./ 3. To result in or change to; reach the point of; arrive at. •/Mr. Smith lived to see his invention come to success./ •/Grandfather doesn’t like the way young people act today; he says, "I don’t know what the world is coming to."/ 4. To have something to do with; be in the field of; be about. — Usually used in the phrase "when it comes to". •/Joe is not good in sports, but when it comes to arithmetic he’s the best in the class./ •/The school has very good teachers, but when it comes to buildings, the school is poor./

[come to a dead end]{v. phr.} To reach a point from which one cannot proceed further, either because of a physical obstacle or because of some forbidding circumstance. •/Our car came to a dead end; the only way to get out was to drive back in reverse./ •/The factory expansion project came to a dead end because of a lack of funds./

[come to blows]{v. phr.} To begin to fight. •/The two quarreling boys came to blows after school./ •/The two countries came to blows because one wanted to be independent from the other./

[come to grief]{v. phr.} To have a bad accident or disappointment; meet trouble or ruin; end badly; wreck; fail. •/Bill came to grief learning to drive a car./ •/Nick’s hopes for a new house came to grief when the house he was building burned down./ •/The fishing boat came to grief off Cape Cod./

[come to grips with]{v. phr.} 1. To get hold of (another wrestler) in close fighting. •/After circling around for a minute, the two wrestlers came to grips with each other./ 2. To struggle seriously with (an idea or problem). •/Mr. Blake’s leaching helps students come to grips with the important ideas in the history lesson./ •/Harry cannot be a leader, because he never quite comes to grips with a problem./ Compare: COME TO TERMS(2).

[come to hand]{v. phr.} To be received or obtained. •/Father’s letter was mailed from Florida last week and came to hand today./ •/The new books came to hand today./ •/New information about the boy’s disappearance came to hand yesterday./

[come to heel] See: TO HEEL.

[come to life] See: COME ALIVE.

[come to light]{v. phr.} To be discovered; become known; appear. •/John’s thefts from the bank where he worked came to light when the bank examiners made an inspection./ •/When the old woman died it came to light that she was actually rich./ •/New facts about ancient Egypt have recently come to light./ Compare: BRING TO LIGHT.