The verb “to come” has many different uses. Generally, we use it to describe movement towards the place where you are, or where you are referring to. For example: “Sam came to my house last night.”Now let’s see some phrasal verbs with the verb “to come”. Come in (handy)
Come down with (an illness)
If something “comes in handy”, it is useful and good for a particular situation:
If you “come down with” an illness, you catch that illness and become sick:
This food should come in handy during those long, cold months in the cave.
No, sorry, I can’t help you move house tomorrow - I’m planning to come down with a terrible cold.
Come by
Come across
If someone “comes by”, they visit you without an invitation for a short period of time and informally:
To find by chance:
Hey grandpa, what are all these bottles of whisky doing under your bed? I just came across them by chance.
Come between If someone or something “comes between” you and your friend, that person causes problems and destroys your friendship:
We’ll come by tomorrow… and we expect you to have the money ready for us, OK?
Come in to (money) To inherit money:
So, honey, now you’ve come in to all that money, you can buy me that new house you promised me.
Hey! You shouldn’t let a few nuts come between us.
“… you mean you ate all my nuts!
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