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16. come down come to grief, run aground, fall on evil days, go downhill, deteriorate, degenerate, go to the dogs or the devil, Inf. go to pot, have seen better days, hit rock-bottom, SI. be on the skids; (all from a position of importance, distinction, etc.) fall, descend, stumble, slide, slip, slump, plunge, plummet, flop, tumble, take a fall, Inf. come a cropper.
17. come down on a. oppose, voice opposition, protest; disapprove, disfavor, discountenance, take a dim view of; reject, veto, Inf. give thumbs down to.
b. scold, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, chide, upbraid, admonish, berate, tongue-lash; All Inf. call down, dress down, tell off, tell a thing or two, jump on or all over; All SI. bawl out, chew out, lambaste, give what-for.
18. come down with fall ill, take ill or sick, sicken, be stricken with; contract, catch, fall victim to, be stricken with.
19. come forward volunteer, step forward, offer one's services, offer or present or proffer oneself, not wait to be asked, need no invitation or prodding.
20. come in a. enter, step in, set foot in, cross the threshold, find one's way into, breeze in, Inf. barge in, SI. bust in.
b. penetrate, infiltrate, leak in, seep in, soak through; flow in, inflow, rush in, pour in, flood in.
c. arrive, show up. See - come (def. 2).
21. come into a. acquire, obtain. See - come by. b. inherit, Chiefly Dial, heir, come in for, step into a fortune; succeed to, step into the shoes of.
22. come off a. occur, happen, transpire; result. See - come (def. 4). b. acquit oneself, make one's mark, Inf. do oneself proud, Inf. do right by oneself.
23. come on a. also,
come upon chance upon, happen upon, fall upon; find. See - come (def. 9a). b. progress, make progress, advance, proceed, get along, make steps or headway, make strides, forge ahead; develop, mature, ripen, age, fructify; flourish, thrive, bloom, blossom, fatten,
c. (all of the stage) enter, make one's entrance, walk on, take the stage, Inf. hit the boards.
24. come out a. appear, be published, be released, be in print,
b. manifest or reveal oneself, show one's true colors, break cover, SI. blow one's cover, SI. come out of the closet, come out into the open.
c. stand revealed, be revealed, be seen in its true light, become known, become public or common knowledge, leak out, get out; circulate, spread, get around, Inf. go the rounds,
d. end, finish, conclude, terminate,
e. debut, enter society.
25. come out with a. confess, admit, acknowledge, own, Inf. own up, SI. fessup, SI. come clean, plead guilty; make a clean breast, take the load off one's mind, Inf. get it off one's chest, Inf get it out of one's system; tell all, Inf. let it all hang out, SI. sing, SI. spill one's guts.
b. disclose, divulge, make known, breathe, bring to light, shed light upon; expose, reveal, uncover, unmask; bring out, bring out into the open, open, lay open, let out, break the news, clear the air.
26. come over a. affect, happen to, bother, pester, annoy, irritate, SI. bug, SI. hassle, SI. bite, SI. eat.
b. visit, drop by. See - come (def. 11c).
27. come through U.S. Slang,
a. succeed, win, win out, triumph, prevail, weather the storm, Inf. beat the game or system; make the grade, rise to the occasion, SI. cut the mustard, SI. hack it; come off, Inf make a hit, SI. click, SI. connect,
b. meet expectations, fulfill requirements, justify hopes; bring [s.t.] off, Inf. pull [s.t.] off.
28. come to a. revive, regain consciousness, come around, recover, awaken, stir.
b. total, total up to, add up to, amount to, mount up to, run to.
29. come up arise, rise up, turn up, crop up, spring up, Inf pop up.
30. come up to a. approach, near. See - come (def. 1). b. compare, compare to or with, admit of comparison, measure up to, match up to, hold up against,
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