come about

come about
Synonyms and related words:
about ship, alter, ameliorate, attain fulfillment, attend, back and fill, be changed, be converted into, be found, be met with, be realized, be renewed, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, become of, befall, betide, bottom out, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change, change course, change the heading, checker, chop, chop and change, come, come around, come down, come of, come off, come out, come round, come to pass, come true, degenerate, deteriorate, develop, deviate, diverge, diversify, double a point, end, ensue, eventuate, fall, fall out, fare, fetch about, flop, follow, gain strength, go about, go off, gybe, hap, happen, haul around, heave round, heel, improve, issue, jibe, jibe all standing, meliorate, miss stays, mitigate, modulate, mutate, occur, pan out, pass, pass off, pivot, pivot about, ply, prove, prove to be, put about, put back, rally, recover, recuperate, result, revive, round, round a point, sheer, shift, slew, spin, swerve, swing, swing round, swing the stern, swivel, tack, take a turn, take place, terminate, throw about, transpire, turn, turn about, turn around, turn aside, turn back, turn into, turn out, turn round, turn tail, turn the corner, undergo a change, unfold, vary, veer, veer around, warp, wear, wear ship, wheel, wheel about, whirl, wind, work out, worsen, yaw

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • come about — {v.} To take place; happen, occur. * /Sometimes it is hard to tell how a quarrel comes about./ * /When John woke up he was in the hospital, but he didn t know how that had come about./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • come about — {v.} To take place; happen, occur. * /Sometimes it is hard to tell how a quarrel comes about./ * /When John woke up he was in the hospital, but he didn t know how that had come about./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • come about — [v] happen arise, befall, come to pass, occur, result, take place, transpire; concept 701 …   New thesaurus

  • come about — ► come about 1) happen; take place. 2) (of a ship) change direction. Main Entry: ↑come …   English terms dictionary

  • come about — index arise (occur), occur (happen) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • come about — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms come about : present tense I/you/we/they come about he/she/it comes about present participle coming about past tense came about past participle come about 1) to happen, especially by chance come about… …   English dictionary

  • come about — verb come to pass (Freq. 4) What is happening? The meeting took place off without an incidence Nothing occurred that seemed important • Syn: ↑happen, ↑hap, ↑go on, ↑pass off …   Useful english dictionary

  • come about — PHRASAL VERB When you say how or when something came about, you say how or when it happened. [V P through n] Any possible solution to the Irish question can only come about through dialogue... [V P] That came about when we went to Glastonbury… …   English dictionary

  • come about — verb a) To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen. We have to ask, how did this come about? b) …   Wiktionary

  • come\ about — v To take place; happen, occur. Sometimes it is hard to tell how a quarrel comes about. When John woke up he was in the hospital, but he didn t know how that had come about …   Словарь американских идиом

  • come about — intransitive verb Date: 14th century 1. happen 2. to change direction < the wind has come about into the north > 3. to shift to a new tack …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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