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Come to

verb
1.
Cause to experience suddenly.  Synonyms: hit, strike.  "An interesting idea hit her" , "A thought came to me" , "The thought struck terror in our minds" , "They were struck with fear"
2.
Be relevant to.  Synonyms: bear on, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on.  "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
3.
Attain.  Synonym: strike.
4.
Return to consciousness.  Synonyms: resuscitate, revive.  "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"



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"Come to" Quotes from Famous Books



... innermost or first digit in front, with probably a rudiment of the fifth digit in the hind foot;[4] while, in still older forms, the series of the digits will be more and more complete, until we come to the five-toed animals, in which, if the doctrine of evolution is well founded, the whole series must ...
— Lectures and Essays • Thomas Henry Huxley
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... Paul greeted him. "What's the story on this export quota request from Durendal? We have their king here, now. Think he's come to lobby for it?" ...
— Ministry of Disturbance • Henry Beam Piper
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... the vote, Chris?" Johnny would innocently inquire, winking at Janet, invariably running his hand through the wiry red hair that resumed its corkscrew twist as soon as he released it. And Chris would as invariably reply:—"You have the dandruffs—yes? You come to my shop, ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill
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... a gun on Sunday, and the Indian, realizing that such action made "evil medicine" for Rolf, practically abstained. But Rolf had not yet learned to respect the red yarns the Indian hung from a deer's skull, though he did come to understand that he must let them alone or produce ...
— Rolf In The Woods • Ernest Thompson Seton
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... sworn you went off cause you could not see the sun ashinin on my Childs grave nor meet her old broke down mother face to face. I have wanted to meet you ever since she died, but I helt in. The reason I sent you word not to come to the Funeral was cause I knowed ef I saw you thar I would jump right up before the people and drag you with yore yaller Pumpkin face full of gilt right up to her Box an make you look at yore work. It was not ...
— Westerfelt • Will N. Harben
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