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came at

came at is the simple past of come at.

Meaning of come at

Verb

come at (third-person singular simple present comes at, present participle coming at, simple past came at, past participle come at)

  1. (obsolete) To come to; to attend.
  2. (obsolete) To enter into sexual relations with; to come on to (someone).
  3. To get to, especially with effort or difficulty.
    • His precise meaning was not easy to come at.
  4. To attack (someone); to harass (someone); to challenge (someone) to a fight.
    • As I backed away, he came at me with a knife.
  5. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, transitive) To accept (a situation); to agree to do; to try.
    • Nah, mate – I'm not going to come at that again. Too risky.

Questions about came at

What is came at the simple past of?
Came at is the simple past of come at.

Words near came at in the dictionary

  1. came and went
  2. came apart
  3. came apart at the seams
  4. came around
  5. came as no surprise
  6. came at
  7. came at a cost
  8. came away
  9. came away empty
  10. came back
  11. came back from the dead

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