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came for

came for is the simple past of come for.

Meaning of come for

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, for.
    • Dr. Chakwas: Shepard? You... you came for us.
      Shepard: No one gets left behind.2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Collector Base
  2. (transitive) To search for someone with the intent to apprehend or cause harm.
    • You should hide. The police are coming for you.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To target someone for competition or attack.
    • You and your whole company had better watch out, because we're coming for you.

Questions about came for

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

Words near came for in the dictionary

  1. came down upon
  2. came down with
  3. came down with one's dust
  4. came down with the dust
  5. came first
  6. came for
  7. came forth
  8. came forward
  9. came from
  10. came from a Cracker Jack box
  11. came from a good place

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Adapted from Wiktionary: came for (page history and authors); come for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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