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come correct

come correct verb: to behave properly or decently; to do the right thing.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, African-American Vernacular) To behave properly or decently; to do the right thing.
    • I'm fresh like Dougie when I get my specs / And on the microphone, I come correct1994, “Sure Shot”, in Ill Communication, performed by Beastie Boys
    • Here, Tamar warns guys to come correct. "I won't be no ho / Just drop my clothes / And all the silly things that you're used to," she boldly sings.1999?, Vibe (volume 7, number 10, December 1999 to January 2000, page 250)

Examples of come correct in a sentence

  • "Let me tell you what I found out," she confessed in words that challenged her generation to come correct on the state of its psyche, "The enemy was me.2006, Craig Hansen Werner, A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America, page 329:
  • Sis, they know they have to come correct; a lot of men want to be needed by a woman, to make them feel like a man.2011, Jody Prince, Wanting to Live the Lavish Life, page 27:

Forms of come correct

third-person singular presentcomes correct
present participlecoming correct
pastcame correct
past participlecome correct

Questions about come correct

What does come correct mean?
Come correct means to behave properly or decently; to do the right thing.
How do you use come correct in a sentence?
"Let me tell you what I found out," she confessed in words that challenged her generation to come correct on the state of its psyche, "The enemy was me.
What part of speech is come correct?
Come correct is a verb.
What is the past tense of come correct?
The past tense of come correct is came correct.

Words near come correct in the dictionary

  1. come by
  2. Come By Chance
  3. come calling
  4. come clean
  5. come come
  6. come correct
  7. come down
  8. come down cats and dogs
  9. come down in stair rods
  10. come down in the last shower
  11. come down on

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