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come one's way

come one's way verb: to occur or present itself to one.

Verb

come one's way (third-person singular simple present comes one's way, present participle coming one's way, simple past came one's way, past participle come one's way)

  1. (set phrase) To occur or present itself to one.

Forms of come one's way

third-person singular presentcomes one's way
present participlecoming one's way
pastcame one's way
past participlecome one's way

Questions about come one's way

What does come one's way mean?
Come one's way means to occur or present itself to one.
What part of speech is come one's way?
Come one's way is a verb.
What is the past tense of come one's way?
The past tense of come one's way is came one's way.

Words near come one's way in the dictionary

  1. come on in
  2. come on over
  3. come on strong
  4. come on to
  5. come on vacation, leave on probation
  6. come one's way
  7. come online
  8. come ons
  9. come onto
  10. come out
  11. come out in

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