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come to someone's aid

come to someone's aid verb: to assist and rescue someone.

Verb

come to someone's aid (third-person singular simple present comes to someone's aid, present participle coming to someone's aid, simple past came to someone's aid, past participle come to someone's aid)

  1. (idiomatic) To assist and rescue someone.

Forms of come to someone's aid

third-person singular presentcomes to someone's aid
present participlecoming to someone's aid
pastcame to someone's aid
past participlecome to someone's aid

Questions about come to someone's aid

What does come to someone's aid mean?
Come to someone's aid means to assist and rescue someone.
What part of speech is come to someone's aid?
Come to someone's aid is a verb.
What is the past tense of come to someone's aid?
The past tense of come to someone's aid is came to someone's aid.

Words near come to someone's aid in the dictionary

  1. come to order
  2. come to papa
  3. come to pass
  4. come to power
  5. come to rest
  6. come to someone's aid
  7. come to someone's rescue
  8. come to terms
  9. come to terms with
  10. come to that
  11. come to the party

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