coming 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.