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5 PHRASAL VERB If you come out for something, you declare that you support it. If you come out against something, you declare that you do not support it. □ [V P prep/adv] Its members had come out virtually unanimously against the tests.


6 PHRASAL VERB When a group of workers comes out on strike, they go on strike. [BRIT ] □ [V P prep] On September 18 the dockers again came out on strike. in AM, use go out on strike 7 PHRASAL VERB If a photograph does not come out , it does not appear or is unclear when it is developed and printed. □ [V P ] None of her snaps came out.


8 PHRASAL VERB When the sun, moon, or stars come out , they appear in the sky. □ [V P ] Oh, look. The sun's come out.


▸  come out in PHRASAL VERB [no passive] If you come out in spots, you become covered with them. [BRIT ] □ [V P P n] When I changed to a new soap I came out in a terrible rash. in AM, use break out


▸  come out with PHRASAL VERB [no passive] If you come out with a remark, especially a surprising one, you make it. □ [V P n] Everyone who heard it just burst out laughing when he came out with it.


▸  come over


1 PHRASAL VERB [no passive] If a feeling or desire, especially a strange or surprising one, comes over you, it affects you strongly. □ [V P n] As I entered the corridor which led to my room that eerie feeling came over me. □ [V P n] I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me.


2 PHRASAL VERB If someone comes over all dizzy or shy, for example, they suddenly start feeling or acting in that way. □ [V P adj] When Connie pours her troubles out to him, Joe comes over all sensitive.


3 PHRASAL VERB If someone or what they are saying comes over in a particular way, they make that impression on people who meet them or are listening to them. □ [V P + as ] You come over as a capable and amusing companion.


▸  come round → see come around


▸  come through


1 PHRASAL VERB [no passive] To come through a dangerous or difficult situation means to survive it and recover from it. □ [V P n] The city had faced racial crisis and come through it.


2 PHRASAL VERB If a feeling or message comes through , it is clearly shown in what is said or done. □ [V P ] I hope my love for the material came through, because it is a great script.


3 PHRASAL VERB If something comes through , it arrives, especially after some procedure has been carried out. □ [V P ] The news came through at about five o'clock on election day.


4 PHRASAL VERB If you come through with what is expected or needed from you, you succeed in doing or providing it. □ [V P + on/with ] He puts his administration at risk if he doesn't come through on these promises for reform. □ [V P + for ] We found that we were totally helpless, and our women came through for us.


▸  come to PHRASAL VERB When someone who is unconscious comes to , they recover consciousness. □ [V P ] When he came to and raised his head he saw Barney.


▸  come under


1 PHRASAL VERB [no passive] If you come under attack or pressure, for example, people attack you or put pressure on you. □ [V P n] His relationship with the KGB came under scrutiny.


2 PHRASAL VERB [no passive] If something comes under a particular authority, it is managed or controlled by that authority. □ [V P n] The prison comes under the authority of the Security Committee.


3 PHRASAL VERB [no passive] If something comes under a particular heading, it is in the category mentioned. □ [V P n] The news came under the heading of human interest.


▸  come up


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