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Definition of "come at" [come at]

  • Used other than as an idiom: see come,‎ at. (verb)
  • To come to; to attend. (verb)
  • To enter into sexual relations with. (verb)
  • To get to, especially with effort or difficulty. (verb)
  • To attack, to harass. (verb)

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Use "come at" in a sentence
  • "After the coarse filing of the first section of saw was done, he fine-filed it, then shifted the saw along his lap to come at the next section."
  • "But as some end was doubtless intended to be answered by it, I am laid under the disagreeable necessity of returning my answer through the same channel lest any member of that honorable body should harbor an unfavorable suspicion of my having practised some indirect means to come at the contents of the confidential letters between you and General Conway."
  • "And they said, ‘Okay, come at four o’clock Saturday."