1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context C c (6/13)

come along
How is your English coming along? Is it getting better? come along^
(be) coming along

The training program is
coming along well now
that Simon’s running it.

✍  see also:^ come on^

come along
We’re going to see a movie after dinner. Why don’t you and Ben come
along if you’re free?

come along

I’d love to come along, but
I have to visit my
grandmother in hospital.

✍ ^

come apart
The CD case came apart when he was trying to open it, and he couldn’t
put it back together again.

come apart

The old book came apart
as I opened it and a few
pages fell out.

✍  see also: fall apart

come
around/round

If you keep explaining the facts of global warming to them, they

should eventually come around and accept that it’s really happening.

come around

come round

After a lot of persuasion, at
last they came around to our
point of view.

✍ 

come
around

Why don’t you come around to my place after work? We’ll have

something to eat and watch a movie if you like.

come around

Every Tuesday night, his
friends come around to
play cards.

✍  see also:^ come over^

come away
The accident was a terrible experience, but I came away from it a much
wiser person. I’ll be much more careful in future.

come away

come away from sth

She came away from the
ordeal understanding
much more about herself.

✍ ^

come back
We’re having a great time in France. I hope we can come back again
next year.

come back

The headache went away
after I took the pills, but
it’s just come back again.

✍ 

come back
to

Can we came back to that topic after we’ve dealt with the other items

listed on the agenda?

come back to sth

I’d like to come back to an
issue we touched on
earlier but didn’t discuss.

✍  see also: return to, go

back (to)

come by
Good jobs were hard to come by when I was young, but I was lucky and
got a job in a software company.

come by

come by sth

I came by a beautiful old
painting in a junk shop
yesterday, so I bought it.

✍  see also:^ come across^

come down
to

It won’t matter too much where you studied. It will mostly come down

to how well you perform in the job interview.

come down to sth

In the end, it comes down
to belief in yourself and
your abilities.

✍  see also:^ depend on^