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come about

verb

Definitions

  1. To come to pass

    To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.

    • We have to ask, how did this come about?

  2. To tack

    To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking. See also come to.

  3. To change

    To change; to come round.

    • The wind is come about.
    • On better thoughts, and my urg'd reasons, / They are come about, and won to the true side.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA