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COME INTO
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Obtain, especially accidentally
Synonyms:
come by; come into
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "come into" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come into"):
hit; stumble (encounter by chance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
Why, it is said that he never lets anyone come into his presence.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Venus will be gliding through your eleventh house of parties, friends, and new people who come into your life.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Although these materials, known as niobium tungsten oxides, do not result in higher energy densities when used under typical cycling rates, they come into their own for fast charging applications.
(New class of materials could be used to make batteries that charge faster, University of Cambridge)
During osteoarthritis, synovial fluid becomes less viscous and these inflammatory substances come into direct contact with sensory nerve cells in the joint, producing the sensation of pain.
(Joint lubricating fluid plays key role in osteoarthritic pain, University of Cambridge)
Astronomers study stellar nurseries such as NGC 7538 to better learn how stars come into being.
(Herschel sees budding stars and a giant, strange ring, NASA)
Terminology relevant to the environment within which the subject may have come into contact with a disease carrier, or played the role of a disease carrier.
(CDISC SDTM Contact Setting Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
She had come into his arms, and he held her, that was all.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Heaven help the man, and still more the woman, whose secret and reputation come into the power of Milverton!
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But I hope you will get over it, and live to see many young men of four thousand a year come into the neighbourhood.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I had come into the parlour unexpected, and as I walked in at the door I saw a light of welcome on my wife’s face.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
