come at
To get to, especially with effort or difficultyTo get to, especially with effort or difficulty.
» He came home exactly at ten.
Er ist genau um zehn nach Hause gekommen.
Він повернувся додому точно о десятій.
Meaning
5 sensesTo get to, especially with effort or difficulty.
His precise meaning was not easy to come at.
To attack (someone); to harass (someone); to challenge (someone) to a fight.
As I backed away, he came at me with a knife.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, transitive)To accept (a situation); to agree to do; to try.
Nah, mate – I'm not going to come at that again. Too risky.
(obsolete)To come to; to attend.
(obsolete)To enter into sexual relations with; to come on to (someone).
Examples
599 sentencesHe came home exactly at ten.
Він повернувся додому точно о десятій. — ascolto
deEr ist genau um zehn nach Hause gekommen. — pne
Does he come home at six?
Він вертається додому о шостій? — Internecivus
ruОн приходит домой в шесть? — odexed
They must come here at once.
Вони повинні прийти сюди негайно. — deniko
ruОни должны немедленно сюда прийти. — marafon
My father came home at nine.
Батько прийшов додому о дев'ятій. — deniko
ruМой отец приехал домой в девять. — las
deMein Vater kam um neun nachhause. — jakov
Tom comes home at around six.
Том приходить додому біля шостої. — deniko
ruТом приходит домой около шести. — marafon
deTom kommt gegen sechs nach Hause. — dannylow
Translations
4 languagesForms
comes at, coming at, came at, come atWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle