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come at

verb

to discover or reach (facts, the truth, etc)
to attack (a person)
he came at me with an axe
slang��to agree to do (something)
slang��(usually used with a negative) to stomach, tolerate
I couldn't come at it
slang��to presume; impose
what are you coming at?

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Idioms and Phrases

Get hold of, attain, as in You can come at a classical education with diligent study . [Mid-1800s]

Rush at, make for, attack, as in They came at him in full fore . [Mid-1600s]

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Recent increases in employer national insurance contributions could hardly have come at a worse time, according to sector leaders.

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Founder Dusan Kovacevic says this has now come at a heavy financial cost for the festival, but that "freedom has no price".

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“I don’t care for the people who come at night who do the vandalizing,” he said.

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The crackdown could come at a price for industries across Los Angeles and California that have become increasingly dependent on immigrants, whether they are here legally or not.

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The crackdown, depending on its scope and scale, could come at a price for industries across Los Angeles and California that have become increasingly dependent on immigrants, here legally or not, economists say.

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come around come-at-able

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