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Brewer's: Come to Hand
(It has). Been received. “Come into my hand.” In Latin, ad manus (alicujus) pervenire. “Your letter came to hand yesterday.” —A. Trollope. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Come to the Heath
To tip. A pun taken from the place called Tip-tree Heath, in Essex. Our forefathers, and the French too, delighted in these sort of puns. A great source of slang. (See Chivy.) Source:…Brewer's: Come to Pass
(To). To happen, to befall, to come about. “What thou hast spoken is come to pass.” - Jer. xxxii. 24. “It came to pass in those days that there went out a decree.” - Luke ii. 1. Source:…Brewer's: Come to the Point
Speak out plainly what you want, do not beat about the bush, but state at once what you wish to say. The point is the gist or grit of a thing. Circumlocution is wandering round the point…Brewer's: Come to the Scratch
(See Scratch.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Come to the WorstCome to the Point A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…Brewer's: Come to the Worst
If the worst come to the worst; even if the very worst occurs. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Come UnderCome to the Scratch A B C D E F G H I J K…Brewer's: Come Under
(To). To fall under; to be classed under. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Come UpCome to the Worst A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…Brewer's: Come Up
Marry, come up! (See Marry.) “To come up to” means to equal, to obtain the same number of marks, to amount to the same quantity. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Brewer's: Come On!
A challenge to fight with fists. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Come OutCome Off A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…Brewer's: Coming Round
He is coming round. Recovering from sickness; recovering from a fit of the sulks; returning to friendship. Death is the end of life, and therefore recovering from “sickness nigh unto death…Trending
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