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• come into — 1) PHRASAL VERB: no passive If someone comes into some money, some property, or a title, they inherit it. [V P n] My father has just come into a fortune in diamonds. Syn: inherit 2) PHRASAL VERB: no passive …   English dictionary

• come into — phrasal to acquire as a possession or achievement < come into a fortune > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• come into something — come into (something) to receive money or property from someone who has died. She came into a fortune when her father died …   New idioms dictionary

• come into — (something) to receive money or property from someone who has died. She came into a fortune when her father died …   New idioms dictionary

• come into — verb obtain, especially accidentally (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑come by • Hypernyms: ↑get, ↑acquire • Hyponyms: ↑stumble, ↑hit …   Useful english dictionary

• come into — Jerry came into a small fortune when his grandfather died Syn: inherit, be left, be willed, be bequeathed …   Thesaurus of popular words

• To come into play — Play Play, n. 1. Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols. [1913 Webster] 2. Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game. [1913 Webster] John naturally loved rough play. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 3. The act or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• come — v. 1) (d; intr.) to come across ( to meet by chance ) (to come across an old friend) 2) (d; intr.) to come at ( to attack ) (he came at me with a knife) 3) (d; intr.) to come between ( to alienate ); ( to separate ) (to come between two friends)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• come again — {v.}, {informal} Please repeat; please say that again. Usually used as a command. * / Harry has just come into a fortune, my wife said. Come again? I asked her, not believing it./ * / Come again, said the hard of hearing man./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• come again — {v.}, {informal} Please repeat; please say that again. Usually used as a command. * / Harry has just come into a fortune, my wife said. Come again? I asked her, not believing it./ * / Come again, said the hard of hearing man./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• come\ again — v informal Please repeat; please say that again. Usually used as a command. Harry has just come into a fortune, my wife said. Come again? I asked her, not believing it. Come again, said the hard of hearing man …   Словарь американских идиом