come about (that … )

come about (that … )
ˌcome aˈbout (that…) derived
to happen

Can you tell me how the accident came about?

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  • come about — {v.} To take place; happen, occur. * /Sometimes it is hard to tell how a quarrel comes about./ * /When John woke up he was in the hospital, but he didn t know how that had come about./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • come about — {v.} To take place; happen, occur. * /Sometimes it is hard to tell how a quarrel comes about./ * /When John woke up he was in the hospital, but he didn t know how that had come about./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • come about — verb come to pass (Freq. 4) What is happening? The meeting took place off without an incidence Nothing occurred that seemed important • Syn: ↑happen, ↑hap, ↑go on, ↑pass off …   Useful english dictionary

  • come about — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms come about : present tense I/you/we/they come about he/she/it comes about present participle coming about past tense came about past participle come about 1) to happen, especially by chance come about… …   English dictionary

  • come about — PHRASAL VERB When you say how or when something came about, you say how or when it happened. [V P through n] Any possible solution to the Irish question can only come about through dialogue... [V P] That came about when we went to Glastonbury… …   English dictionary

  • come about — verb a) To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen. We have to ask, how did this come about? b) …   Wiktionary

  • come\ about — v To take place; happen, occur. Sometimes it is hard to tell how a quarrel comes about. When John woke up he was in the hospital, but he didn t know how that had come about …   Словарь американских идиом

  • To come about — Come Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • come — 1 /kVm/ verb past tense came past participle come MOVE 1 (I) a word meaning to move towards someone, or to visit or arrive at a place, used when the person speaking or the person listening is in that place: Come a little closer. | Sarah s coming… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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