come about

come about

intransitive verb

Definition of COME ABOUT

1

: happen

2

: to change direction <the wind has come about into the north>

3

: to shift to a new tack

Examples of COME ABOUT

1. <how did all this come about?>

First Known Use of COME ABOUT

14th century

Related to COME ABOUT

Synonyms

be, befall, betide, chance, come, happen, come down, come off, cook, do, go down [slang], go on, hap, occur, pass, transpire

Related Words

break, develop, rise, shape (up); arise, come up, crop (up), materialize, spring (up); intervene; fall out, follow, result, turn out; go off, proceed

Rhymes with COME ABOUT

all get-out, autoroute, bring about, carryout, carry out, cast about, cutthroat trout, diner-out, down-and-out, duke it out, Eagle Scout, falling-out, figure out, follow out, gadabout, get about, go about, golden trout, gut it out, gutter out, hammer out, have it out, how about, infield out, inside out, just about, knockabout, layabout, long-drawn-out, muster out, odd man out, out-and-out, put about, rainbow trout, report out, roundabout, rouseabout, roustabout, runabout, rural route, sauerkraut, set about, speckled trout, spit it out, stirabout, talent scout, turnabout, walkabout, waterspout, water sprout