come at

phrasal verb

came at; come at; coming at; comes at

1

: to move toward (someone) in a threatening or aggressive way

They kept coming at me.

2

: to be directed at or toward (someone)

The questions kept coming at him so quickly that he didn't know how to respond to them.

3

: to begin to deal with or think about (something)

We need to come at these problems from a different angle.

Examples of come at in a Sentence

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Golf fans have been buzzing with excitement assuming that his absence from the tour meant that baby must be coming at any moment. —Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 13 May 2024

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