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

Recent Examples on the Web

Nwosu and Mafe were the only linemen to pressure Mayfield in the second half, and Mafe’s came at the very end of the game-tying touchdown play. —Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025

The announcement comes at a time when large-scale attacks on cloud CRM systems have already shaken tech and retail sectors alike, with Salesforce clients such as Google, Allianz and Dior reporting similar intrusions. —FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025

This film’s release comes at a dynamic time for the Lunachicks who are again reuniting for a series of shows on both coasts. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025

Parton's medical struggles come at a difficult time for the singer whose husband of 58 years, Carl Dean, died at 82 earlier this year. —Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for come at

• acrobat
• autocrat
• automat
• bundesrat
• bureaucrat
• butterfat
• caveat
• chemostat
• copycat
• cryostat
• democrat
• diplomat