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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And perhaps the most remarkable part of all, this life-changing training comes at no cost to the over 1,000 students who utilize it each week. —Madison Sawyer, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025

Free and fair elections come at the end—not at the beginning—of these transitions, because institutional reforms and a period of coexistence with the outgoing regime are needed to make a peaceful transfer feasible. —Francisco Rodríguez, Foreign Affairs, 17 Nov. 2025

This level of visibility couldn’t have come at a better time for a group of players in the midst of contentious negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). —Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2025

The move also comes at a moment of heightened unease in northern South America. —Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for come at

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