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

When success in one domain comes at the expense of another, the ultimate effect on national power or influence can be ambiguous. —Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

But this kind of war economy comes at a high cost. —Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 Dec. 2025

Representations of straight women’s sexuality in mainstream media repeatedly come at the cost of their own empowerment—they’re often portrayed as nonsexual beings, or, on the other side of the spectrum, overly-sexualized through the male gaze. —Maya Walsh-Little, SELF, 15 Dec. 2025

The film comes at a time that snakeskin has been making its round in celebrity shoe wardrobes. —Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 14 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for come at

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