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Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
come to something
come to sth phrasal verb [ came to sth comes to sth coming to sth ] TOTAL 1. <I > to be a particular total when numbers or amounts are added together • That comes to £25. Thesaurus+: ↑Calculations and calculating ↑Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division • Our shopping came to £34. • When we added up all the guests, it came to over 200. • I'll pay for the food. It shouldn't come to too much. • The bill came to roughly sixty pounds. • Altogether, the accommodation and food came to six hundred pounds. REACH 2. to reach a particular point or state • His hair comes right down to his shoulders. • He's tiny, he doesn't even come up to my chest! • And now I come to (= I will mention) my main point. • The war had just come to an end (= ended). • The car spun off the road, turned over twice and came to rest (= stopped moving) in a field. • We may have to sell the house, but I hope it won't come to that. Thesaurus+: ↑Arriving, entering and invading ↑Coming to an end ↑Causing something to end 3. come to nothing If plans come to nothing, they fail • So much effort and planning and it's all come to nothing. Thesaurus+: ↑Failing and doing badly DECIDE 3. If you come to a decision, arrangement etc., you make a decision or decide what to think about something • We haven't come to a decision on the matter yet. • Have you come to any conclusions about the story yet? Thesaurus+: ↑Decisions and deciding Main entry: comephrasal verb
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