come at

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === come at (third-person singular simple present comes at, present participle coming at, simple past came at, past participle come at) (obsolete) To come to; to attend. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (obsolete) To enter into sexual relations with; to come on to (someone). To get to, especially with effort or difficulty. To attack (someone); to harass (someone); to challenge (someone) to a fight. a. 2001, Paul Keating, quoted in 2001, Brett Evans, The Life and Soul of the Party: A Portrait of Modern Labor, page 17, ‘He thought he′d come at the Australian Labor Party from the left. He thought he′d tie up the Catholic Church and the East Timor constituency by coming at Labor from that quarter. That′s what it has been all about.’ (Australia, New Zealand, transitive, slang) To accept (a situation); to agree to do; to try. ==== Derived terms ==== come-at-able come at me ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === came to, camote, comate