Phrasal Verbs with Come: List, Examples & Exercises

Study Phrasal Verbs with Come by level using the links below. You can also find a comprehensive list and the exercises at the bottom of the page.

Phrasal Verbs with Come – A1-A2 Elementary
- Exercise – Elementary
Phrasal Verbs with Come – B1 Intermediate
- Exercise – Intermediate
Phrasal Verbs with Come – B2 Upper-Intermediate
- Exercise – Upper-Intermediate
List of all Phrasal Verbs with Come
Phrasal Verbs with Come Exercises

Phrasal Verbs with Come – A1-A2 Elementary

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Phrasal Verb	Split	Meaning	Example Sentence
come back	Never	return	She came back home late last night.
come in	Never	enter	Come in and take a seat, please.
come along	Never	accompany someone	Do you want to come along with us?
come apart	Never	fall to pieces	The old book came apart when I opened it.
come down	Never	decrease	Temperatures usually come down in autumn.
come down with	Never	become ill	He came down with a cold yesterday.
come over	Never	visit someone’s home	My cousins are coming over this evening.
come on	Never	interjection: encourage or disbelief	Come on man, this can’t be real! (after shocking news)

Exercise – Elementary

Phrasal Verbs with Come – B1 Intermediate

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Phrasal Verb	Split	Meaning	Example Sentence
come across	Never	find by chance	I came across an interesting podcast online.
come across as	Never	seem / appear	She came across as very confident in the interview.
come by	Never	obtain	Jobs like this are hard to come by.
come out	Never	be published, become known	Her new album comes out next Friday.
come on	Never	begin / start happening	Snow started to come on slowly.
come forward	Never	offer help or information	A couple came forward to help us when they saw the accident.
come through	Never	succeed	She came through despite all the difficulties.
come to	Never	regain consciousness	He came to a few minutes after the accident.

Exercise – Intermediate

Phrasal Verbs with Come – B2 Upper-Intermediate

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Phrasal Verb	Split	Meaning	Example Sentence
come about	Never	happen (often unexpectedly)	How did this misunderstanding come about?
come around	Never	change opinion reluctantly	She eventually came around to our point of view.
come into	Never	inherit	He came into a large amount of money.
come off	Never	succeed / detach	The event came off exactly as planned.
come at	Never	move towards someone to attack them	I saw an armed man coming at two ladies, so I acted quickly to stop him.
come upon	Never	encounter by chance	We came upon a quiet village by accident.
come up	Never	arise / be mentioned	An important issue came up during the call.
come up with	Never	invent or produce an idea	They came up with a clever solution.

Exercise – Upper-Intermediate

List of all Phrasal Verbs with Come

Here’s a comprehensive list of phrasal verbs with come, their meaning, if they can be split by an object, and an example.

Phrasal Verb	Split	Meaning	Example Sentence
come about	Never	happen (often unexpectedly)	How did this situation come about?
come across	Never	find by chance	I came across an old letter.
come across as	Never	seem or appear	He came across as impolite because he didn’t see them saying hello.
come along	Never	appear *** accompany	Another opportunity will come along soon. * May I come along** with you to the restaurant?
come apart	Never	fall to pieces	The toy came apart in my hands.
come around	Never	recover from faint *** agree / accept something with disapproval	He came around soon after he fell. * Keep asking her, she’ll come around** eventually.
come back	Never	return	She came back from Italy last week.
come by	Never	obtain *** visit briefly	How did you come by this info? / Come by later!
come down	Never	fall or decrease	The price of gas has come down.
come down with	Never	become ill with	I’ve come down with the flu.
come forward	Never	volunteer or offer help/information	No witnesses have come forward.
come in	Never	enter	Please come in and sit down.
come into	Never	inherit	She came into a large fortune.
come off	Never	succeed *** detach	The plan came off perfectly. * The handle came off**.
come on	Never	interjection *** begin	Come on guys, hurry up! Or we’ll miss the beginning! * A storm is coming on**.
come out	Never	be published *** become known, emerge	Her book came out last month. * The truth came out** eventually.
come at	Never	move towards someone to attack them	I saw an armed man coming at two ladies, so I acted quickly to stop him.
come over	Never	visit someone’s home *** affect someone	Why don’t you come over for dinner? * A wave of sadness came over** her.
come through	Never	survive *** succeed	She came through the operation. * The payment came through**.
come to	Never	reach a decision *** regain consciousness	They came to an agreement. * He came to** after fainting.
come up	Never	arise, be mentioned approach	The issue came up during the meeting.
come up with	Never	invent or produce (idea, solution)	He came up with a brilliant solution.
come upon	Never	encounter by chance	I came upon an old friend at the market.

In the split column you’ll find information about separating them, if it show “always” it means we always split the phrasal verb to add an object. “Possible” means that you can separate it or not. Finally, “never” means we should never separate that phrasal verb.