come at

/kˈʌm at/

/kˈʌm æt/

to come at

MAIN VERB

[phrase form: come]

to suddenly move toward someone to threaten them or physically attack them

*** to think about something in a particular way

*** Get to, especially with effort or difficulty

*** Accept (a situation); to agree to do; to try

Examples

1. They came at six and went at nine.

2. Wow, all our Christmases have come at once!

3. I'm coming at you with both guns blazing.

4. Seeing my beautiful baby girl for the first time, well, it felt like all my Christmases had come at once.