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to come about
[phrase form: come]
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
action verb
regular
inseparable
particle
about
base verb
come
present tense
come about
3rd person singular
comes about
present participle
coming about
past simple
came about
past participle
come about
Examples
How did this situation come about?
Examples
The wind came about suddenly, blowing from the west.
03
(of a sailing maneuver) to change direction by turning the front of the boat through the wind
Intransitive
Examples
The sailor skillfully came about, shifting to a new direction to catch the wind.
