come at

Verb

Meaning

(obsolete) To come to; to attend. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

(obsolete) To enter into sexual relations with.

To get to, especially with effort or difficulty.
His precise meaning was not easy to come at.

To attack; to harass.
As I backed away, he came at me with a knife.

(Australia, New Zealand, transitive, slang) To accept (a situation); to agree to do; to try.
Nah, mate – I′m not going to come at that again. Too risky.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

go for feel for fall upon lay hands on

Examples

Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy. Miguel de Cervantes

Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same. Arthur Conan Doyle

The trials of life will not wait for us. They come at their own time, not caring much to inquire how ready we may be to meet them. James Anthony Froude

Christmas has been talked of so long that it has come at last. French Proverb

Foxes come at last to the furrier's. French Proverb

Providence may delay, but punishment will come at length. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

come as no surprise come as planned come ashore come at a cost come at a problem come at me