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Definition come to do something in British English

come to do something phrase

phrase
1

to finally reach a state in which something happens or you do something

Example

She had come to regard him as one of her few real friends.

Example

the man who had come to symbolize the Franco-American alliance

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2

to do something by chance

Example

I'm just explaining to them how we come to be in Liverpool.

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Definition come to do something in British English