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Definition of come at phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

come at

phrasal verb
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come at somebody
  1. [no passive] to move towards somebody as though you are going to attack them
    • She came at me with a knife.
    • (figurative) The noise came at us from all sides.
come at something
  1. to think about a problem, question, etc. in a particular way synonym approach
    • We're getting nowhere—let's come at it from another angle.
See come at in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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