come from
phrasal verbcome from…
- (not used in the progressive tenses) to have as your place of birth or the place where you live
- She comes from London.
- Where do you come from?
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCome from is used with these nouns as the subject:- backing
- bullet
- collection
- …
come from something
- to start in a particular place or be produced from a particular thing
- Much of our butter comes from New Zealand.
- This wool comes from goats, not sheep.
- This poem comes from his new book.
- Where does her attitude come from?
- Where's that smell coming from?
- He comes from a family of actors.
- ‘She doesn't try hard enough.’ ‘That's rich, coming from you (= you do not try hard either).’
- (also come of something)to be the result of something
come of/from something
- to be the result of something
- I made a few enquiries, but nothing came of it in the end.
- come of/from doing something That comes of eating too much!