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

come to

phrasal verb
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come to
  1. (also come around/round)
    to become conscious again
come to somebody
  1. [no passive] (of an idea) to enter your mind
    • The idea came to me in the bath.
    • come to somebody that… It suddenly came to her that she had been wrong all along.
come to something [no passive]
  1. to add up to something
    • The bill came to $30.
    • I never expected those few items to come to so much.
  2. to reach a particular situation, especially a bad one
    • The doctors will operate if necessary—but it may not come to that.
    • Who'd have thought things would come to this (= become so bad)?
See come to in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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