come
exclamation/kʌm/
/kʌm/
(old-fashioned)- used when encouraging somebody to be sensible or reasonable, or when making a slight criticism
- Oh come now, things aren't as bad as all that.
- Come, come, Miss Jones, you know perfectly well what I mean.
Word OriginOld English cuman, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch komen and German kommen.
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