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Come at

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To come to; to attend. obsolete
  2. 2
    To enter into sexual relations with; to come on to (someone). obsolete
  3. 3
    To get to, especially with effort or difficulty.

    "His precise meaning was not easy to come at."

  4. 4
    To attack (someone); to harass (someone); to challenge(someone) to a fight.

    "As I backed away, he came at me with a knife."

  5. 5
    To accept (a situation); to agree to do; to try. Australia, New-Zealand, slang, transitive

    "Nah, mate – I'm not going to come at that again. Too risky."

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