"come it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-come it.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes it [present, singular, third-person], coming it [participle, present], came it [past], come it [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> it}} come it (third-person singular simple present comes it, present participle coming it, simple past came it, past participle come it)
  1. (UK, slang) To pretend. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-come_it-en-verb-by-DBa3m Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK, slang) To exaggerate. Tags: UK, slang Synonyms: come it strong
    Sense id: en-come_it-en-verb-jA255sFX Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 49 17 15 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 23 45 21 11
  3. (UK, slang) To be impudent. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-come_it-en-verb-WHyaPmQx Categories (other): British English
  4. (slang, archaic) To succeed in a trick of any sort. Tags: archaic, slang
    Sense id: en-come_it-en-verb-qhq2oK20

Download JSON data for come it meaning in English (2.4kB)

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