Come across meaning
Come across is a phrasal verb with 3 meanings. One of them is to create a particular impression through your behaviour or manner.
- Past simple
- came across
- Past participle
- come across
- -ing form
- coming across
What come across means
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To create a particular impression through your behaviour or manner
She came across as calm and well prepared.
2 more meanings of come across are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With come: come from, come in, come round, come back, come out, come down, come up, come along, come away, come before.
With across: put across, get across.
Common questions
What does come across mean?
It has 3 meanings. One of them is to create a particular impression through your behaviour or manner. The other 2, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of come across?
Came across. The past participle is come across.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
