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Come into meaning

Come into is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to inherit wealth, possessions, or hereditary rank.

Past simple
came into
Past participle
come into
-ing form
coming into

What come into means

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To inherit wealth, possessions, or hereditary rank

She came into a small fortune when her aunt died.

1 more meaning of come into is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar 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 into: get into, patch into, break into, let something into something, look into, make something into something, pull into, put something into something, read something into something, rip into.

Common questions

What does come into mean?

It has 2 meanings. One of them is to inherit wealth, possessions, or hereditary rank. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of come into?

Came into. The past participle is come into.

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