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come in

No object

This verb takes no object at all.

How to say it

Stress the particle, not the verb: come IN. Saying “COME in” is the clearest learner tell — the verb stays light and the particle carries the beat.

Link across the gap. The final /m/ of “come” moves onto the particle and starts its syllable: “come in” is said “co-min”. Pausing between the words is what makes phrasal verbs sound recited rather than spoken.

2 meanings

  1. 1

    To enter a place.

    • “Come in and shut the door behind you.”

    Similar: enter

  2. 2

    (Of news or results) to arrive.

    • “The results are coming in now.”
    • “Reports came in of flooding across the county.”

    Similar: arrive

The particle logic

in

Something moves into a space, a group, or a person's hands.

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More COME phrasal verbs

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come across

To find or meet something by chance.

come up with

To produce or invent an idea or solution.

come up

(Of a topic or problem) to arise.

come back

To return to a place.

come down with

To start to have an illness, usually a minor one.

come over

To visit someone's home.

come out

To become known or be published.

come along

To accompany someone.

come around

To change your mind and accept something.

come off

To become detached.

come apart

To fall into pieces.

come between

To damage the relationship between two people.

come in — meaning, examples & how to say it