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    [Verb]  | "come" | \ ˈkəm \


    1: to move toward something : approach

    2: to move or journey to a vicinity with a specified purpose

    3: to reach a particular station in a series


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English cuman; akin to Old High German queman to come, Latin venire, Greek bainein to walk, go;

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     [ "come upon the town" ]

    1: basically to become a prostitute

      * e.g.,  ... 1:dude, did you hear about that lizze girl? 


     [ "come upon the town" ]

    2: Its a really old fashioned way of saying it and it was in the book pride and prejudice

      * e.g.,  ... 2:no what she do? 

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