To get to, especially with effort or difficulty.
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(obsolete) To come to; to attend.
His precise meaning was not easy to come at.
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(obsolete) To enter into sexual relations with; to come on to (someone).
As I backed away, he came at me with a knife.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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