come from
Verb
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Verb
come from
- (transitive) To have as one's birthplace or nationality.
- Most tourists in Mallorca come from England. My girlfriend comes from Sweden.
- (transitive) To be derived from.
- (transitive, slightly informal) To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point.
- Even though I have a more progressive philosophy, I can understand where he's coming from. There was a time in my life when it was hard for me to adapt to change, myself.
- Antonyms: drive at, get at
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