to come as a disappointment

  • 1disappointment — noun 1 sadness because sth has not happened, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter, considerable, deep, extreme, great, immense, intense, profound, sharp ▪ …

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  • 2come — come1 [ kʌm ] (past tense came [ keım ] ; past participle come) verb *** ▸ 1 move/travel (to here) ▸ 2 reach particular state ▸ 3 start doing something ▸ 4 reach particular point ▸ 5 be received ▸ 6 happen ▸ 7 exist or be produced ▸ 8 be… …

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  • 3come — I UK [kʌm] / US verb Word forms come : present tense I/you/we/they come he/she/it comes present participle coming past tense came UK [keɪm] / US past participle come *** 1) [intransitive] to move or travel to the place where you are come… …

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  • 4Come Back Around — Single by Feeder from the album Comfort in Sound B side Feel It Again Bullet …

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  • 5come down — {v.} 1. To reduce itself; amount to no more than. Followed by to . * /The quarrel finally came down to a question of which boy would do the dishes./ Syn.: BOIL DOWN(3). 2. To be handed down or passed along, descend from parent to child; pass from …

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  • 6come down — {v.} 1. To reduce itself; amount to no more than. Followed by to . * /The quarrel finally came down to a question of which boy would do the dishes./ Syn.: BOIL DOWN(3). 2. To be handed down or passed along, descend from parent to child; pass from …

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  • 7come to grief — {v. phr.} To have a bad accident or disappointment; meet trouble or ruin; end badly; wreck; fail. * /Bill came to grief learning to drive a car./ * /Nick s hopes for a new house came to grief when the house he was building burned down./ * /The… …

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  • 8come to grief — {v. phr.} To have a bad accident or disappointment; meet trouble or ruin; end badly; wreck; fail. * /Bill came to grief learning to drive a car./ * /Nick s hopes for a new house came to grief when the house he was building burned down./ * /The… …

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  • 9come — verb Come is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ambulance, ↑announcement, ↑answer, ↑attack, ↑bill, ↑blow, ↑bombshell, ↑breakthrough, ↑breeze, ↑bus, ↑chance, ↑ …

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  • 10come to grief — have a bad accident or disappointment He has recently come to much grief because of his son s problems with the police …

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