Come Down To Somebody/something - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 come down to somebody/something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcome down to somebody/something phrasal verb1 RESULTif a complicated situation or problem comes down to something, that is the single most important thing  It all comes down to money in the end.2 SURVIVEif something old has come down to you, it has been passed between people over a long period of time until you have it  The text which has come down to us is only a fragment of the original. → come→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscome down to • What it comes down to is who is going to be the best on the basketball court for us.• Yes, it's a pretty shaky alibi when you come down to it.• But why else are so many games coming down to the final seconds this year?• So we come down to the pivotal question of what quality management is to be based on. Quizzes Quizzes

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See all topics Word of the day ungainly moving in a way that does not look graceful Verb tablecome

Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	come
he, she, it	comes
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	came
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have come
he, she, it	has come
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had come
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will come
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have come
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am coming
he, she, it	is coming
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you, we, they	are coming
Past
I, he, she, it	was coming
you, we, they	were coming
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been coming
he, she, it	has been coming
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been coming
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be coming
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been coming
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