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come from

verb

  1. to be or have been a resident or native (of)

    Ernst comes from Geneva

  2. to originate from or derive from

    chocolate comes from the cacao tree

    the word filibuster comes from the Dutch word for pirate

  3. informalthe reasons for someone's behaviour, opinions, or comments

    I can understand where you're coming from

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Arrive from someone or somewhere, as in This package just came from Alice , or Where did these chairs come from? [c. 1300] Also see where one is coming from .

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That’s because the benefits of stretching come from consistency, says Amber Donaldson, vice president of Sports Medicine Clinics for the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.

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Donovan Williams, vice-principal of the state primary school in Observatory - a Bohemian area of the Cape Town, says about 85% of his school's intake of around 830 students come from the townships - many of whom are exhausted by their long days.

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And they have come from firms selling branded drugs - not the cheaper, generic medicines that many Americans rely on and that are made in China and India.

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Strawberries come from Chiang Dao, lime skin from Nan and Makwaen Northern Thai pepper from the hill tribe communities around Chiang Rai.

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The £1bn saving which the chancellor said would come from reducing hotel use has already been taken out of the Home Office budget.

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