come it

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

come it (third-person singular simple present comes it, present participle coming it, simple past came it, past participle come it)

  1. (UK, slang) To pretend.
  2. (UK, slang) To exaggerate.
    Synonym: come it strong
    Antonym: draw it mild
  3. (UK, slang) To be impudent.
    Don't come it with me!
  4. (slang, archaic) To succeed in a trick of any sort.
    • 1859, Snowden's magistrates assistant, page 498:
      I have got the Yacks, so do not come it. Fight cocum.
  5. (UK, slang, obsolete) To proceed at a great rate.
  6. (UK, slang, obsolete) To inform or disclose.
  7. (UK, slang, obsolete) To show signs of fear.

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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