English

come through

To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.

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    Origin

    Conflation of Middle English þurȝcomyn (v. inf.), with inseparable prefix, and comen thurgh, a verb-adverb/preposition combination. Cf. German durchkommen, where the prefix is separable. Equivalent to come + through.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishþurȝcomyn
    • surface analysisEnglishcome “To move nearer to the point of perspective.”
    • surface analysisEnglishthrough “So as to enter (something), pass within or across, and then leave.”

    Related: German durchkommen

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