come about

phrasal-verb
UK: /kʌm əˈbaʊt/
US: /kʌm əˈbaʊt/

  1. To happen, or start to happen.

    1. How did this come about?
    2. The opportunity to work there came about by chance when I met the owner.
come about intransitive-verb

  1. To change direction.

    1. The ship will come about now.
    2. We had to come about quickly to avoid hitting the iceberg on the open sea.

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The phonetic transcription of "come about" is /kʌm əˈbaʊt/ in British English and /kʌm əˈbaʊt/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Example usage of "come about": "How did this come about?". More examples on the page.