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.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary