come into

1. 1.

   obtain, especially accidentally

   Synonymscome by

   Broaderget

   Narrowerstumble

Questions about come into

What does come into mean?

come into means "obtain, especially accidentally".

What is another word for come into?

Close synonyms include come by. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is come into a common word?

come into is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.