come atsomeone
phrasal verbwithcomeverbuk/kʌm/us/kʌm/came|come
tomovetowards someone inordertoattackthem:
He came at mewithaknife.
to try to hurt someone using violence
- attackHe was attacked in the car park.
- assaultThe intruder assaulted him in his home.
- go forUKShe suddenly lost her temper and went for me.
- come atHe came at me with a baseball bat.
- mugYes, that is the man who mugged me.
- ambushThey ambushed him and left him for dead.
Attacking & invading
- aggressor
- ambush
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- besiege
- blitz
- blitzkrieg
- foray
- going-over
- hard power
- hit and run
- incursion
- interdiction
- kamikaze
- privateer
- raid
- reconquer
- reconquest
- reducer
- relieve