come intosomething
phrasal verbwithcomeverbuk/kʌm/us/kʌm/came|come
(MONEY)
C2
If someone comes intomoney,property, or atitle, theyreceiveit as aresultof thedeathof arelation:
She came into abitofmoneywhen hergrandfatherdied.
Inheriting & bequeathing
- advance directive
- assign
- beneficiary
- bequeath
- bequest
- cadger
- executor
- heir
- heir apparent
- heiress
- heirless
- inherit
- inheritance
- patrimony
- pond life
- pond scum
- primogeniture
- probate
- settle
- testate
(INFLUENCE)
If aparticularemotionorqualitycomes into asituation, itinfluencesthatsituation:
Shemarriedformoney-lovedidn't come intoit.
Note:
- This sense is usually used in negative sentences.
Being based on or depending on something
- as the case might bephrase
- basesomethingonsomething
- bases
- basis
- boil down tosomething
- egg
- found
- foundational
- hinge
- hinge on/uponsomething
- in the wake ofsomethingidiom
- result fromsomething
- ride
- ride onsomething/someone
- rooted
- spring fromsomething
- strength
- the stuff ofsomethingidiom
- understanding
- wake