come it
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come it (third-person singular simple present comes it, present participle coming it, simple past came it, past participle come it)
- (UK, slang) To pretend.
- (UK, slang) To exaggerate.
- Synonym: come it strong
- Antonym: draw it mild
- (UK, slang) To be impudent.
- Don't come it with me!
- (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 edit
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary