New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: care about · come out · mope about · nose about · poke about · caper about · come around · horse about · ponce about · scout about

come about

(v + adv) INTRANSITIVEtarlaigh verb c m utit amach VP c m uI don't know how that came about níl a fhios agam conas gur tharla sé sinhow did it come about that ...? cad é mar a tharla go ...? → see come

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she did an about-face and came back to us thiontaigh sí ar a sáil agus tháinig ar ais chugainn, chas sí timpeall ar fad agus tháinig ar ais chugainn
ass »

I didn't come here just to bust your ass about it níor tháinig mé anseo go díreach le tabhairt fút mar gheall air
slipstream »

it came about in the slipstream of the peace process tháinig sé a bhuíochas do phróiseas na síochána
the open »

he came out into the open about what was going on d'inis sé céard a bhí ag tarlú

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