come across

— Phrasal Verb with come

/kʌm/ verb (past tense came, past participle come)

Definition

SEEM › to seem to be a particular type of person: He came across as shy.

CLEAR › If an idea or emotion comes across, it is expressed clearly and people understand it: His bitterness comes across in his poetry.

(Definition of come across from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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