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[collector’s item]{n.} Something rare or valuable enough to collect or save. •/Jimmy’s mother found an old wooden doll in the attic that turned out to be a collector’s item./
[College Boards]{n.} A set of examinations given to test a student’s readiness and ability for college. •/John got a high score on his College Boards./ •/College Boards test both what a student has learned and his ability to learn./
[color] See: CHANGE COLOR, GIVE COLOR TO or LEND COLOR TO, HAUL DOWN ONE’S COLORS, HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, NAIL ONE’S COLORS TO THE MAST, OFF-COLOR or OFF-COLORED, SAIL UNDER FALSE COLORS, SEE THE COLOR OF ONE’S MONEY, SHOW ONE’S COLORS, WITH FLYING COLORS.
[color guard]{n.} A military guard of honor for the flag of a country; also: a guard of honor to carry and protect a flag or banner (as of a club). •/There were four Marines in the color guard in the parade./ •/Bob was picked to be a color guard and to carry the banner of the drum corps at the football game./
[color scheme]{n.} A plan for colors used together as decoration. •/The color scheme for the dance was blue and silver./ •/Mary decided on a pink and white color scheme for her room./
[comb] See: FINE-TOOTH COMB.
[come] See: CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CROSS A BRIDGE BEFORE ONE COMES TO IT, EASY COME — EASY GO, FIRST COME — FIRST SERVED, GET WHAT’S COMING TO ONE, HAVE IT COMING, HOW COME also HOW’S COME, IF WORST COMES TO WORST, JOHNNY-COME-LATELY, KNOW ENOUGH TO COME IN OUT OF THE RAIN, KNOW IF ONE IS COMING OR GOING, LOOK AS IF ONE HAS COME OUT OF A BANDBOX, SHIP COME IN.
[come about]{v.} To take place; happen, occur. •/Sometimes it is hard to tell how a quarrel comes about./ •/When John woke up he was in the hospital, but he didn’t know how that had come about./
[come a cropper] 1. To fall off your horse. •/John’s horse stumbled, and John came a cropper./ 2. To fail. •/Mr. Brown did not have enough money to put into his business and it soon came a cropper./ Compare: RIDING FOR A FALL.
[come across]{v.} 1. or [run across] To find or meet by chance. •/He came across a dollar bill in the suit he was sending to the cleaner./ •/The other day I ran across a book that you might like./ •/I came across George at a party last week; it was the first time I had seen him in months./ Compare: COME ON(3), RUN INTO(3b). 2. To give or do what is asked. •/The robber told the woman to come across with her purse./ •/For hours the police questioned the man suspected of kidnapping the child, and finally he came across with the story./
[come again]{v.}, {informal} Please repeat; please say that again. — Usually used as a command. •/"Harry has just come into a fortune," my wife said. "Come again? " I asked her, not believing it./ •/"Come again," said the hard-of-hearing man./
[come alive] or [come to life]{v.} 1. {informal} To become alert or attentive; wake up and look alive; become active. •/When Mr. Simmons mentioned money, the boys came alive./ •/Bob pushed the starter button, and the engine came alive with a roar./ 2. To look real; take on a bright, natural look. •/Under skillful lighting, the scene came alive./ •/The President came alive in the picture as the artist worked./
[come along]{v.} To make progress; improve; succeed. •/He was coming along well after the operation./ •/Rose is coming right along on the piano./
[come a long way]{v. phr.} To show much improvement; make great progress. •/The school has come a long way since its beginnings./ •/Little Jane has come a long way since she broke her leg./
[come apart at the seams]{v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To become upset to the point where one loses self-control and composure as if having suffered a sudden nervous breakdown. •/After his divorce Joe seemed to be coming apart at the seams./
[come around] See: COME ROUND.
[come at]{v.} 1. To approach; come to or against; advance toward. •/The young boxer came at the champion cautiously./ 2. To understand (a word or idea) or master (a skill); succeed with. •/The sense of an unfamiliar word is hard to come at./
[come back]{v.}, {informal} 1. To reply; answer. •/The lawyer came back sharply in defense of his client./ •/No matter how the audience heckled him, the comedian always had an answer to come back with./ 2. To get a former place or position back, reach again a place which you have lost. •/After a year off to have her baby, the singer came back to even greater fame./ •/It is hard for a retired prize fighter to come hack and beat a younger man./
[comeback]{n.}, {v. phr.}, {slang}, {citizen’s band radio jargon} A return call. •/Thanks for your comeback./
[come back to earth] or [come down to earth]{v. phr.} To return to the real world; stop imagining or dreaming; think and behave as usual. •/After Jane met the movie star it was hard for her to come back to earth./ •/Bill was sitting and daydreaming so his mother told him to come down to earth and to do his homework./ Compare: COME TO ONE’S SENSES, DOWN-TO-EARTH. Contrast: IN THE CLOUDS.