name will go forward to the committee when they are consid- ering the new appointments. 3. (of the clock or watch) be moved to a later hour: Do the clock go forward in the spring? See also: come out ahead / go ahead. come forward with something • go forward with something come forward with something—offer a plan, solution, answer, etc.: I’ll wait until he comes forward with some new propos- als. go forward with something—(also: go ahead with something) proceed with smth.: The Committee decided to go forward with its plans of social reform. come free • go free come free—become unattached: After throwing the ropes across the river to loop the boat and pulling on them, the boat came free . go free—be released from confinement or imprisonment: The court has determined that she was not a willing partici- pant and therefore may go free . come from someone • come of someone come from someone—be descended from a person or family: Harlow comes from a wealthy ranch-owning family. come of someone—1. happen to a person: No one knows where he has gone or what has come of him. 2. = come from someone: He came of a rich family, but was left an orphan in his early youth. come from something • come of something come from something—1. originate from a place: The African Elephant is said to be smaller than the Asiatic: yet the largest tusks come from Africa. 2. result from smth.: That’s what comes from staying up late with little sleep when cramming for an exam. come of something—1. happen to smth.: John shudders as he looks down upon what has come of his once great college. 2. = come from something 2: That’s what comes of sleeping late, you have a headache all morning. come hell or high water • come through hell and high water come hell or high water—no matter what happens: We are going to change the way government works. And we will do it come hell or high water . come through hell and high water—(also: go through hell and high water) pass through difficulties or troubles: Our forefa- thers came through hell and high water so that we could be here today. come home to roost • go to roost come home to roost—return by way of retribution: All our mistakes sooner or later surely come home to roost . go to roost—(coll.) retire to rest: He broke the silence by re- marking, after a glance at the clock, “Time to go to roost .” come in • go in come in—1. come to work in a house: The charwoman “came in ” for half a day on alternate days. 2. (of a train, etc.) arrive at its destination (according to schedule): When does your train come in ? 3. flow in: Don’t stay on the rocks too long; the tide comes in a long way at this point. 4. arrive; be received: News is just coming in of an air-crash over the At- lantic. 5. join a business as a partner: My father started the insurance firm, and I came in when I was 18. 6. become sea- sonable or available: When do strawberries come in ? 7. become fashionable: I expect long skirts will come in again soon. 8. take position in a competition: He led most of the way but suddenly lost his strength and came in last. 9. be elected; come into power: The socialists came in at the last election. 10. be received as income: He doesn’t work; but he has at least a thousand a year coming in from investments. 11. (of a discus- sion, etc.) contribute a commentary: I should like to come in here, as I happen to know the situation well. 12. happen; ap- pear: This is where the mistakes usually come in . go in —1. fit inside smth.: That space is too small, the book- case won’t go in . 2. (of the sun or moon) disappear behind clouds: At this time of the year, when the sun goes in , it is suddenly much colder. 3. arrive at one’s place of employment (to start work): What time do you have to go in tomorrow? 4. (of troops) start an attack: The soldiers were ordered to go in and seize the enemy position. 5. (UK coll.) be understood (also: sink in): I keep trying to understand how the system works, but it doesn’t seem to go in . come in for something • go in for something come in for something—1. gain smth. after a person’s death: Harry came in for a large share of his father’s fortune. 2. be the object of praise, criticism, etc: The eldest sister always came in for much of the blame. Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase come in on something—take part in some activity; share in smth.: The lines of authority aren’t clearly drawn. The state detectives usually come in on murders. go in for something—1. have smth. as one’s chosen career or pastime: I thought he only went in for music and tennis. 2. (of a competition, etc.) enter as a contestant: I’d like to go in for a more advanced examination if I can. 3. indulge in smth.: Beauty salon hair dressers and cosmeticians expect women to go in for fancier coiffures. come in force • come into force come in force—come in great numbers: The men of Mnela were coming in force to hail and escort their chief. come into force—(of legal documents) become binding: When does the new law come into force ? come in from the cold • come in out of the rain come in from the cold—change one’s ways, practices, etc., so as to be accepted by others: Unless the union moderated its policies and came in from the cold , it would lose even more members. Note: The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the phrase be out in the cold—(also: be in the cold) be destitute or abandoned: If you don’t save for your retirement, no one will do it for you and you will be out in the cold when old age hits. come in out of the rain—(usually in the phrase “know enough to come in out of the rain”) show common sense: “Don’t you have the sense to come in out of the rain ?” He pauses. “Ob- viously, this isn’t the safest neighborhood to be working in.” come in useful • come into use come in useful—prove helpful: Whittle’s experience of aer- obatics came in useful , for he had to “land” the machine in the water. come into use—begin to be used: It is difficult to identify a date when the terms “Whig” and “Tory” first came into use . come into a fortune • run out of fortune come into a fortune—acquire a large sum of money (as an inheritance): Mary came into a fortune of a quarter of a mil- lion. She was an only child. run out of fortune—run out of good luck: Fortune has a way of evening out. Even the bold will run out of fortune sooner or later. – 79 – come into a fortune