Meanings
present singular third person comes to a stand · participle present coming to a stand · past came to a stand
- Synonym of come to a stop.
As soon as we had come to a stand in Kamina Station, a swarm of porters pushed their way into the compartment to get my luggage. I selected one, and ordered the others out, and then detrained.
1958 February 28, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 125Synonyms: come to a stop
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of come to a stop.
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come to a stand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20to%20a%20stand
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