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Come from

To have as one's birthplace or nationality.

📖 Definitions of "Come from"

verb

1
To have as one's birthplace or nationality.
"Most tourists in Mallorca come from England. My girlfriend comes from Sweden."
2
To be derived from.
3
(slightly informal) To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point.
"Even though I have a more progressive philosophy, I can understand where he's coming from. There was a time in my life when it was hard for me to adapt to change, myself."

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