COME TO STH


Meaning of COME TO STH in English

[ no passive ]

1.

to add up to sth :

The bill came to $30.

I never expected those few items to come to so much.

2.

to reach a particular situation, especially a bad one :

The doctors will operate if necessary—but it may not come to that.

Who'd have thought things would come to this (= become so bad) ?

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.