Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come correct

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables: come -cor-rect
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To behave properly or decently; to do the right thing.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"I'm fresh like Dougie when I get my specs / And on the microphone, I come correct"
"Here, Tamar warns guys to come correct. "I won't be no ho / Just drop my clothes / And all the silly things that you're used to," she boldly sings."
""Let me tell you what I found out," she confessed in words that challenged her generation to come correct on the state of its psyche, "The enemy was me. I hated me.""
"Sis, they know they have to come correct; a lot of men want to be needed by a woman, to make them feel like a man."

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

comes correct (present, singular) coming correct (participle, present) came correct (past)

Questions

What does come correct mean?: To behave properly or decently; to do the right thing.

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