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To come up the tackle fall

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)



   {To come to time}.
      (a) (Prize Fighting) To come forward in order to resume
          the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over
          and ``time'' is called; hence:
      (b) To keep an appointment; to meet expectations.
          [Colloq.]

   {To come together}.
      (a) To meet for business, worship, etc.; to assemble.
          --Acts i. 6.
      (b) To live together as man and wife. --Matt. i. 18.

   {To come true}, to happen as predicted or expected.

   {To come under}, to belong to, as an individual to a class.
      

   {To come up}
      (a) to ascend; to rise.
      (b) To be brought up; to arise, as a question.
      (c) To spring; to shoot or rise above the earth, as a
          plant.
      (d) To come into use, as a fashion.

   {To come up the capstan} (Naut.), to turn it the contrary
      way, so as to slacken the rope about it.

   {To come up the tackle fall} (Naut.), to slacken the tackle
      gently. --Totten.

   {To come up to}, to rise to; to equal.

   {To come up with}, to overtake or reach by pursuit.

   {To come upon}.
      (a) To befall.
      (b) To attack or invade.
      (c) To have a claim upon; to become dependent upon for
          support; as, to come upon the town.
      (d) To light or chance upon; to find; as, to come upon hid
          treasure.
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