Come aboard In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "come aboard", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Julia Huong calendar 2021-12-27 10:12

Meaning of Come aboard

Come aboard phrasal verb

To allow passengers to get onto a ship, airplane, etc.

Although we were late, the captain would make an exception to come aboard.

My mother and I have come aboard to visit our relatives in Ho Chi Minh city.

To enter a business, club, or some other group.

He broke with his partner and came aboard another firm.

Peter has come aboard my company as chief industrial engineer.

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Take a brief, comfortable ride in a vehicle in order to test it

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To wave at a vehicle as a signal for the driver to stop

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A large trailer truck that has 18 wheels

take no part in/of (something)

To have no participation in doing something.

rock up in (something)

1. To turn up at a place by means of something.

2. To turn up at a place in a particular outfit.

Grammar and Usage of Come aboard

Verb Forms

  • came aboard
  • comes aboard
  • coming aboard
  • to come aboard

The verb "come" should be conjugated according to its tense.

 

 

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