From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcome for somebody/something phrasal verb1 ARRIVEto arrive to collect someone or something I’ll come for you at about eight o'clock.2 ARRIVEto arrive at a place in order to take someone away by force Members of the secret police came for him in the middle of the night. → come→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
come for • They got what they came for.• When the time came for a second round of financing, Jacob wanted more than money.• He might as well have descended on the Palace, announcing that he had come for a stay.• They come for companionship and for the chance to enjoy a wide range of activities.• My mouth is tired now, and I think the time has come for me to go.• The time has come for start-up companies like mine to turn all our efforts into something concrete.• Zimmerman believes the time has come for Tucsonans to stop relying on groundwater.• The best is yet to come for you. 