1785. Grose, Dict. Vulg. Tongue. Has he come it? i.e., has he lent
it?
To make drunk come, phr. (American).—To become intoxicated. For
synonyms, see Screwed.
Come about [One], verbal phr. (old).—1. To circumvent. Cf., Come over
and Come round.
1755. Johnson, Dict. Eng. Lang. (11 ed., 1816), s.v. ‘About’ in
common language they say to come about a man, ‘to circumvent him.’