| Subject | English | Russian |
| obs., inf., fig. | come to know | спознаваться |
| obs., inf., fig. | come to know | спознаться |
| gen. | come to know | познакомиться с (It was in Detroit that Moe Dalitz came to know Jimmy Hoffa, the future president of the Teamsters, through a former Al Capone associate named Paul Dorfman. (Vanity Fair) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | come to know | изучаться (very well) |
| gen. | come to know | изведываться |
| Gruzovik | come to know | изведывать (impf of изведать) |
| Gruzovik | come to know | изучить (pf of изучать; very well) |
| gen. | come to know | постичь (In her forty years Danielle had come to know that the only thing she could rely on was the bad feeling she sometimes got in her chest. Abysslooker) |
| gen. | come to know | уяснить (Abysslooker) |
| Gruzovik, inf. | come to know | переизведать (all or many) |
| math. | come to know | познать |
| rel., christ. | come to know | прийти к познанию (Technical) |
| dipl. | come to know | узнать (bigmaxus) |
| dipl. | come to know | познакомиться (bigmaxus) |
| math. | come to know | познавать |
| Makarov. | come to know | узнавать |
| Makarov. | come to know | знакомиться |
| Gruzovik | come to know very well | изучать (impf of изучить) |
| Makarov. | come to know | изведать |
| gen. | come to know smb. better | узнать кого-л. лучше |
| Makarov. | come to know someone better | лучше узнать (кого-либо) |
| Makarov. | come to know one's opponent | изучить противника |
| gen. | come to know opponent | изучить противника |
| proverb | everything comes to him who knows how to wait | терпение и труд всё перетрут |
| proverb | everything comes to him who knows how to wait | на всякое хотенье есть терпенье |
| gen. | everything comes to him who knows how to wait | кто ждёт, тот дождётся |
| proverb | have come to know very well as a result of long-time association | пуд соли с кем съесть |
| gen. | how did they come to know of it? | каким образом это стало им известно? |
| gen. | how did you come to know of it? | как получилось, что вы об этом узнали? |
| fig., inf. | I've come to know him intimately during the past year | за последний год я близко узнал его |
| amer. | know enough to come in out of the rain | не отличаться смекалкой |
| amer. | know enough to come in out of the rain | быть тупицей |
| amer. | know enough to come in out of the rain | плохо соображать |
| amer. | not to know enough to come in out of the rain | плохо соображать |
| amer. | not to know enough to come in out of the rain | не отличаться смекалкой |
| slang | not to know enough to come in out of the rain | плохо понимать ситуацию, "тормозить", "тупить" (Isaev) |
| amer. | not to know enough to come in out of the rain | быть тупицей |
| idiom. | not to know to come in out of the rain | не соображать (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| idiom. | not to know to come in out of the rain | быть недалёким человеком (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| Makarov. | she knows what's what when it comes to fashion | она знает, что к чему в вопросах моды |
| Makarov. | she knows what's what when it comes to fashion | она прекрасно разбирается в вопросах моды |
| gen. | she knows what's what when it comes to fashion | она знает, что к чему прекрасно разбирается в вопросах моды |
| proverb | we know enough to come in out of the rain | мы и сами с усами |
| proverb | we know enough to come in out of the rain | мы сами с усами |
| gen. | what he knows does not come to much | его знания невелики |
| gen. | what he knows does not come to much | его сведения немногого стоят |
| gen. | what he knows does not come to much | его знания немногого стоят |
| rhetor. | who really knows anybody when it comes down to it? | кто знает всю подноготную, если уж на то пошло? (New York Times financial-engineer) |