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come true idiom

Happen as predicted, be realized or fulfilled, as in Her marriage is my fondest dream come true. [Early 1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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come to think of it
come to the same thing
come to the point
come to that
come to terms
come to pass
come to one's senses
come to nothing
come to no good
come to mind

come under
come unglued
come up
come up against
come up in the world
come up roses
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come up with
come upon
come what may

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