come to pass

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come to pass

to happen; to take place. And when do you think all these good things will come to pass? Do you think it will really come to pass?

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Night after night, I record predictions that never come to pass, professions that are never fulfilled, explanations that are only meant to mystify. David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context So that no white sailor seriously contradicted him when he said that if ever Captain Ahab should be tranquilly laid out --which might hardly come to pass, so he muttered --then, whoever should do that last office for the dead, would find a birth-mark on him from crown to sole. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context And when the purpose of great Zeus was fixed in heaven, she was delivered and a notable thing was come to pass. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context			come to a full stop come to a halt come to a head come to a pretty pass come to a standstill come to a sticky end come to a stop come to an impasse come to an untimely end come to assistance come to attention come to blows come to feet come to fruition come to grief come to grips with come to harm come to heel come to life come to light come to mind come to much come to no good come to nothing come to oneself come to pass come to rescue come to rest come to senses come to terms come to terms with come to the fore come to the job with come to the point and get to the point come to the table come to think of it come to this come together come true come under come under fire come under the hammer come unglued come unstuck come up come up a storm come up for come up for air come up heads come up smelling like a rose come up through the ranks			come to know come to knowledge come to knowledge come to knowledge come to knowledge come to life come to life come to life come to life come to life come to light come to light come to light come to light come to light come to maturity come to mind come to mind come to mind come to mind come to mind come to much come to naught come to naught come to no good Come to Nothing Come to Nothing come to notice come to notice come to oneself come to pass come to pieces come to post come to post come to post come to post come to post come to rescue come to rest come to ruin come to senses come to senses come to senses come to senses come to senses come to stay come to terms come to terms come to terms come to terms with come to that come to that come to the aid of come to the defense of come to the fore come to the fore come to the help of come to the job with come to the point and get to the point come to the position with come to the position with something

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