come into season

come in(to) season

To be in a state of sexual excitement and able to breed, as of a female animal. Do you hear the stray cat howling and screeching at night? She must have come into season.

See also: come, season

come into season

1. To be able to be hunted legally, as of a wild animal. We're going hunting this weekend, now that deer have come into season.

2. To be in a state of sexual excitement and able to breed, as of a female animal. Do you hear the stray cat howling and screeching at night? She must have come into season.

See also: come, season

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come into season

 

1. [for a game animal] to be subject to legal hunting. When do ducks come into season around here? Deer came into season just yesterday.

2. Go to come in(to) heat.

See also: come, season

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.