come to pass
Related to come to pass: drop off, touch base, unto, no less
come to pass
To happen. The phrase often indicates that what is happening is the result of a course of events. Our only hope now is that these dire predictions will not come to pass, but can be avoided somehow. When it finally came to pass, it almost felt like a letdown.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
come to pass
To occur.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
come to pass, to
To happen. Probably the most famous occurrence of this phrase is at the beginning of the Christmas story as related in the Gospel of St. Luke (2:1): “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus.” Eric Partridge said it was already a cliché by about 1700, but this archaic turn of phrase has survived nevertheless.
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The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- come to pass, to
- (as) sure as eggs (is eggs)
- beck and call
- eggs is eggs
- a penny for them
- great minds
- great minds think alike
- God forfend
- be twiddling (one's) thumbs
- be twiddling your thumbs