come\ true

come\ true
v
To really happen; change from a dream or a plan into a fact.

It took years of planning and saving, but their seagoing vacation came true at last.

It was a dream come true when he met the President.

His hope of living to 100 did not come true.


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  • come true — {v.} To really happen; change from a dream or a plan into a fact. * /It took years of planning and saving, but their seagoing vacation came true at last./ * /It was a dream come true when he met the President./ * /His hope of living to 100 did… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • come true — {v.} To really happen; change from a dream or a plan into a fact. * /It took years of planning and saving, but their seagoing vacation came true at last./ * /It was a dream come true when he met the President./ * /His hope of living to 100 did… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • come true — ► come true actually happen or become the case. Main Entry: ↑true …   English terms dictionary

  • come true — phrasal 1. : to happen as desired or expected : attain reality like a dream come true 2. : to reproduce the characters of the parent * * * come true To be fulfilled, to happen • • • Main Entry: ↑come * * * come true …   Useful english dictionary

  • come true — to happen as hoped for. The good things we ve been hoping for are actually coming true. Related vocabulary: a dream come true …   New idioms dictionary

  • come true — become real, happen, come to fruition    You must believe in your dream to make it come true …   English idioms

  • come true — Synonyms and related words: attain fulfillment, be found, be met with, be realized, befall, betide, come, come about, come down, come off, come to pass, eventuate, fall, go off, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place, transpire, turn out …   Moby Thesaurus

  • come true — verb a) To become real: to become true or existent. b) To breed true; to maintain identity of salient characteristics through propagation processes …   Wiktionary

  • come true — actually happen or become the case. → true …   English new terms dictionary

  • come true — if something that you have hoped for or expected comes true, it really happens …   English dictionary

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