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come to pass

(poetic/literary)

HAPPEN, come about, occur, transpire, arise; poetic/literary befall.

→ pass

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phrasal

: happen — used impersonally with it

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come to pass (esp Bible)

To happen

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Main Entry: ↑come

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come to pass

To happen (appar orig a noun in these expressions)

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Main Entry: ↑pass

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come to pass literary phrase

to happen

Thesaurus: general words meaning to happen_synonym

Main entry: come

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chiefly poetic/literary happen; occur

it came to pass that she had two sons

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come to pass

formal + literary : to happen

Many of the things he predicted have come to pass.

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Main Entry: ↑come

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come to pass — see ↑come, 1

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Main Entry: ↑pass

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ˌcome to ˈpass idiom

(old use) to happen

Main entry: ↑pass_idiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.