come true
idiom
: to become real : to happen in the way that one wished or dreamed
Everything we hoped for came true.
Their prediction seems to be coming true.
The trip abroad was a dream come true for her.
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Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
Although Marcy’s prediction has come true, planetary theorists are still at a loss as to why there appear to be so few solar systems with the same kind of planetary architecture as our own.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Seventeen years after the public was conned, every last warning has come true.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
This crowd made my dream come true!
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
Although Marcy’s prediction has come true, planetary theorists are still at a loss as to why there appear to be so few solar systems with the same kind of planetary architecture as our own.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Seventeen years after the public was conned, every last warning has come true.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
This crowd made my dream come true!
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Come true.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20true. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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