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come true

to materialize as expected or hoped. Jane's wishes had come true. Dave wondered if his dreams would ever come true.

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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

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come true

Happen as predicted, be realized or fulfilled, as in Her marriage is my fondest dream come true. [Early 1800s]

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come true

To happen as predicted: My fondest dreams have at last come true.

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