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come to time en · VERB

Etymology

The expression was used in prizefighting (boxing).

Meanings

  1. (dated) To come forward in order to resume the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over and time is called.
    • We fights for ten minutes or so, and then I hits him a round blow on the ear, and he falls down on the hard, and couldn't come to time. No wonder, poor fellow ! for he had gone to eternity. 1834, Frederick Marryat, Jacob Faithful:
  2. (idiomatic) To maintain an appointment; to meet expectations.

Forms

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comes to time Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
came to time Tense=Past lexicographic
come to time Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coming to time Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic