Meaning of come to time | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To come forward in order to resume the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over and time is called.
   dated
2. To maintain an appointment; to meet expectations.
   idiomatic

Examples

“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.”

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