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Meaning of come to time | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

come together come true come under come undone come unhinged come unstuck

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