come of

verb

To result from.

“What ever came of that? — Don't worry, I don’t think anything will come of it.”

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Meanings

verbcome of (third-person singular simple present comes of, present participle coming of, simple past came of, past participle come of)

present singular third person comes of · participle present coming of · past came of

  1. idiomaticTo result from.

    What ever came of that? — Don't worry, I don’t think anything will come of it.

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    [see title]

    1861, Frank Boott Goodrich, Flirtation, and what comes of it: A Comedy in Five Acts, page 63

    It all came of you being moving, and me sitting still!

    1865, Jane Carlyle, in a letter to T. Carlyle, 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, of Friday, 12 August, 1865, published in the Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle, volume 1, in 1883

    But the words stuck in his throat, as Elye struck him down. (That's what comes of talking too much while you battle.)

    2023 May 24, J. Aaron Gruben, Elye of Saint Gilles: A Chansons de Geste Retold, Post Tenebras Lux Books

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