Meanings
- colloquialAt overly frequent intervals.
He pestered me until Kingdom come about the concert.
2 more examples
Brexeternity The notion that Brexit will never in fact be over; that Britain will be stuck half-in and half-out of the European Union forever, condemned to permanent and mind-numbingly awful negotiations until kingdom come (coined by Tony Blair’s Europe minister Denis MacShane).
2018 November 15, Jon Henley, “From here to Brexeternity: an alternative lexicon for these times”, in The Guardian, →ISSNAs it stands, the trajectory of the typical reality TV star is to continue appearing on each iteration of these shows until kingdom come (or until they are offered their own spin-off).
2020 July 30, Yomi Adegoke, “How 15 minutes of fame became 15 years for the perma-stars of reality TV”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: relentlessly, frequently
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseAt overly frequent intervals.
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until Kingdom come. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/until%20Kingdom%20come
“until Kingdom come.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/until%20Kingdom%20come. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “until Kingdom come,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/until%20Kingdom%20come.
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