单词 | to come of |
释义 | > as lemmasto come of —— to come of —— intransitive. To become of. Frequently in interrogative contexts with what. Cf. to come on —— 2 at Phrasal verbs 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > become of to come of ——?c1335 ?c1335 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 36 (MED) Euer hab mund in þi hert of þos þinges þre: Whan þou commist, whan þou art, and what ssal com of þe. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 80 As touchyng his sone they answerd that in the euenyng he was in the prees amonge hys enemyes but they wyst not what was comen of hym. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. ii. 4 His sister stode a farre of, to wete what wolde come of him. 1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 325 A stronge, invincible resoltion..to returne unto foolishnes, whatsoever comes of him. a1650 S. D'Ewes Jrnls. Parl. Queen Elizabeth anno 1572 (1682) 217/1 Her malicious intent to subvert your Majesty, and to give a push for the Crown, come of her what will. 1758 A. Murphy Upholsterer i. 14 I can't sleep in my Bed for thinking what will come of the Protestants, if the Papists should get the better in the present War. 1838 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 300/2 What is to come of the..thousands of drawboys and carters whom the colliers and miners' strike utterly ruins? 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxviii. 341 What has come of Major Dobbin? 1973 G. S. Sternlieb & B. P. Indik Ecol. of Welfare 130 We will both be too old to work, what will come of us? 1998 H. Pyle in B. S. Mosiman & M. H. Greenberg August is good Time for Killing vii. 35 All that remains now is..to tell of what came of him in the end. < as lemmas |
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