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come what may
Idioms and Phrases
No matter what happens, as in Come what may, I'll be home in time for dinner . This phrase, in slightly different form, come what will , dates from the 16th century and has almost exact equivalents in French, Italian, and German.Example Sentences
City may yet defy the odds in Madrid, but come what may, this season continues to carry all the air of an era ending, a great team reaching the end of the road.
"We will continue our fight, and won't let investigations stop... Come what may, we will fight for justice," the woman's father told AFP.
That’s where 21-year-old Ghaddar remained on a recent morning, and where he had made the decision: He was going back to Ghaziah and staying there, come what may.
Not every visitor to the bridge on the eve of the men’s triathlon was fussed by the cleanliness issue, with some saying they would consider jumping into the river come what may – provided the weather was warm enough.
"Plans are in place. And these flights will go, come what may," he said, adding he wanted to create "a drumbeat of multiple flights a month... because that's how you build a systematic deterrent and that's how you'll stop the boats".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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