come true
idiom
: to become real : to happen in the way that one wished or dreamed
Everything we hoped for came true.
Their prediction seems to be coming true.
The trip abroad was a dream come true for her.
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Make a wish—and see others’ dreams come true—amid thousands of daruma dolls at Katsuoji Temple.
—Kim Kay, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
Felix seizes this last hope of getting his family and his job back—and with them, a sense of purpose in life—and formulates a supposedly clever wish: that all his wishes come true.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter keeps on making her dreams come true.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Make a wish—and see others’ dreams come true—amid thousands of daruma dolls at Katsuoji Temple.
—Kim Kay, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
Felix seizes this last hope of getting his family and his job back—and with them, a sense of purpose in life—and formulates a supposedly clever wish: that all his wishes come true.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter keeps on making her dreams come true.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Come true.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20true. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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