come to time
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English
Etymology
The expression was used in prizefighting (boxing).
Verb
come to time (third-person singular simple present comes to time, present participle coming to time, simple past came to time, past participle come to time)
- (dated) To come forward in order to resume the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over and time is called.
- 1834, Frederick Marryat, Jacob Faithful:
- We fights for ten minutes or so, and then I hits him a round blow on the ear, and he falls down on the hard, and couldn't come to time. No wonder, poor fellow ! for he had gone to eternity.
- (idiomatic) To maintain an appointment; to meet expectations.
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