come true

come true (third-person singular simple present comes true, present participle coming true, simple past came true, past participle come true)

1. To become real: to become true or existent.

   If you wish really hard, it just might come true.

   Many of their predictions came true, but of course, many did not.

   • 1987, Jem Finer, Shane MacGowan (lyrics and music), “Fairytale of New York”, performed by The Pogues:

     So happy Christmas / I love you baby / I can see a better time / When all our dreams come true

2. (biology) To breed true; to maintain identity of salient characteristics through propagation processes.

• dream come true