came true
Wish was granted
Came true describes a prediction, dream, wish, or hope that actually happened: Her childhood dream of becoming a doctor came true.
The phrase implies something once imagined or desired has now become reality.
It appears most often with dreams, wishes, and prophecies: Everything he feared came true, It was a wish come true.
Became aware of
- materializedBecame physically present
- accomplishedHighly skilled, expert
- achievedSuccessfully completed a goal
- attainedSucceeded in reaching
completed · actualized · fruition · culmination · consummation · manifested · satisfied · gratified
Yearned-for outcome
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- desireIntense wanting
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
longing · yearning · daydream · ambition · goal · vision · prayer · heart's desire
Forecast of coming events
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- visionAbility to see
- omenProphetic indicator
- foretellingAnnouncing future events
divination · oracle · revelation · foreshadowing · portent · harbinger · augury · presage
realized
Became aware of
- materializedBecame physically present
- accomplishedHighly skilled, expert
- achievedSuccessfully completed a goal
attained · completed · actualized · fruition · culmination · consummation · manifested · satisfied · gratified · finalized
wish
Yearned-for outcome
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- desireIntense wanting
fantasy · longing · yearning · daydream · ambition · goal · vision · prayer · heart's desire · childhood dream
prediction
Forecast of coming events
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- visionAbility to see
- omenProphetic indicator
foretelling · divination · oracle · revelation · foreshadowing · portent · harbinger · augury · presage · forewarning
came truefell through
Failed to materialize
came to nothing · went up in smoke · collapsed · fell apart · evaporated
true, come, become, overcome, outcome, came, comeback, became, becomes