come of

Arise as consequence

Come of indicates origin or result.

To come of something is to descend from it or emerge as its consequence: She comes of good stock, Nothing good will come of this.

The phrase often appears in questions about outcomes: What came of the investigation?

Whatever came of that plan?

result

consequence

Result of an action

culmination · end result · ensue · materialize · transpire · eventuate · yield

heritage

ancestry

Family line of descent

birthright · pedigree · forebears · progenitors · genealogy · kinship · clan · tribe · stock · extraction

Opposites
causation direction

come oflead to

Bring about as consequence

result in · give rise to · cause · bring about · produce

temporal sequence

come ofprecede

Come or go first

lead up to · come before · go before · anticipate · foreshadow

lineage direction

come ofgive rise to

Cause to happen

beget · sire · produce · engender · spawn

Family

come, of, become, coming, income, overcome, becoming, outcome, came

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