come to pass
End up occurring
Come to pass means to happen or occur, typically said of events that were anticipated, predicted, or foretold: Everything she prophesied came to pass.
The phrase has a formal or literary quality, often appearing in religious texts and dramatic narratives.
It emphasizes that something has moved from possibility or prediction into reality: How did it come to pass that we ended up here?
- transpireHappen or become known
- happenCome into being
- take placeTo occur or happen
- occurCome into being
- ariseCome into being
befall · betide · eventuate · materialize · fruition · fall into place · become of · ensue · go off · develop · result · unfold · chance · emerge · turn out · see the light of day · realize · unforeseen