come into being

come into being
verb
be born or come into existence (Freq. 3)
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All these flowers come to life when the rains come

Syn: ↑come to life
Hypernyms: ↑be born
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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come into being phrase
to start to exist

at the moment when the Earth came into being

Thesaurus: to start to exist or happensynonym
Main entry: being

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