come to time
verbEtymology
The expression was used in prizefighting (boxing).
Definitions
To come forward in order to resume the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over…
To come forward in order to resume the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over and time is called.
- We fights for ten minutes or so, and then I hits him a round blow on the ear, and he falls down on the hard, and couldn't come to time. No wonder, poor fellow ! for he had gone to eternity.
To maintain an appointment
To maintain an appointment; to meet expectations.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for come to time. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA