COME WHAT MAY | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of come what may in English

come what may

idiom Add to word list Add to word list whatever happens: I shall be there tonight come what may. It's always good to know that, come what may, your job is safe. Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast

• after
• after all idiom
• again
• albeit
• at any rate idiom
• at least idiom
• disjunctive
• in the face of something idiom
• in the teeth of something idiom
• mind
• mind (you) idiom
• nonetheless
• notwithstanding
• spite
• then
• then again idiom
• though
• when
• whether
• whichever

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in Chinese (Traditional) 無論發生甚麼事… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 无论发生什么… See more in Spanish pase lo que pase… See more in Portuguese aconteça o que acontecer… See more in French in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian quoi qu’il arrive… See more ne olursa olsun, her ne pahasına olursa olsun… See more wat er ook moge gebeuren… See more ať se stane cokoliv… See more ske, hvad der vil… See more apapun yang terjadi… See more อะไรก็ตามที่เกิดขึ้น… See more dù chuyện gì có xảy ra… See more co będzie to będzie… See more vad som än händer… See more walau apa pun terjadi… See more soll kommen was mag… See more samme hva som skjer, uansett… See more що буде, те й буде… See more Need a translator?

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come up with the goods idiom come up/out smelling like roses idiom come up/out smelling of roses idiom come upon someone/something phrasal verb come what may idiom come within a whisker of (doing) something idiom come within an ace of something idiom come within an inch of something/doing something idiom come-hither {{#randomImageQuizHook.filename}} {{#randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes Try a quiz now {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{^randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.filename}}

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UK /ˌnəʊˈbreɪ.nər/ US /ˌnoʊˈbreɪ.nɚ/

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