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come

(v): move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
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2 months ago qroqqa said:

This is now a preposition in constructions such as 'come Thursday', 'come Easter'; in origin a subjunctive use. To be distinguished from the fossilized subjunctive in 'come hell or high water', which is still a clause; 'come Thursday' no longer is.

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