340 Come what may

One Idiom One Day: Come what may

The girl has decided to marry him come what may. She will proceed even if her entire family is against her decision.

anything happens; whatever come about; no matter what may happen

The phrase was used in the French language in the early 1300’s as “avalze que valze” which means “let it avail what it may, come what may”. Shakespeare made it popular by using it in his work ‘Macbeth’ in the year 1605. By the 1800’s it was a popular US phrase just as much as it belonged to the European English.

E.g., She has promised her mother that she will pass the exam come what may this year.

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