come alive

Idioms  

1. Also, come to life.

2. Become vigorous or lively. For example, It took some fast rhythms to make the dancers come alive , or As soon as he mentioned ice cream, the children came to life . The adjective alive has been used in the sense of “vivacious” since the 1700s. Also, the variant originally (late 1600s) meant “to recover from a faint or apparent death.” [ Colloquial ; first half of 1900s]

3. Appear real or believable, as in It's really hard to make this prose come to life . Also see look alive .

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Example Sentences

“That’s what I lived for, to make this thing come alive.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Read more: Is a new OpenAI deal what Amazon’s stock needs to finally come alive?

From MarketWatch

But when Brekke flips the switch to light up the theater marquee, this sleepy town comes alive, at least for the night.

From Salon

But in his first start at point guard, Cornish came alive with 18 points, including four three-pointers.

From Los Angeles Times

Stafford came alive in the second half, leading three consecutive scoring drives in the third quarter to give the Rams a 34-24 lead.

From Los Angeles Times