come true

Idioms  

1. Happen as predicted, be realized or fulfilled, as in Her marriage is my fondest dream come true. [Early 1800s]

---

Example Sentences

The 1960s were full of optimism about what the 21st century would bring, and some of it actually has come true.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

"It was a dream come true to be able to measure water under such low temperature condition without freezing," says Iason Andronis, PhD student in Chemical Physics at Stockholm University.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

In order to make her dreams come true, Lover travels to Europe for fertility treatments, where he drowns on a ship, the only thing left of him a finger, delivered to her by fishermen.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

"It was a dream come true to do the stage," the singer reflected.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Mrs. van D.: “But you always do have an answer and you always have to be right! Your predictions hardly ever come true, you know!”

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank