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KINGDOM COME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kingdom come mean?
• KINGDOM COME (noun)
The noun KINGDOM COME has 2 senses:
1. the next world
2. the end of time
Familiarity information: KINGDOM COME used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The next world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context example:
he nearly blew us to kingdom come
Hypernyms ("kingdom come" is a kind of...):
afterlife; hereafter (life after death)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The end of time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context example:
you can wet the bed till kingdom come, for all I care
Hypernyms ("kingdom come" is a kind of...):
future; futurity; hereafter; time to come (the time yet to come)
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