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Come to life

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  1. 1
    To become alive, to be given life; to be brought into existence. idiomatic, intransitive

    "We want to know exactly how the first cells came to life on earth."

  2. 2
    be born or come into existence wordnet
  3. 3
    To appear as if alive. idiomatic, intransitive

    "The CGI-generated characters came to life through an incredible display of a cutting-edge 3D technology."

  4. 4
    be lifelike, as of a painting wordnet
  5. 5
    To start to become energetic. idiomatic, intransitive

    "It was only after Yakubu sliced another chance into the side netting, a bad miss by the former Everton striker, that Norwich came to life."

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