VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Come of age

Meaning:

The phrase come of age means to reach adulthood.

Examples:

  • His son has come of age
  • A new generation had come of age.
  • Over the past fifty years, India's atomic energy programme has come of age.
  • It was a great year to come of age fantastic!
  • When the new generation come of age, they will spread the seed.
  • I shall return from my quest when you come of age.
  • But ways of doing so are beginning to come of age.
  • The game of professional football has come of age.
  • Now you've come of age, you have the right to vote.
  • Perhaps in more time you will have come of age.
  • She has come of age, so having one or two boyfriends is normal.