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Idiom: How Come

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US English, 1848,[1] probably from older forms such as “How comes it that... ?” or “How does it come that... ?” and “How did it come to be like this?”[2]

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Why; why is it; for what reason or purpose; due to what cause?

Example: "How come you didn’t leave when you had the chance?"

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