English

Verb

come to time ‎(third-person singular simple present comes to time, present participle coming to time, simple past and past participle came to time)

1. (dated) To come forward in order to resume the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over and "time" is called;
   • 1834, Frederick Marryat, Jacob Faithful

     We fights for ten minutes or so, and then I hits him a round blow on the ear, and he falls down on the hard, and couldn't come to time. No wonder, poor fellow ! for he had gone to eternity.

2. To keep an appointment; to meet expectations.