noun
1. the next world
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he nearly blew us to kingdom come
2. the end of time
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you can wet the bed till kingdom come, for all I care
• Hypernyms: ↑future, ↑hereafter, ↑futurity, ↑time to come
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nounEtymology: from the phrase Thy kingdom come in the Lord's Prayer
: the next world : heaven
the guns that would blow everyone to kingdom come — Meridel Le Sueur
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2. Informal. a place or future time seemingly very remote: You could keep it up till kingdom come.
[1775-85; extracted from the phrase Thy kingdom come in the Lord's Prayer]
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kingdom come noun (informal)
1. The state after death
2. Some inconceivably far-off time
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Main Entry: ↑king
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kingdom come or Kingdom Come,
heaven or paradise; the next world.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.