"come alive" meaning in All languages combined

See come alive on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: comes alive [present, singular, third-person], coming alive [participle, present], came alive [past], come alive [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,came,come>}} come alive (third-person singular simple present comes alive, present participle coming alive, simple past came alive, past participle come alive)
  1. (idiomatic) to become responsive and animated. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-come_alive-en-verb-CKzkoJEZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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