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 Come Lightly.Come Off (To). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Come Of.
 
What’s to come of it? What’s to come of him? A contracted form of become. To come of [a good stock] is to be descended from [a good family].   1
 


 Come Lightly.Come Off (To). 

 
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