Usually means: Asking for reason or explanation.
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  1. how come: Merriam-Webster
  2. how come: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. how come, how come: Collins English Dictionary
  4. how-come: Wordnik
  5. How come, how come: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. how come: Wiktionary
  7. how come, how come: Dictionary.com
  8. How Come (Ronnie Lane song), How Come (The Sports song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. how come: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. How Come: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. how come: Rhymezone
  12. How come: ESL Idiom Page
  13. how come: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. How come, how come: Idioms

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  1. how come: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adverb:  (idiomatic, informal) Why; why is it; for what reason or purpose; due to what cause?

Similar:
why, come to that, bound for, again, there, reason, what, person, nickname, accept, more...

Opposite:
why go, why leave, why depart

Types:
why, reason, explanation, more...

Phrases:
How Far We've Come, How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?, how come you are lone, how come you are lonely, how come the, more...

Adjectives:
else, nay, els, still, otherwise, then, elce, tother, that way, other, further

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Similar:
why, come to that, bound for, again, there, reason, what, person, nickname, accept, more...

Opposite:
why go, why leave, why depart

Types:
why, reason, explanation, more...

Phrases:
How Far We've Come, How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?, how come you are lone, how come you are lonely, how come the, more...

Adjectives:
else, nay, els, still, otherwise, then, elce, tother, that way, other, further



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