how come
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /haʊ kʌm/
- (idiomatic, informal) Why; why is it; for what reason or purpose?
- How come you didn’t leave when you had the chance?
- French: comment se fait-il que (formal), comment se fait-ce que (formal), comment ça se fait que (colloquial), pourquoi
- German: wie kommt es dass, warum
- Italian: come mai
- Portuguese: por quê, como
- Russian: почему
- Spanish: cómo es que
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