come of age

Meaning

1. 1

   when a person comes of age, they reach the age when they have an adult's legal rights and responsibilities

2. 2

   if sth comes of age, it reaches the stage of development at which people accept and value it

In the movies · 3

• I'm here to honor your coming of age.Dune: Part Two2024
• You come of age very quickly through shipwreck and disaster.The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
• When my children came of age,Encanto2021
• That comes with old age.The Cowboys1972
• You must come from the Stone Age.Funny Face1957

Learn it in full scenes

• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
  • Lucy Leaves Her In-Laws' House
  • Lucy Insists on Gull Cottage
  • Lucy Rents the Haunted House
• Encanto2021
  • Abuela Tells Mirabel the Miracle Story
  • Mirabel Introduces the Madrigals
  • Mirabel Told to Step Aside

From the same entry

• be your age
• look your age
• under age
• of advanced years
• of a certain age
• in this day and age
• feel your age
• a grand old age
• a ripe old age