how come

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   used to say you do not understand how sth can happen and would like an explanation

In the movies · 32

• - No kidding. How come? - How the hell do I know?The Return of the Living Dead1985
• - So how come, we've never heard of this O.W. Grant?Interstate 602002
• How come? There must be a reason.Sunset Boulevard1950
• Yeah, looks it. How come?The Boys in the Boat2023
• So how come you left?The Spectacular Now2013
• All right, well, how come?I Love You, Man2009
• Oh, really? How come?Asteroid City2023
• How come no one found me?All of Us Strangers2023

Learn it in full scenes

• Interstate 602002
  • The Legend of O.W. Grant
  • Neal's Dad Hijacks His Birthday Lunch
  • Neal Takes the Card Test
• Sunset Boulevard1950
  • The Repo Men Come for the Car
  • Joe Pitches Bases Loaded at Paramount
  • Joe Is Mistaken for the Undertaker
• I Love You, Man2009
  • Peter Proposes to Zooey
  • Peter Misses the Joshua Tree Trip
  • Peter Tries to Make Friends

From the same entry

• be as clever, stupid, as they come
• come again
• come and go
• come easily, naturally, to
• come over faint, dizzy, giddy
• come the
• come to nothing
• come to that
• come what may
• not come to much
• to come
• when it comes to doing

More idioms

• for the time being
• give a break
• could just as well
• a piece of cake
• more or less
• the last minute
• to death
• would rather
• be no good
• good for you
• in other words
• too bad