come alive

English

Verb

come alive (third-person singular simple present comes alive, present participle coming alive, simple past came alive, past participle come alive)

(idiomatic) to become responsive and animated.^[1]
- 2021 July 3, Phil McNulty, “Ukraine 0-4 England”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:
  Southgate's faith was rewarded when Kane got off the mark with England's crucial second in the 2-0 win over Germany. It was the catalyst for the real Kane to come alive in the tournament - and he punished Ukraine in trademark style.

References

^ The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985, p. 295.

[1] The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985, p. 295.

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