Idiom
come to power
Meaning
To be installed in high office, for example as a king, president, or prime minister.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The new leader will come to power next month.”
“After winning the national election by a large margin, the reformist party finally came to power.”
“Historians often debate the specific economic conditions that allowed the revolutionary movement to come to power during the late nineteenth century.”
Examples
simple
“The new leader will come to power next month.”
contextual
“After winning the national election by a large margin, the reformist party finally came to power.”
complex
“Historians often debate the specific economic conditions that allowed the revolutionary movement to come to power during the late nineteenth century.”
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