whatever may come

1. 1.

   in spite of all obstacles

   “we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water”

   Synonymscome hell or high waterno matter what happens

Questions about whatever may come

What does whatever may come mean?

whatever may come means "in spite of all obstacles".

What is another word for whatever may come?

Close synonyms include come hell or high water, no matter what happens. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is whatever may come a common word?

whatever may come is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.