| kingdom come | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the next world; life after death |
| 2. | informal the end of the world (esp in the phrase until kingdom come) |
| 3. | informal unconsciousness or death |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
The next world; the afterlife: “The superpowers have enough nuclear warheads to blow the entire world to kingdom come.” An allusion to the Lord's Prayer: “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done.”