come to time

verb2

1. •
   To maintain an appointment; to meet expectations.
2. •
   (old-fashioned) To come forward in order to resume the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over and time is called.

   • We fights for ten minutes or so, and then I hits him a round blow on the ear, and he falls down on the hard, and couldn't come to time. No wonder, poor fellow ! for he had gone to eternity. — 1834