# if you build it, they will come

> English word · Proverb

## Definitions
1. Creating the right circumstances for a goal will result in that goal realizing itself.

## Etymology
From the 1989 film Field of Dreams.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/if-you-build-it-they-will-come