Come around meaning
Come around means to visit someone at their home. It can also mean to change your opinion and start to agree.
come around
come around · came · come · coming
Do you want to come around for dinner?
Come around meanings and examples
4 meanings, each with its own CEFR level. A level marked ~ is our estimate: Oxford and Cambridge give none for that meaning.
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1
Visit someone at their home
come around
- Do you want to come around for dinner?
- My sister came around last night.
- Come around any time. I’m home all day.
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2
Change your opinion and start to agree
come around
- She didn’t like the idea, but she’ll come around.
- He finally came around to my point of view.
- Give your parents time. They’ll come around.
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3
Wake up again after fainting or an operation
come around
- He fainted but came around after a minute.
- When she came around, she was in hospital.
- Is the patient coming around yet?
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4
Happen again, like a regular event
come around
- Christmas seems to come around faster every year.
- When the exams came around, I was ready.
- My turn finally came around.
Café orders
New friends
At the airport
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Use come around in real conversations
- Learn new words with picture cards
- Talk with Felix, an AI tutor, about the things you love
- Short lessons at your level, a few minutes a day
Is come around separable?
Come around has no object. To name the place, add to: come around to my flat. To name the new opinion, add to and a noun: come around to the idea.
British English often says come round instead: Come round for tea on Sunday. Both are correct.
Verb tenses for come around
| Present | I come around · she comes around |
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| Past | came around |
| Present perfect | have come around |
| -ing form | coming around |
Common mistakes with come around
What learners often say, and what to say instead.
Wrong: Come around my flat tonight.
Right: Come around to my flat tonight.
Add to before the place.
Wrong: He came around to agree with me.
Right: He came around to my view.
After come around to, use a noun, not a verb.
Wrong: After the operation she woke around.
Right: After the operation she came around.
After fainting or an operation, you come around.
Synonyms and opposites of come around
Words close to it, and words that mean the opposite.
Similar
- come overvisit someone at home
- change your mindstart to think differently
- come towake up after fainting
Opposite
- stick to your gunsrefuse to change your opinion
- pass outsuddenly become unconscious
Come around quiz
Three quick questions. Pick an answer to see if it is right and why.
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1Why don’t you ___ for coffee tomorrow?
Come around means visit someone at home.
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2Choose the right sentence.
Use come around to plus a noun.
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3The boxer was knocked out but ___ after a few seconds.
Come around means wake up again.
More phrasal verbs with come
All phrasal verbs with come, by level, with an exercise
15 phrasal verbs start with come. Test yourself on all of them in a few minutes.
- come fromA1be born in, or live in, a place
- come backA2return to the place where you are or the speaker is
- come inA2enter a room or building, towards the speaker
- come downA2move down to a lower place, towards the speaker
- come up withB1think of an idea, a plan or an answer
- come outB1become available to buy, watch or read, like a book or film
- come overB1visit someone at their home
- come onB1tell someone to hurry or to try harder
- come alongB1go somewhere with someone
- come offB1become separated from the thing it was fixed to
- come acrossB2find or meet something or someone by chance
- come upB2be mentioned or talked about
- come apartC2break into pieces
- come throughC2arrive or be officially approved, like a visa or results
Come around FAQ
Questions people ask about come around.
What is the difference between come around and come over?
Both mean visit someone at home and are often the same. Come over can also mean travel from far away: They came over from Canada.
Is come around informal?
Yes, it is informal and friendly. In formal writing, say visit, or change their view.
What is the past tense of come around?
Came around. The past participle is come around: She has come around to the idea.
Use come around in real conversations
In Slova you learn new words with picture cards, then use them when you talk about the things you love. A few minutes a day, at your level.