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Definition of Come around
1. Verb. Change one's position or opinion. "He came around to our point of view"
2. Verb. Happen regularly. "Christmas rolled around again"
Generic synonyms: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
Definition of Come around
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first. ¹
2. Verb. To regain consciousness after a faint etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Come Around
Literary usage of Come around
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Zulu-Kafir Dictionary: Etymologically Explained, with Copious by Jacob Ludwig Döhne (1857)
"To come around ; to collect around, ... ie : to come around one when he is arriving.
for something, ..."
2. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"To come around, -ER. se. either by fraud or force; now -ION. used in general with a
... To come around any one, is still used in vulgar speech. ..."
3. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"But yet," she continued, as though she had reflected further on the subject, "lean
tell you how it'a all been brought about; they've come around that young ..."
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