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come around

B1 neutral intransitive
In simple words

To visit someone; to wake up after being unconscious; to start agreeing with someone after first disagreeing; or for something to happen again.

Literal meaning: To travel around and arrive — transparent for the visiting sense.

Meanings

1 A2 neutral

To visit someone at their home.

"Why don't you come around for dinner on Saturday?"

Grammar: inseparable
2 B1 idiomatic neutral

To regain consciousness after fainting or being anaesthetised.

"The patient came around an hour after the surgery was completed."

Grammar: inseparable
3 B1 idiomatic neutral

To change one's opinion and come to agree with a view one had previously opposed.

"He was against the proposal at first, but he came around when he saw the data."

Grammar: inseparable
4 B1 idiomatic neutral

For a recurring event or time of year to arrive again.

"It's hard to believe the exam season has come around again so quickly."

Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes

'Come around' is the American English spelling; 'come round' is British. Both forms are globally understood. The 'change of opinion' sense is particularly important for B1+ learners. The 'recurring event' sense appears in phrases like 'Christmas will come around again'.

Commonly used with

idea view opinion eventually slowly Christmas time

Forms

Base
come around
I/you/we/they
3rd person
comes around
he/she/it
Past simple
came around
yesterday
Past participle
come around
have + pp
-ing form
coming around
continuous

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