come around

verb

came around; come around; coming around; comes around

Examples of come around in a Sentence

she came around surprisingly quickly after falling off the horse
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Abreu singled off Eovaldi his first time up and came around to score on Ceddanne Rafaela’s subsequent RBI groundout. Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2025 Of course if that’s really what the Red Sox want, then why even ask Rice and his fellow stars to come around? Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2025 But by the time the deadline for renewal came around last summer, relations had soured. Chris Vannini, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025 Facebook’s obsession with gaining access to Myanmar and other Southeast Asian countries came around the same time that Facebook’s growth and stock were flagging post-IPO. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for come around

Word History

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of come around was in 1773

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“Come around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20around. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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