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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That operation came around eight years after Russian troops first crossed into Ukrainian territory to seize Crimea and parts of the eastern Donbas region in 2014. David Brennan, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2025 The next shift, in both the number and geographical range of piracy incidents, came around 2007, when those involved began commandeering larger boats for use in storming commercial carriers hundreds of nautical miles from the Somali coast. Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025 But toward the end of that two-week series of worst-case scenarios, Violette came around. Staff Author, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025 Even New Yorkers, with all their rules around making and eating pizza, have come around to slices topped with falafel, tteokbokki, and chilaquiles. Luke Fortney, Bon Appétit, 20 Feb. 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 27 Feb. 2025.

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