come around

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Verb	1.	come around - change one's position or opinion; "He came around to our point of view" come round change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
	2.	come around - happen regularly; "Christmas rolled around again" roll around hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

come

verb

1. To go forward, especially toward a conclusion.Also used with along:

advance, get along, march, move, proceed, progress.

2. To take place at a set time:

fall, occur.

3. To take place:

befall, betide, come about, come off, develop, hap, happen, occur, pass, transpire.

Idiom: come to pass.

4. To happen to one:

befall, betide.

5. To have as a source:

arise, derive, emanate, flow, issue, originate, proceed, rise, spring, stem, upspring.

6. To have as one's home or place of origin:

hail, originate.

7. To come to be:

become, get, grow, turn (out), wax.

phrasal verb
come about

To take place:

befall, betide, come, come off, develop, hap, happen, occur, pass, transpire.

Idiom: come to pass.

phrasal verb
come across

1. To find or meet by chance:

bump into, chance on (or upon), come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on.

Archaic: alight on (or upon).

Idiom: meet up with.

2. Slang. To give in common with others:

chip in, contribute, donate, subscribe.

Informal: kick in.

phrasal verb
come around or round

To regain one's health:

convalesce, gain, improve, mend, perk up, rally, recover, recuperate.

phrasal verb
come back

To go again to a former place:

go back, return, revisit.

phrasal verb
come by

1. To come into possession of:

acquire, gain, get, obtain, procure, secure, win.

Informal: land, pick up.

2. To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize:

call, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, run in, see, stop (by or in), visit.

Idiom: pay a visit.

phrasal verb
come in

1. To come or go into (a place):

enter, go in, penetrate.

Nautical: put in.

Idioms: gain entrance, set foot in.

2. To complete a race or competition in a specified position:

finish, place, run.

phrasal verb
come into

To receive (property) from one who has died:

inherit.

phrasal verb
come off

1. To take place:

befall, betide, come, come about, develop, hap, happen, occur, pass, transpire.

Idiom: come to pass.

2. To turn out well:

go, go over, pan out, succeed, work, work out.

Slang: click.

phrasal verb
come on or upon

To find or meet by chance:

bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on.

Archaic: alight on (or upon).

Idiom: meet up with.

phrasal verb
come out

1. To be made public:

break, get out, out, transpire.

Informal: leak (out).

Idiom: come to light.

2. To make one's formal entry, as into society:

debut.

Idiom: make one's bow.

phrasal verb
come over

To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize:

call, come by, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, run in, see, stop (by or in), visit.

Idiom: pay a visit.

phrasal verb
come through

To exist in spite of adversity:

last, persist, pull through, ride out, survive, weather.

phrasal verb
come to

To reach (a goal or objective):

arrive at, attain, gain, get to.

Informal: hit on (or upon).

Translations

يَسْتَفِيقُ

nabýt vědomí

vågne op

zu sich kommen

συνέρχομαι

volver en sí

tulla tajuihinsa

reprendre connaissance

osvijestiti se

rinvenire

意識を回復する

의식을 회복하다

komma över

ฟื้นขึ้นมา

kendine gelmek

tỉnh lại

苏醒过来

come around

→ يَسْتَفِيقُ nabýt vědomí vågne op zu sich kommen συνέρχομαι volver en sí tulla tajuihinsa reprendre connaissance osvijestiti se rinvenire 意識を回復する 의식을 회복하다 bijkomen komme til seg selv zajść despertar приходить в себя komma över ฟื้นขึ้นมา kendine gelmek tỉnh lại 苏醒过来

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We waited a long time, but he didn't come back any more, or if he did he come around the other way; so at last we was tuckered out and went to sleep and had nightmares, a million of them.

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But anyway they don't come around in the daytime, so what's the use of our being afeard?"

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His mother, Ravelle Scotto Dabusco, said she was excited for the date to finally come around and added she was looking forward to Mason being able to understand the signifi-cance of his date of birth.