come around

verb

came around; come around; coming around; comes around

intransitive verb

1

: come round

2

: menstruate

Synonyms of come around

• come to

Examples of come around in a Sentence

she came around surprisingly quickly after falling off the horse

Recent Examples on the Web

Li’s enjoyably dynamic heroine, constantly planning three steps ahead to charm her way into a crucial meeting with Christopher or shake off a ruthless fixer (Lee Jae-yoon), ensures there’s always another big plot turn coming around the bend. —Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026

Lately, historians have come around to the story’s portrait of the conflict as marked by internecine mayhem. —John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026

Unlike major American sports, the moment when everyone is focusing on soccer comes around every four years rather than (at least) once a season. —Ben Church, CNN Money, 14 June 2026

Jared Young preceded Ewing in the first with a run-scoring single and came around to score when Mike Yastrzemski's throw from left field following Ewing's double caromed off the pole holding up the netting behind the third base line. —Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 14 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for come around

• abound
• aground
• astound
• background
• campground
• clothbound
• confound
• earthbound
• eastbound
• expound
• fairground
• foreground

Kids Definition

come around

verb

: come round