come over

verb

came over; come over; coming over; comes over

intransitive verb

1

a

: to change from one side (as of a controversy) to the other

b

: to visit casually : drop in

come over whenever you like

2

British : become

transitive verb

: to seize suddenly and strangely

What's come over you?

Synonyms of come over

• visit
• run in
• run (over)
• stop (by or in)
• drop by
• come by
• pop (in)

Examples of come over in a Sentence

come over sometime and I'll show you my garden

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s currently a logjam in front of him, with the dynamic duo of Scott Wedgewood and Mackenzie Blackwood in Colorado, but Nabokov is coming over to North America with the ambition and skill to make his mark quickly. — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Wells has stepped up in several key high-leverage situations since coming over from the Orioles. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

And each time, a fireman or a police officer comes over and shovels the remains into a white plastic bucket and carries it away. — Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Tulloch, who came over from Thinking Machine Labs, has been delaying his departure until the company successfully launched its new family of open source AI models and AI assistant, Muse, which was announced Tuesday. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1576, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a

Rhymes for come over

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover