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

Examples of come over in a Sentence

come over sometime and I'll show you my garden
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At that point, Emmy had come over to my house to sing on my first record on Hightone Records. Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025 Several dozen volunteer firefighters from the station where Ryan had worked came over to trim trees and stack wood. Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025 Her first ancestor, Captain John Jackson, came over in 1799 and became the first Black purchaser of land on Staten Island. Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025 Hill came over to New York in 2024 after he was released by the Chicago White Sox. Patrick McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for come over

Word History

First Known Use

1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of come over was in 1576

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“Come over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20over. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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