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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Since coming over from the Minnesota Twins, he's appeared four times, allowing just one hit, zero runs, zero walks and striking out three. Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025 Jones is chirping at the Lions offensive line; Brooks came over to grab Jones and settle him down. C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025 One evening, a colleague of Berns’s, Monica Kleinman, came over for dinner and looked across the table at Sam. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025 Andujar collected his first two hits with the Reds after coming over in a trade deadline deal with the Athletics. Matt Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 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 22 Aug. 2025.

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