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

Synonyms

• 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

And my friend Bobbi came over to my apartment. —P.e. Moskowitz september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025

John would come over to see me in Paris, always with some valuable advice to offer. —Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025

The wedding came over a year after the pair announced their engagement with a notice in The Times in January 2022. —Hannah Sacks, People.com, 10 Sep. 2025

Christmas Eve is her favorite day of the year, but she’s just been informed that her adult children won’t be coming over tonight because her ex-husband has decided to throw an impromptu wedding reception after his impromptu courthouse wedding with his second wife. —Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for come over

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