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

But most crashes are like an instance that happened over the weekend when a deer came over the median barrier of Route 28 in the area of Cheswick and a driver was helpless to avoid it. — John Shumway, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

As previously reported by the Daily News, a 14-year-old boy lost his foot last week after tumbling from a train coming over the Williamsburg Bridge. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026

News of their engagement comes over a year after the two appeared to hard launch their romance. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2026

Another possible flashpoint between Milei and Leo could come over artificial intelligence. — ABC News, 5 Nov. 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