as in to visit
to make a brief visit
come over sometime and I'll show you my garden
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Recent Examples of come over
The West Ham goalkeeper tried to push the Liverpool defender out of the way as the ball came over, before attempting to stop Van Dijk’s header, which sailed into the corner.
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Tom Burrows, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Joveljić had 18 goals in 32 appearances last season after coming over from the 2024 MLS Cup champion Los Angeles Galaxy.
—ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026
Clark and his wife Eimy (Wynn Everett, in a role whose underwriting has me perplexed thus far) come over to Floyd’s house for BBQ and cornhole, and there are clear sparks between Clark and Carol.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
The digital plague that has come over us is a serious problem and people are just starting to recognize that.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2026
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Tom Burrows, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Joveljić had 18 goals in 32 appearances last season after coming over from the 2024 MLS Cup champion Los Angeles Galaxy.
—ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026
Clark and his wife Eimy (Wynn Everett, in a role whose underwriting has me perplexed thus far) come over to Floyd’s house for BBQ and cornhole, and there are clear sparks between Clark and Carol.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
The digital plague that has come over us is a serious problem and people are just starting to recognize that.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for come over
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They're honored and grateful to be invited and any opportunity to visit the White House as a team will be based on their schedules once their seasons conclude.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Feb. 2026
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Jesse found out about this and came to visit.—
Rick Davis,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Hudson December gave up no runs in five innings for El Camino Real.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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The supplements out today have an incredibly wide variety of electrolyte concentrations, said Patrick Burns, who practices emergency medicine at Stanford Health Care and occasionally runs in ultramarathons.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Feb. 2026
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But research convincingly demonstrating this has been difficult to come by.—
Anna Chorniy,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2026
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With 35 guests all following the same breakfast-beach-Bombay-and-tonic circuit, privacy on this private island is ironically hard to come by.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Come over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20over. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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