COMES ROUND Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

comes round

verb

present tense third-person singular of come round

as in comes to

to gain consciousness again the medic waved smelling salts under his nose until he came round

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as in agrees

to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal) she's cool to the idea right now, but sooner or later she'll come round

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Recent Examples of comes round But when opening night comes round, Duse realizes that her daughter will be in the audience. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025

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An American who knows nothing about real football comes to the place where it was invented and attempts to tell the creators of the sport how to play.

— Jay Martel, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
The Lucky Brand x Madhappy collection comes to life in a campaign shot in California by photographer Gillian Garcia.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of comes to

Verb

The result is a politics in which almost everyone agrees that reform is urgently needed, provided someone else pays, and their own group’s advantages remain untouched.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
If the Tax Court agrees that rescheduling eliminates section 280E liability for past years, cannabis businesses could seek refunds for multiple prior tax years.

— Carolyn Schenck, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of agrees

Verb

The practical point is that an assumption behind a decision can change outside your organization, sometimes before your own approval cycle comes around again.

— Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
News of the streaming rights comes around a month after Microsoft announced some major changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming.

— Tom Warren, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of comes around

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Under Massachusetts law, Sullivan can encourage the jury to go back to the jury room, but not more than twice unless the jury consents to it.

— Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
No one specifically consents to be included in them, but people have no choice.

— Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

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