View synonyms for come over

come over

verb

adverb (of a person or his words) to communicate the intended meaning or impression
he came over very well
adverb to change allegiances
some people came over to our side in the war
informal.
to undergo or feel a particular sensation
I came over funny

(in the Isle of Man) a person who has come over from the mainland of Britain to settle

Olwyn had come over from Paris in September 1963 to help with the children until Ted sorted things out.

As one of his students later wrote, a change would come over him at the sound of the guns.

“You might want to come over and look at this,” his wife, Pat Thrasher, suddenly called out.

Would you like to come over and see my new pad this weekend?

A couple of nights later, I said, “Would you like to come over and discuss the book?”

In the evening I received General d'Amade who had come over to pay his farewell visit.

She shook hands approvingly with the young American and asked her to come over informally to luncheon on the morrow.

I wish the whole population of Atlanta, Georgia, would come over and just see.

The next day the oldest boy and girl came to ask the bakeshop woman to come over.

A change had come over him since they parted; he had grown fonder of his parents, but colder to her.

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