come round
Britishverb
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to be restored to life or consciousness
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to change or modify one's mind or opinion
Example Sentences
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"If I've ever been anywhere near Wales, even when I've been going to Holyhead, when we went to Ireland, I'd come round this way," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
They relented, and by the time she had landed her first stage role in Blackbird at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 2005, they had come round to the idea.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
Eccles hopes that if political arguments haven't persuaded some of her colleagues to come round to her point of view, then arithmetic might.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2025
I was just 13 years old when on Christmas Eve 1999, as I waited for my friends to come round for a play date, a military coup rocked Ivory Coast.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
And when he come round they was all still sitting there, waiting and looking at him.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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