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
That's in part because they were smashed to bits in July 2024 and it was always going to take a bit of time to come round.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025
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
The city authorities have come round to agreeing that the site can be developed for residential purposes, but it calls the current tenants illegal occupiers and says they need to leave before the development starts.
From BBC ● May 27, 2024
There were evenings when they reached their rendezvous and then had to walk past one another without a sign, because a patrol had just come round the comer or a helicopter was hovering overhead.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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