come around

See also: come-around

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/, [kʰɐ.məˈɹaʊnd]
• (US) IPA^(key): /kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/, [kʰʌ.məˈɹaʊnd]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/, [ka.məˈɹəʉnd]

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Verb

come around (third-person singular simple present comes around, present participle coming around, simple past came around, past participle come around)

1. (idiomatic) To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.

   Give her time, and she may come around and see things your way.

2. To regain consciousness after a faint etc.
3. To visit or arrive for a visit.

Synonyms

• (change one's mind): See also Thesaurus:accede
• (regain consciousness): come to, come to one's senses, wake up

Derived terms

• what goes around comes around

 

Related terms

• come-around

Translations

change one's mind

• Finnish: tulla toisiin aatoksiin
• German: einlenken (de)
• Italian: ripensarsi
• Russian: переду́мать (ru) (peredúmatʹ)
• Slovene: premisliti si

regain consciousness

• German: zu sich kommen (de)
• Russian: прийти́ в себя́ (ru) (prijtí v sebjá)
• Scottish Gaelic: thig gu

See also

• what goes around comes around