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Phrase(s): come around (for a visit)
Go to come around (to visit)., Phrase(s): come around (to doing something)
to agree to do something eventually, after a long wait. • Finally, she came around to painting the kitchen. • She hesitated for a long time, but eventually we got Lynn to come around., Phrase(s): come around (to some place)
1. to come to some place for a visit. • You must come around to our place for a while. • Do come around and have dinner with us sometime. 2. and come around (to visit) and come around (for a visit) to pay a casual visit to someone. • Why don’t you come around to visit next week? • Why don’t you come around for a visit? You are welcome any time.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Also, come round. 1. Make a circuit; also, arrive casually or visit. For example, The milkman comes around every day at this time, or You should come round more often. [Early 1800s] Also see COME BY, def. 2. Change in a favorable way, as in I was sure you would come around and see it my way. [Early 1800s] 3. Recover consciousness, be restored to a normal condition, as in The smelling salts quickly made her come round. [Mid-1800s]
American Heritage Idioms