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Phrase(s): come over someone or something
to move over and above someone or something. (See also come over someone.) • A cloud came over us and rained like fury. • Darkness came over the city and streetlights blinked on., Phrase(s): come over
1. to join this party or side; to change sides or affiliation. • Tom was formerly an enemy spy, but last year he came over. • I thought that Bill was a Republican. When did he come over? 2. to come for a visit. • See if Ann wants to come over. • I can’t come over to visit now. I’m busy., Phrase(s): come over someone
[for something] to affect a person, perhaps suddenly. (See also come over someone or something.) • I just don’t know what came over me. • Something came over her just as she entered the room.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Change sides or positions, as in He's decided to come over to their side. [Second half of 1500s] 2. Happen to or affect, as in Why are you leaving? What's come over you? or A sudden fit of impatience came over her. [First half of 1900s] 3. Pay a casual visit, as in I want to show you my garden, so please come over soon. This usage employs come over in the sense of "crossing an intervening space" (from somewhere to one's home). [c. 1600]
American Heritage Idioms