come around

verb

came around; come around; coming around; comes around
Synonyms of come aroundnext

intransitive verb

1
: come round
2
: menstruate

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Examples of come around in a Sentence

she came around surprisingly quickly after falling off the horse
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Teams can build depth and acquire role players regularly, but the carrying forces don’t come around often. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 John Rave hit a two-out double and Carter Jensen came around to score. — Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026 Investigators determined that the driver of the 18-wheeler was attempting to turn left out of a store parking lot onto Avenue E as a motorcycle traveling eastbound was coming around a curve in the road, police said. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2026 For my dad and me, attending this concert was special; the kind of generational father-son experience that doesn’t come around too often. — Raj Tawney, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for come around

Word History

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of come around was in 1773

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“Come around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20around. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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