COME OVER


Meaning of COME OVER in English

1.

If a feeling or desire, especially a strange or surprising one, comes over you, it affects you strongly.

As I entered the corridor which led to my room that eerie feeling came over me...

I’m sorry, I don’t know what came over me.

PHRASAL VERB: no passive, V P n, V P n

2.

If someone comes over all dizzy or shy, for example, they suddenly start feeling or acting in that way.

When Connie pours her troubles out to him, Joe comes over all sensitive...

PHRASAL VERB: V P adj

3.

If someone or what they are saying comes over in a particular way, they make that impression on people who meet them or are listening to them.

You ~ as a capable and amusing companion...

= come across

PHRASAL VERB: V P as n

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