COME AROUND


Meaning of COME AROUND in English

come around phrasal verb ( see also ↑ come )

1 . ( also come round British English ) to come to someone’s home or the place where they work in order to visit them SYN come over :

I’ll come around later and see how you are.

Why don’t you come round for lunch?

2 . ( also come round British English ) to change your opinion so that you now agree with someone or are no longer angry with them

come around to

It took him a while to come around to the idea.

Don’t worry – she’ll come round eventually.

3 . ( also come round British English ) if a regular event comes around, it happens as usual:

By the time the summer came around, Kelly was feeling much better.

4 . American English to become conscious again after you have been unconscious SYN come round British English :

When she came around her mother was sitting by her bed.

come around from

You might feel a little sick when you come around from the anesthetic.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.