come round

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To change direction.

2. 2

   To change one's opinion to a prevailing one.

   • I'll explain it again, and maybe he'll come round to my way of thinking.
   • He's a reasonable man. I knew he'd come round eventually.
3. 3

   To return to a former condition.

   • After the blow to my head, I took a while to come round.
   • Signalman Bridges was killed by the blast, as was fireman Nightall. Amazingly, driver Gimbert came round some 200 yards away, on the grass outside the Station Hotel where he had been flung.
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   1. 4

      To visit someone's home or other regular place.

      • Would you like to come round for dinner tonight?
      • What day does the garbage man come round?

The neighborhood