come over

verb

Definition of come overnext
as in to visit
to make a brief visit come over sometime and I'll show you my garden

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Recent Examples of come over And then, shock of shocks, there were people who didn’t come up through the agency, this guy included, who came over with him. — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026 The two families maintain a good relationship to this day, as evidenced by Trent Hagen coming over to ask his father about an order of frozen treats for a charitable event one of the Merlinos was hosting that day. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026 In a new interview with American Songwriter, Green opened up about feeling grateful his success came over time rather than all at once. — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 Security guards would come over, so the kids would go the other way. — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for come over
Recent Examples of Synonyms for come over
  1. visit
  2. run in
  3. come by
Verb
  • Chinese state media, including the Communist Party's flagship newspaper, People's Daily, gave extensive coverage to Xi's encounters with other visiting leaders on Tuesday, but made no mention of the meeting with Pezeshkian.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Van Noy visited the team’s TCO Performance Center on Tuesday.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of visit
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  • As the graphic below shows, Fernandez-Pardo is comfortable running in-behind down the channels and sending in crosses, as well as beating his defender and cutting balls back for team-mates.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Ya Lily’s content ran in nearly 109,541 Temu ad campaigns in that period, the data show.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of run in
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  • Lahti, also known as Mousy despite being anything but meek, would come by the house after the peak fishing season.
    — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
  • None of them calling, coming by again or inviting me to dinner to get out of my now lonely empty house.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of come by

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“Come over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20over. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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