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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Change one's position or opinion
Example:
He came around to our point of view
Synonyms:
come around; come round
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "come round" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
"Come round" entails doing...:
reconsider (consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples:
She rated her own claims to comfort as low even as Mrs. Norris could; and when Sir Thomas soon afterwards, just opening the door, said, Fanny, at what time would you have the carriage come round? she felt a degree of astonishment which made it impossible for her to speak.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
You will come round with us to the station, Mr. Scott Eccles, and let us have your statement in writing.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“The blessed hour of sight has come round to me again.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Now I have come round to you, and on my way I was attacked by a rough with a bludgeon.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Come round here.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As soon as I could recover my presence of mind, which quite deserted me in the first overpowering shock of my aunt's intelligence, I proposed to Mr. Dick to come round to the chandler's shop, and take possession of the bed which Mr. Peggotty had lately vacated.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Mycroft Holmes and Lestrade had come round by appointment after breakfast next day and Sherlock Holmes had recounted to them our proceedings of the day before.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The second rogue, however, made of sterner stuff, rushed in upon the clerk, and clipped him round the waist with a grip like a bear, shouting the while to his comrade to come round and stab him in the back.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If you will only come round at quarter to twelve to the east gate you will learn what will very much surprise you and maybe be of the greatest service to you and also to Annie Morrison.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If you will come round once more to my rooms at six o’clock to-morrow, I think I shall be able to show you that even now you have not grasped the entire meaning of this business, which presents some features which make it absolutely original in the history of crime.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
