COME AROUND Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

come around

verb

Definition of come around

as in to come to

to gain consciousness again she came around surprisingly quickly after falling off the horse

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Recent Examples of come around Palacios scored and when DeLauter allowed the ball under his glove, Walls came around from second. — Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 The practical point is that an assumption behind a decision can change outside your organization, sometimes before your own approval cycle comes around again. — Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The phrase appears to have first come around in the early to mid-2010s and then saw a major spike at the end of 2025 going into 2026, according to Google trends. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 News of the streaming rights comes around a month after Microsoft announced some major changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming. — Tom Warren, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for come around

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