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come over

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come over 
1. to join this party or side; to change sides or affiliation. Tom was formerly an enemy spy, but last year he came over. I thought that Bill was a Republican. When did he come over?
2. to come for a visit. See if Ann wants to come over. I can't come over to visit now. I'm busy.
See also: come

come over someone or something

to move over and above someone or something. (See also come over someone.) A cloud came over us and rained like fury. Darkness came over the city and streetlights blinked on.
See also: come

come over someone

[for something] to affect a person, perhaps suddenly. (See also come over someone or something.) I just don't know what came over me. Something came over her just as she entered the room.
See also: come

come over somebody
to change or influence someone's behavior No one knows what came over Bill, but he stopped smoking.
See also: come


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