come over

To move to where someone else is, visit their home, or join their side.

• Come over after school.
• My cousins came over for dinner last night.
• Two players came over to our side after the argument.

How to use it: come over to somewhere/someone (Come over to our table.); come over for something (She came over for lunch.)

Similar words: come round, visit, join

Common phrases: come over tonight, come over for dinner

To suddenly affect someone’s feelings or behaviour, often in a surprising way.

• A wave of sadness came over me.
• What came over him at the meeting?
• I shouted at everyone; I do not know what came over me.

How to use it: something comes over someone (A strange calm came over her.)

Similar words: affect, overcome

Common phrases: come over someone, come over me

To seem a certain way to others, or begin to feel a certain way.

• He came over all shy.
• She came over as confident during the interview.
• I suddenly came over faint and had to sit down.

How to use it: come over + adjective (She came over all shy.); come over as + adjective (He came over as rather nervous.)

Similar words: seem, come across, feel

Common phrases: come over strange, come over as confident