COME OVER | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of come over in English

come over

phrasal verb with come verb uk /kʌm/ us /kʌm/ came | come

(SEEM)

Add to word list Add to word list C2 UK to seem to be a particular type of person: come over as I watched the interview and felt he came over as quite arrogant.

• I think she comes over as very nervous.
• He doesn't come over as particularly trustworthy.
• He came over as very knowledgeable.

Seeming and purporting to be

• apparent
• appear
• appearance
• as if/though idiom
• by the look(s) of things idiom
• come across phrasal verb
• come off phrasal verb
• formal
• judge
• outward
• outwardly
• outwardness
• parallax
• pass for sb/sth phrasal verb
• seemingly
• semblance
• superficial
• superficiality
• superficially
• surface

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(MOVE)

C1 to come to a place, move from one place to another, or move towards someone: Come over here! Is your family coming over from Greece for the wedding? Advancing and moving forward

• ballistically
• beeline
• bull
• cruise
• follow a path
• forward
• gain
• gain on someone/something phrasal verb
• ghost
• glide
• lead
• make for somewhere/something phrasal verb
• make towards something/someone phrasal verb
• proceed
• progress
• pull
• roll
• run
• stream
• troop

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(FEEL)

[ L only + adj ] UK to be influenced suddenly and unexpectedly by a strange feeling: come over all I stood up too quickly and came over all dizzy/faint/peculiar. Experiencing and suffering

• (straight) from the horse's mouth idiom
• afflict
• affliction
• almost/nearly die of something idiom
• battle scar
• be a martyr to something idiom
• bear
• depth
• go through phrasal verb
• grief-stricken
• grip
• hands-on
• hit someone where they live idiom
• horse
• practical
• seat-of-the-pants
• see life idiom
• stricken
• suffer a fate
• taste

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come over someone

phrasal verb with come verb uk /kʌm/ us /kʌm/ came | come C1 to influence someone suddenly to behave in a particular way: what comes over I'm sorry! That was a stupid thing to say - I don't know what came over me.what has come over humorous He gave you a present! What's come over him? Affecting and influencing

• across-the-board
• affect
• applicability
• be/fall under someone's influence/spell idiom
• bear on something phrasal verb
• conflict
• ear
• influential in something/doing something
• influentially
• inroad
• inspiration
• inspo
• pen
• rail
• reverberative
• run away with someone phrasal verb
• shapeable
• sphere of influence
• spill
• spin

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come over | American Dictionary

come over

phrasal verb with come verb us /kʌm/ past tense came us/keɪm/ | past participle come

(VISIT)

Add to word list Add to word list to visit someone's home: Ron came over for dinner the other night.

come over someone

phrasal verb with come verb us /kʌm/ past tense came us/keɪm/ | past participle come

(INFLUENCE)

to influence someone suddenly to behave in a particular way: I’m sorry! That was a stupid thing to say – I don’t know what came over me. (Definition of come over from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of come over

in Chinese (Traditional) 似乎是, 似乎是，表現為，顯得像, 移動… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 似乎是, 似乎是，表现为，显得像, 移动… See more in Spanish dar la impresión, parecer, venir… See more in Portuguese visitar, vir, tomar… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Telugu in Tamil in Hindi in Bengali in Gujarati in Polish in Norwegian in Korean in Urdu in Italian भासणे, वाटणे, येणे… See more 立ち寄る, 立（た）ち寄（よ）る, 強（つよ）い感情（かんじょう）が襲（おそ）う… See more gelmek, ilerlemek, bir yere gitmek/taşınmak… See more venir, s’emparer de… See more venir… See more ఒక నిర్దిష్ట రకం వ్యక్తి అనిపించడం, ఒక ప్రదేశానికి రావడం, ఒక ప్రదేశం నుండి మరొక ప్రదేశానికి వెళ్లండి… See more ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட வகை நபராகத் தெரிகிறது, ஒரு இடத்திற்கு வர, ஒரு இடத்திலிருந்து மற்றொரு இடத்திற்குச் செல்ல… See more एक खास तरह का व्यक्ति मालूम होना, किसी जगह आना, एक जगह से दूसरी जगह जाना… See more চারিত্রিক বৈশিষ্ট্য প্রকাশ পাওয়া, আসা, স্থানান্তরে যাওয়া… See more કોઈ ખાસ પ્રકારની વ્યક્તિ લાગવું., કોઈ સ્થળે આવવું, ઓચિંતું વિચિત્ર વર્તન કરવું… See more przychodzić, przyjeżdżać, sprawiać wrażenie… See more komme over, stikke innom… See more 들르다… See more کسی خاص مزاج یا اطوار کا شخص, ایک جگہ سے دوسری جگہ آنا, کسی سے متاثر ہوکر اچانک کسی کے رویہ میں آنےوالی تبدیلی… See more venire (in visita)… See more Need a translator?

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  • Phrasal verb 
    • come over (SEEM)
    • come over (MOVE)
    • come over (FEEL)
    • come over someone
• American   
  • Phrasal verb 
    • come over (VISIT)
    • come over someone (INFLUENCE)

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