B1come around to sb's place/housespokenMost common
to visit someone at their home, usually for a short time or social reason.
Why don't you come around for dinner tonight?
A: Are you free this weekend? B: Yeah, I can come around on Saturday if you like.
If I have free time, I usually come around to my grandparents' house to check on them.
Common mistake
✗Come around in my house at 7.
✓Come around to my house at 7.
Use 'come around to + place' (or just 'come around' / 'come round').
Tell it apart
Come around for dinner on Sunday.
visit my home
I'm slowly coming around to your point of view.
starting to agree
Use 'come around' when talking about visiting a person, especially at their home. It is common in British English.'Come over' is more common in American English with the same meaning.
to change your mind or accept a different opinion after some time.
At first, she didn't like the idea, but she eventually came around to it.
A: I know you don't agree now, but maybe you'll come around to my point of view. B: We'll see.
My parents were against my decision to study abroad, but they came around to it after I explained my reasons.
Common mistake
✗After a while she came around her opinion.
✓After a while she came around to my way of thinking.
'Come around' is intransitive; the idea you accept takes 'to' ('come around to it').
Tell it apart
She came around to the idea in the end.
changed her mind, accepted it
She came around after fainting.
regained consciousness
Use 'come around to' when someone finally agrees or accepts something after being unsure or against it.Not the same as 'give in', which suggests pressure or defeat.
Use 'come around' when someone wakes up after fainting or being knocked out, not after sleeping.'Wake up' is for sleep; 'come around' is for unconsciousness.