Meaning trap
come around
visit (someone's home)
to visit someone at their home, usually for a short time or social reason.
Don't mix these meanings
Same phrase, different job.
to visit someone at their home, usually for a short time or social reason.
Another meaning of 'come around' is 'change opinion'; compare the examples to keep the meanings separate.
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
- Why don't you come around for dinner tonight?daily life
- If I have free time, I usually come around to my grandparents' house to check on them.IELTS speaking
Fix the pattern
Pattern: come around (to + someone's place/house)
WrongCome around in my house at 7.
RightCome around to my house at 7.
Use 'come around to + place' (or just 'come around' / 'come round').
Patterncome around (to + someone's place/house)
Use it right
Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.
'Visit my residence' is stiff; 'come around' (BrE) / 'come over' is the casual invite.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
come around + for/tofor dinnerto minelaterfor a coffee
Don't confuse it
'Come over' is more common in American English with the same meaning.
Related
- come around (change opinion) — Another meaning of 'come around' is 'change opinion'; compare the examples to keep the meanings separate.