come around
Eventually agree with
Come around means to arrive or visit, often casually or eventually: Stop by whenever you come around.
It also means to regain consciousness: She fainted but came around quickly.
Most often, come around describes a change of mind or attitude—yielding to persuasion or accepting something previously resisted: He was skeptical at first, but he came around.
When events or seasons come around, they recur: Every time the holidays come around.
Visit briefly
- drop inVisit without notice
- swing byVisit briefly, informally
- pop inBrief unannounced visit
- call onRequest or visit
pay a visit · look in on · check in · show up · appear · arrive · turn up · visit
Overcome a difficult situation
- bounce backRecover from difficulty
- recuperateHeal after illness
- reviveRestore consciousness or vigor
- rallyGathering for a cause
improve · mend · heal · wake up · snap out of it · get better · turn the corner · recover
Gain another's support
- swayRock back and forth
- convinceCause to believe
- convertChange in form or faith
- talk intoPersuade through discussion
get through to · change mind · soften · relent · yield · give in · capitulate · acquiesce
Repeating sequence of events
circle back · revolve · rotate · anniversary · seasonal · periodic · regular · annual
- reappearBecome visible again
- resurfaceAppear again after absence
- turn upAppear or be found
- circle backRevisit a topic later
get back · rejoin · reunite · reconnect · homecoming
stop by
Visit briefly
call on · pay a visit · look in on · check in · show up · appear · arrive · turn up · visit · pass by
pull through
Overcome a difficult situation
- bounce backRecover from difficulty
- recuperateHeal after illness
- reviveRestore consciousness or vigor
rally · improve · mend · heal · wake up · snap out of it · get better · turn the corner · recover · stabilize
win over
Gain another's support
talk into · get through to · change mind · soften · relent · yield · give in · capitulate · acquiesce · concede
cycle
Repeating sequence of events
reappear · circle back · revolve · rotate · anniversary · seasonal · periodic · regular · annual · monthly
return home
circle back · get back · rejoin · reunite · reconnect · homecoming
- adaptadapt, adjust, acclimate, accommodate, accustom
- snap out of itsnap out of it, get a grip, get it together, shake it off, wake up
- Curlingstone, rock, broom, skip, house
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- quick visitspop in, drop in, swing by, visit, look in
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
come aroundstand firm
Refuse to retreat
hold out · resist · double down · stick to one's guns · hold one's ground
come aroundpass out
Lose consciousness briefly
faint · lose consciousness · black out · go under · keel over
come aroundstay away
Remain at distance
keep away · avoid · keep one's distance · steer clear · leave
come, around, coming, came, comes, comer, comers, cometh, come round