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Antonyms for come over

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhm
Phonetic Transcription : kÊŒm

Definition of come over

Origin :
  • Old English cuman "come, approach, land; come to oneself, recover; arrive; assemble" (class IV strong verb; past tense cuom, com, past participle cumen), from Proto-Germanic *kwem- (cf. Old Saxon cuman, Old Frisian kuma, Middle Dutch comen, Dutch komen, Old High German queman, German kommen, Old Norse koma, Gothic qiman), from PIE root *gwa-, *gwem- "to go, come" (cf. Sanskrit gamati "he goes," Avestan jamaiti "goes," Tocharian kakmu "come," Lithuanian gemu "to be born," Greek bainein "to go, walk, step," Latin venire "to come").
  • The substitution of Middle English -o- for Old English -u- before -m-, -n-, or -r- was a scribal habit before minims to avoid misreading the letters in the old style handwriting, which jammed letters. The practice similarly transformed some, monk, tongue, worm. Modern past tense form came is Middle English, probably from Old Norse kvam, replacing Old English cuom.
  • Remarkably productive with prepositions (NTC's "Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs" lists 198 combinations); consider the varied senses in come to "regain consciousness," come over "possess" (as an emotion), come at "attack," come on (interj.) "be serious," and come off "occur." For sexual senses, see cum.
  • As in see : verb accompany, guide
  • As in call : verb visit at residence or business
  • As in come : verb extend, reach
  • As in come by : verb visit someone
  • As in drop in : verb visit
  • As in get : verb come to be
Example sentences :
  • "Come over to the saloon, Buck, and have one on me," said Jasper.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He could not understand the strange exaltation that had come over him.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • I hope you're going to let me come over often and watch you with your building.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • A change swift as lightning had come over me, a sudden exultation.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • "The change that has come over the South—to the negro," I answered.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • Laura promises to come over to our house in the evenin', and so we break up.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • You don't mean to come over us with the old story of the marriage?
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • But when I come by an' see you all settin' here, it come over me I'd like to tell somebody.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • But if I come over the last of the week, I guess it will be different.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Why, he's heard we're married, an' come over here to spy out the land.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Synonyms for come over

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