(transitive) To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.
I apologise for my behaviour last night. I don't know what came over me.
No comments yet — say something.
(informal) To seem; to come to express a feeling or state.
That's why he's come over strange.
No comments yet — say something.
(intransitive) To change one's position or location, especially to someone else's home or to an opposing side in competition or conflict.
He'll come over if we guarantee him a seat on the board.
No comments yet — say something.
Add your own interpretation of "come over".
Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
See all Regional & Other slang on Slangora.