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came over

came over is the simple past of come over.

Meaning of come over

Verb

come over (third-person singular simple present comes over, present participle coming over, simple past came over, past participle come over)

  1. (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.
    Synonyms:
    overtake
  2. (informal) To seem; to come to express a feeling or state.
    • That's why he's come over strange.
  3. (intransitive) To change one's position or location, especially to someone else's home or to an opposing side in competition or conflict.
    • come over for coffee and cake
  4. (dated, slang, transitive) To deceive or get the better of; overreach.
    • Some fine day we may have the country raised, and the gendarmes down upon us from Strasburg, and all owing to your pretty doll, with her cunning ways of coming over you.1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Grey Woman

Questions about came over

What is came over the simple past of?
Came over is the simple past of come over.

Words near came over in the dictionary

  1. came out of one's shell
  2. came out of the closet
  3. came out on top
  4. came out swinging
  5. came out with
  6. came over
  7. came right
  8. came round
  9. came running
  10. came short
  11. came the acid

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