come round

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Eccles hopes that if political arguments haven't persuaded some of her colleagues to come round to her point of view, then arithmetic might.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

Left-armer Leach toyed with his angles to come round the wicket to left-hander Masood and was rewarded with a return catch.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024

The city authorities have come round to agreeing that the site can be developed for residential purposes, but it calls the current tenants illegal occupiers and says they need to leave before the development starts.

From BBC • May 27, 2024

But its time has come round again: "One such event is currently unfolding with corresponding expected impacts on Eurasian weather in the coming weeks."

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2024

There were evenings when they reached their rendezvous and then had to walk past one another without a sign, because a patrol had just come round the comer or a helicopter was hovering overhead.

From "1984" by George Orwell