come over sb
— phrasal verb with come uk/kʌm/us/kʌm/verb came, come
C1 to influence someone suddenly to behave in a particular way:
I'm sorry! That was a stupid thing to say - I don't know what came over me.
humorous He gave you a present! What's come over him?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Affecting and influencing
- across-the-board
- act
- affect
- applicability
- be/fall under sb's influence/spell idiom
- bear on sth
- cross
- force
- inspiration
- instrumental
- jerk
- lead 1
- leave your/its mark on sb/sth idiom
- major league
- reverberate
- thing
- turn sb's head idiom
- unlock
- warp
- work against/for sb
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