Come over means to visit, usually at the speaker's home: Come over for dinner. It is the usual way to invite friends to your place: the phrase itself already means “to my home”. In the question What's come over you?, the phrase means “what's got into you?”: people ask it when someone is behaving unusually.
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come over (to + my/your place); come over for + dinner/coffee; what's come over + person?
- Why don't you come over on Saturday? We could cook dinner and watch a film.
- A few colleagues came over to my place after work to watch the match.
- I don't know what's come over Jake lately; he snaps at everyone in the office.
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First versionCome to me on Saturday and we'll watch a film.
RevisionCome over on Saturday and we'll watch a film.
“Come to me” may look like a natural invitation, but it sounds like “walk over to where I am”, as if you were standing at the other end of the room. To invite someone to your home, say “come over”, and if you want to name the place, “come over to my place”.
“Come in” means to enter when the person is already at the door: Come in and take your coat off. “Come over” means to come to you from somewhere else. In British English, people often say “come round” in this sense: Come round after work.
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I'm free on Friday evening, so ___ and we can make pizza together.
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come over — This is an invitation to your home on Friday: the friend will come from somewhere else, so “come over” is right. “Come in” is what you say to someone who is already at the door: Come in, the door's open.
Invite a friend to your home. Say which day and what you will do together.
Do you want to come over on Sunday afternoon? We could bake a cake and play board games.
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