verbal phr. (colloquial).—To influence; to circumvent; to persuade. Cf., COME OVER, and COME ABOUT, sense 1.
1846. THACKERAY, Vanity Fair, ch. xi. Finally, the reports were that the governess had COME ROUND everybody, wrote Sir Pitt’s letters, did his business, managed his accounts—had the upper hand of the whole house.
