A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

come around to something • go around to
 something
come around to something —(also: come round to something )
come about
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. visit a place near one’s home: The groundskeeper asked me
to come around to his place tomorrow night for a barbie. 2.
find time for smth.; deal with smth. (when more important
matters have been dealt with): I let him come around to telling
me on his own time what is going on.
go around to something —(also: go round to something ) = come
around to something 
1
: I found Greg still in bed the next morn-
ing when I went around to his place.
come at something • go at something
come at something —
1
. reach or find smth.: Put the food
where the cat can’t come at it. 2. discover facts, causes, etc.:
Our respect for their authority should not stand in the way of
an effort to come at the truth.
go at something —work hard at smth.: The students are really
going at their studies now that the examinations are near.
come away • go away
come away —
1
. become detached from smth.: I pulled the
rotten wood and it came away without difficulty. 2. leave a
place or the company of others: We came away with the uneasy
feeling that all was not well with their marriage.
go away —
1
. = come away 2: His manner became so repellent
that visitors went away moralizing on the absurdity of nou-
veaux riches…. 2. (imper.) is used to rudely tell a person to be
off: I’m tired of your constant complaints; go away and leave
me in peace. 3. (of a newly-wed couple) leave the wedding
guests and go on one’s honeymoon: Mary bought a very smart
outfit to go away in.