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

come over something • go over something
come over something —pass or move over smth.: It’s terribly
noisy living near the airport, with planes coming over the
house all the time.
Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase overcome something—prevail over smth.; surmount a
difficulty, obstacle, etc.: The want of belief is a defect that ought
to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.
go over something —
1
. = come over something: The crowd
cheered as the horse went safely over the last fence. 2. check
or examine smth. (to see that it is correct, etc.): You’ll have to
go over the figures again; they don’t balance out. 3. clean or
repair smth.: The girl went over the room quickly with a
duster. 4. examine smth. thoroughly in order to find smth.:
The police went over her room three times but found nothing.
5. review or consider smth.: Let us go over the facts as we
know them. 6. exceed smth.; be more than smth.: Your spend-
ing should not go over your income.
come round • go round
come round —(also: come around) 
1
. pay a short visit: Why
don’t you come round and see us one evening? 2. take place;
happen regularly: The Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Con-
ference comes round next month. 3. regain consciousness: The
girl fainted, but she came round when we threw drops of water
on her face. 4. agree to smth. in the end: After a day of our
haggling about the matter, Jane finally came round to my
point of view.
go round —(also: go around) 
1
. be publicly noticed doing
smth.: You can’t go round saying nasty things like that about
him in public. 2. (of news, rumors, etc.) be passed on from
person to person: Stories have been going round concerning
the government’s secret intentions. 3. (of food, etc.) be distrib-
uted to everybody: Money becomes tight and, maybe, the
loans available from the banks are insufficient to go round.