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My folks just sent me an email to say that they'll be over to visit around five.


※ folks means people

The expression 【be over to 】 got my attention.

And I checked it out.

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【Over】

One of the meanings of 'over' is 'to another place'. When people are going from one place to another, they can call that 'going over' to the other place. If someone says 'come over' they mean 'come to my house or apartment, or my current location'.

'I'll be over right away' means 'I will be where you are very soon; I am leaving now'.


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One of the meanings of 'over':

Meaning of over in English

Over adverb

across; from one side or place to another:

Why don't you come over (= come to my house) for dinner on Thursday?

A friend of mine from France is over visiting us this week (= a friend came from France and is staying with us).


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come over , come by  は知っていたんですが、
同じような意味で、 be over to visit あるいは be over visiting という表現もあることがわかりました。

I've already known about 【come over and come by】.

And now, I know that we can use 【be over to visit or be over visiting】as the same meaning of them (← them = come over and come by )