- bring someone around
- 1) restore someone to consciousness2) persuade someone to do something, esp. to adopt one's own point of view
my wife has brought me around to eating broiled grouper
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
bring someone around
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bring someone round (or US around) — 1》 restore someone to consciousness. 2》 persuade someone to agree to something. → bring … English new terms dictionary
talk someone around — (or Brit. round) bring someone to a particular point of view by talking … Useful english dictionary
bring around — verb 1. cause to adopt an opinion or course of action His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school • Syn: ↑bring round • Hypernyms: ↑persuade • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody … Useful english dictionary
bring around — (in BRIT, also use bring round) 1) PHRASAL VERB If you bring someone around when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again. [V n P] I d passed out and he d brought me round. 2) PHRASAL VERB If you bring someone around, you cause… … English dictionary
bring — W1S1 [brıŋ] v past tense and past participle brought [bro:t US bro:t] [T] [: Old English; Origin: bringan] 1.) a) to take something or someone with you to the place where you are now, or to the place you are talking about →↑take ▪ Did you bring… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bring, take — Bring indicates movement toward a place identified with the speaker; it suggests to come here with. Take suggests movement away from such a place and indicates to go there with. One takes money to a supermarket and brings home groceries (and no… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
bring sth about phrasal — verb (T) to make something happen: Computers have brought about many changes in the workplace. bring sb/sth around/round phrasal verb (T) 1 bring the conversation around/round to to deliberately and gradually introduce a new subject into a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bring round — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms bring round : present tense I/you/we/they bring round he/she/it brings round present participle bringing round past tense brought round past participle brought round British 1) bring round or bring around to… … English dictionary
bring */*/*/ — UK [brɪŋ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms bring : present tense I/you/we/they bring he/she/it brings present participle bringing past tense brought UK [brɔːt] / US [brɔt] past participle brought Collocations: If you bring, take, or fetch… … English dictionary
bring — verb (past and past participle brought) 1》 carry or accompany to a place. 2》 cause to move or to come into existence. 3》 cause to be in a particular state or condition: take an aspirin to bring down your temperature. 4》 cause someone to receive… … English new terms dictionary
