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bring round

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bring round, around
vb (tr, adverb)
1. (Medicine) to restore (a person) to consciousness, esp after a faint
2. to convince (another person, usually an opponent) of an opinion or point of view
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Verb1.bring round - cause to adopt an opinion or course of action; "His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school"
persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"
2.bring round - return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories"
awaken, wake up, waken, rouse, wake, arouse - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
resuscitate, revive - cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man"
Translations
? bring round (esp Brit)
vt sep
(to one’s house etc) → vorbeibringen
(= steer) discussion, conversationbringen (→ to auf +acc)
unconscious personwieder zu Bewusstsein bringen
(= convert)herumkriegen (inf)


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Whatever was spoken of he would bring round to the superstitiousness of old maids, or the petting and spoiling of children.
To-morrow, twenty-three thousand more will fall due, and this month will bring round quite a hundred and thirty thousand more.
But this war may bring round a peace; this peace will require a negotiator; that negotiator will be me.
 
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