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31bring around — or[bring round] {v.} 1. {informal} To restore to health or consciousness cure. * /He was quite ill, but good nursing brought him around./ Compare: BRING TO(1). 2. To cause a change in thinking; persuade; convince; make willing. * /After a good… …
32bring around — or[bring round] {v.} 1. {informal} To restore to health or consciousness cure. * /He was quite ill, but good nursing brought him around./ Compare: BRING TO(1). 2. To cause a change in thinking; persuade; convince; make willing. * /After a good… …
33bring home to — Synonyms and related words: account for, accredit with, accrete to, accuse of, acknowledge, afford proof of, anathematize, apply to, ascertain, ascribe to, assign to, assure, attach to, attaint, attribute to, be convincing, blacklist, blame,… …
34bring to — PHRASAL VERB: V n P If you bring someone to when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again. Syn: bring round …
35bring somebody round to … — ˌbring sb ˈround (to…) derived (BrE) (NAmE ˌbring sb aˈround) to bring sb to sb s house • Bring the family round one evening. We d love to meet them …
36bring somebody round to something — ˌbring sb ˈround (to sth) derived (BrE) (NAmE ˌbring sb aˈround) to persuade sb to agree to sth • He didn t like the plan at first, but we managed to bring him round. Main entry …
37Round — Round, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rounding}.] 1. To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything. [1913 Webster] Worms with many… …
38Bring — Bring, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bringing}.] [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian, D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth. briggan.] 1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be;… …
39bring something round to something — ˌbring sth ˈround to sth derived (BrE) (NAmE ˌbring sth aˈround to sth) to direct a conversation to a particular subject Main entry: ↑bringderived …
40Round — Round, a. [OF. roond, roont, reond, F. rond, fr. L. rotundus, fr. rota wheel. See {Rotary}, and cf. {Rotund}, {roundel}, {Rundlet}.] 1. Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical;… …
