what does bring around mean?
BRING AROUND as VERB
- Meaning
- bring back to consciousness
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- These pictures bring back sad memories
Hypernyms(s) bring around is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- provide a cure for, make healthy again
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- The treatment cured the boy’’s acne
- The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
Hypernyms(s) bring around is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- cause to adopt an opinion or course of action
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- His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school
Hypernyms(s) bring around is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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