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Definition of Bring around

1. Verb. Cause to adopt an opinion or course of action. "His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school"

2. Verb. Provide a cure for, make healthy again. "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"

3. Verb. Return to consciousness. "These pictures bring back sad memories"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bring Around

brindleyite brine brine fly brine shrimp brined brineless brinelled brinelling briner briners

brines bring bring-and-buy bring a knife to a gunfight bring about bring around (current term) bring back bring down bring down the house bring forth

bring forward bring home bring home the bacon bring in bring it bring it weak bring off bring on bring one's arse to an anchor bring oneself

Literary usage of Bring around

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Queen V. Palmer: Verbatim Report of the Trial of William Palmer at the by William Palmer, Angelo Bennett, Great Britain Central Criminal Court (1856)
"... for a man of fifty. which were of a nature to destroy his character and to bring around his head the suspicion of another murder. Mr. Attorney-General. ..."

2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1888)
"He did not bring around the policy; he kept the policy. During the Fourth we did not have any policy at all. Right after the Fourth he brought it around. ..."

3. The Standard-phonographic Dictionary by Andrew Jackson Graham (1890)
"... bring around, Ber'-Iug-Arnd. Bring back, Ber'-Ing-Bec-(Kay). Bring down, Ber'-Ing-Den. Bring forth, Bcr -Ing-Kf-(lth). ..."

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