We found 4 definitions of bring around from 2 different sources.
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bring around - provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to" | ||
cure, heal | ||
aid, help improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" | ||
practice of medicine, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" | ||
recuperate get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" | ||
bring around - return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories" | ||
bring to, bring back, bring round | ||
anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put under, put out administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth" | ||
wake up, waken, awaken, rouse, wake, arouse stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" | ||
resuscitate, revive cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man" | ||
bring around - cause to adopt an opinion or course of action; "His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school" | ||
bring round | ||
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!" |