bring around

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Verb	1.	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!"
	2.	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 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" aid, help - improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" recuperate - restore to good health or strength
	3.	bring around - return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories" bring to, bring back, bring round 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"

bring

verb

1. To cause to come along with oneself:

bear, carry, convey, fetch, take, transport.

2. To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way:

argue into, bring around (or round), convince, get, induce, persuade, prevail on (or upon), sell (on), talk into.

3. To be the cause of:

bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir (up), touch off, trigger.

Idioms: bring to pass, give rise to.

4. To achieve (a certain price).Also used with in:

fetch, realize, sell for.

phrasal verb
bring about

To be the cause of:

bring, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir (up), touch off, trigger.

Idioms: bring to pass, give rise to.

phrasal verb
bring around or round

1. To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way:

argue into, bring, convince, get, induce, persuade, prevail on (or upon), sell (on), talk into.

2. To cause to come back to life or consciousness:

restore, resuscitate, revive, revivify.

phrasal verb
bring down

1. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow:

cut down, down, drop, fell, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw.

Slang: deck.

Idiom: lay low.

2. To bring about the downfall of:

overthrow, overturn, subvert, topple, tumble, unhorse.

phrasal verb
bring forth

To give birth to:

bear, deliver, have.

Chiefly Regional: birth.

Idiom: be brought abed of.

phrasal verb
bring in

To make as income or profit:

clear, draw, earn, gain, gross, net, pay, produce, realize, repay, return, yield.

phrasal verb
bring off

To bring about and carry to a successful conclusion:

carry out, carry through, effect, effectuate, execute, put through.

Informal: swing.

phrasal verb
bring on

To be the cause of:

bring, bring about, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir (up), touch off, trigger.

Idioms: bring to pass, give rise to.

phrasal verb
bring out

To present for circulation, exhibit, or sale:

issue, publish, put out.

phrasal verb
bring up

1. To take care of and educate (a child):

raise, rear.

2. To put forward (a topic) for discussion:

broach, introduce, moot, put forth, raise.

3. To call or direct attention to something:

advert, mention, point, point out, refer, touch (on or upon).

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