bring round
Britishverb
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to restore (a person) to consciousness, esp after a faint
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to convince (another person, usually an opponent) of an opinion or point of view
Example Sentences
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Yet, this is still one of my most requested to bring round to family dinners where a table full of my favorite and most discriminating carnivores never fail to rave over it.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2025
Families would bring round naughty ponies for her to school.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016
“Tag someone you’d bring round for a swim below.”
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2016
Sean's gastronomic offerings were also frequently based on whatever ingredients had been in the "aid packages" of tinned food his Auntie Sue would bring round, following cupboard clear outs at her house.
From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2013
"I plan to bring round waists back into fashion as they were last year."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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