come round
Britishverb
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to be restored to life or consciousness
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to change or modify one's mind or opinion
Example Sentences
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He said Mr Swaffer "started to come round" after initially appearing "unconscious".
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025
I was just 13 years old when on Christmas Eve 1999, as I waited for my friends to come round for a play date, a military coup rocked Ivory Coast.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024
Left-armer Leach toyed with his angles to come round the wicket to left-hander Masood and was rewarded with a return catch.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024
The city authorities have come round to agreeing that the site can be developed for residential purposes, but it calls the current tenants illegal occupiers and says they need to leave before the development starts.
From BBC • May 27, 2024
Unless they’d come round in a circle, and were stumbling back into Bolvangar.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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