pull round

Idioms  

1. Restore or be restored to good health, as in It was good nursing that pulled him round so quickly, or Once on antibiotics, he pulled round quickly. [Late 1800s]

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pull round

"He says that it's been a near thing, but with careful nursing he may pull round."

From The Hero of Garside School by Panting, J. Harwood, (James Harwood)

He’s had the worst fit I’ve ever known him to have, and––and I don’t know if he’s going to pull round when he wakes up.

From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Cullum, Ridgwell

“All right,” answered Leslie, “stay where you are; we will pull round to the other side.”

From Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure by Piffard, Harold

“Now, friends,” said Van der Kemp, after they had noted and commented on the vast and wonderful changes that had taken place, “we will pull round to our cave and see what has happened there.”

From Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

He'll not have much time to pull round.

From The Sweep Winner by Gould, Nat