"pull round" meaning in All languages combined

See pull round on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: pulls round [present, singular, third-person], pulling round [participle, present], pulled round [participle, past], pulled round [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pull round (third-person singular simple present pulls round, present participle pulling round, simple past and past participle pulled round)
  1. To recover; to return to normal.

Inflected forms

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