"bring round" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-bring round.ogg Forms: brings round [present, singular, third-person], bringing round [participle, present], brought round [participle, past], brought round [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,brought>}} bring round (third-person singular simple present brings round, present participle bringing round, simple past and past participle brought round)
  1. (transitive) To bring something when coming. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bring_round-en-verb-Xml0hAcQ
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To resuscitate; to cause to regain consciousness. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-bring_round-en-verb-fMBkL5DL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "round", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 60 32 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "round": 9 61 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 65 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 69 26 Synonyms: revive, wake up, arouse, awake, awaken, bring round, cry, knock up [British], rouse, roust, uprouse, wake, wake up, waken
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To change someone's opinion or point of view. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-bring_round-en-verb-nTB~dGbj Synonyms: influence, persuade, bring round, convince, draw, gain over [US], persuade, pimp [US, slang], prevail upon [idiomatic], procure, push, suade [obsolete], talk around, talk over, wash with, win over [idiomatic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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