"come to oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-come to oneself.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes to oneself [present, singular, third-person], coming to oneself [participle, present], came to oneself [past], come to oneself [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> to oneself}} come to oneself (third-person singular simple present comes to oneself, present participle coming to oneself, simple past came to oneself, past participle come to oneself)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To gain consciousness or self-control. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Derived forms: come to (alt: via clipping)
    Sense id: en-come_to_oneself-en-verb-kBTqbu4e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (to)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for come to oneself meaning in English (1.9kB)

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