bringing around
Changing someone's mind
Bringing around means causing someone to regain consciousness or to change their opinion.
A paramedic brings around a fainting victim with smelling salts.
In persuasion, you bring someone around to your point of view: It took some effort, but I finally brought her around.
The phrase can also mean simply bringing someone to a location: I'll be bringing the car around in five minutes.
- transportingMoving something elsewhere
- convincingAble to persuade
- winning overConvincing someone to agree
- coaxingPersuading through gentle persistence
- revivalReturn after decline
persuading · talking into · delivering · swaying · guide · motivating · wake · coming to · influencing · getting through · resuscitating · reasoning · pull · push · converting · carrying · relocating · transferring
bringing arounddriving away
Causing to leave
alienating · dissuading · pushing away · turning off · putting off
bringing aroundknocking out
Causing sudden unconsciousness
sedating · anesthetizing · drugging · stunning · incapacitating
bringing aroundtaking away
Removing something from somewhere
removing · withholding · keeping away · withdrawing · sending off