to bring round
- phrasal verb
- UK
:
convencer
- It's Dermott you must bring round.
Examples
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These methods will bring her round soon.
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We need to bring round her to our plan before the meeting.
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and he was gonna bring round the--
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We may bring round the French to our point of view.
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Ill have them brought round to your flat.
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So we wheedled, cajoled, and absolutely insisted that Norman bring you round for tea.
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After much discussion, they finally managed to bring round him to their side.
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It's important to bring round your team to a consensus on the new strategy.
Synonyms
∞
2.7
Make someone believe something is true or agree to do something
978
2.0
To persuade someone to buy or accept something
472
2.7
To make someone agree or do something by giving reasons
236
3.0
Make someone agree to do something by giving reasons
81
3.6
To cause someone to change their opinion or decision
81
4.1
To change your mind and accept something you first refused
54
3.3
Get someone to support or agree with you
18
3.0
Make someone think differently about something
4
3.7
Change your mind because someone persuades you or you learn new facts
4
7.7
To persuade someone who does not want to do something to do it
3
3.6
To cause someone to change their mind
2
5.4
Convince someone to join an activity, often when they do not want to
1
4.4
Get someone to agree or do something by pressuring them
Persuade someone to do what you want
Antonyms
How Persuasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
bring + round
The sense ‘to persuade someone’ is partly derivable from 'bring' (to cause or put into a state) plus a particle 'round' suggesting movement to a position, so a learner could infer a change-of-state meaning. However, the persuasive sense is a metaphorical extension of that motion and relies on knowledge of the phrasal-verb pattern; it is not fully predictable from the literal meanings alone, so it is only partially transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Bring round comes from the simple picture of turning someone so they face a new idea. To bring someone round is like turning them around so they can see your point, so it now means 'to persuade'.