to come to one's senses
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4.4
- idiom
- /kʌm tu wʌnz ˈsɛnsɪz/
- Informal
:
entrar en razón
- She'll come to her senses.
Examples
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I do hope that they will come to their senses and stop giving public scandal to the whole city.
Academic text (1998) -
After a long discussion, he finally came to his senses and agreed to help us.
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I hope our people come to their senses.
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That girl's come to her senses.
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I'm so glad you finally came to your senses.
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Spend a few days here and you'll come to your senses.
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Well, glad to see you've come to your senses.
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I'm so glad you've come to your senses, my love.
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It just takes some guys longer to come to their senses, that's all.
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I hoped and prayed every day they would come to their senses and we'd go home to the land.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
6
7.0
To calm your mind and think clearly
5
7.7
Put your thoughts and feelings in order after a time of confusion
1
4.8
Start to think and act in a realistic way after being excited
Make yourself stop worrying and start thinking clearly
Antonyms
- Informal
1
6.7
Become very anxious, confused, or upset and act in a way that does not make sense
How Sensible
34
3.4
- Informal
46
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase uses 'come' (arrive) plus 'senses' (sound judgment), so the idea of 'arriving back at one’s judgment' is derivable; however the use of 'senses' to mean 'sanity or sensible thinking' rather than physical senses is non-literal. Because it requires mapping 'senses' to 'judgment' and recognizing 'come to' as 'regain', the meaning is partially predictable but still somewhat idiomatic for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Come to one's senses comes from a simple image: when someone has fainted or been very confused, they come back and their senses return so they can think clearly again. So, to come to one's senses now means 'to start thinking and acting sensibly again'.