Idiom
bring round
Meaning
To resuscitate; to cause to regain consciousness.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The doctor worked quickly to bring the patient round.”
“After the swimmer fainted on the beach, the lifeguard performed CPR to bring him round.”
“The medical team labored for hours in the emergency room, eventually managing to bring the unconscious victim round after the severe accident.”
Examples
simple
“The doctor worked quickly to bring the patient round.”
contextual
“After the swimmer fainted on the beach, the lifeguard performed CPR to bring him round.”
complex
“The medical team labored for hours in the emergency room, eventually managing to bring the unconscious victim round after the severe accident.”
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