bring around
phr. v..phr. v.. to persuade someone to agree with your opinion or to change their mind.
phr. v.. to persuade someone to adopt a particular viewpoint or to agree with a proposal after initial resistance.
It took hours, but I finally managed to bring him around.
The manager was against the new schedule at first, but the team's presentation brought her around.
Despite the board's initial skepticism regarding the merger, the CEO's detailed financial projections eventually brought them around to the idea.
often used with 'to' followed by the specific idea or opinion being accepted.
contrast with 'bring about' (to cause something to happen) to avoid confusion between these two common phrasal verbs.
I brought around him to my side.I brought him around to my side.when using a pronoun as the object, it must be placed between the verb and the particle.