Phrasal Verb


Phrasal verbs are two or more words that come together to give us a new verb with a different meaning from the original words.


Phrasal Verb:
bring someone around

Meaning / Example:

1. to bring someone for a visit; to bring someone for someone (else) to meet.
> Please bring your wife around sometime.

2. and bring someone around (to consciousness) to bring someone to consciousness.
> The doctor brought around the unconscious man with smelling salts.
> The boxer was knocked out, but his manager brought him around.

3. and bring someone around (to one's way of thinking); bring someone around (to one's position) to persuade someone (to accept something); to manage to get someone to agree (to something).
> The last debate brought around a lot of voters to our candidate.


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A verb combined with an adverb or a preposition, or sometimes both, to give a new meaning.

A compilation of 50 phrasal verbs.
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