come around

as in to come to
to gain consciousness again she came around surprisingly quickly after falling off the horse

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Recent Examples of come around Servers come around to the tables every five minutes or so to refill your trio of chicken rice condiments: ginger, chile and sweet soy. Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024 Ebenezer is a tough case, and Scrooge comes around by witnessing one moral lesson at a time, and the acting job is to show a kind of accelerating reformation as the spirits do their Christmas night thing. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024 However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that this trend is likely to reverse before Christmas and Hanukkah come around and recommends wearing masks in crowded areas, practicing regular handwashing and being up-to-date on Covid and flu vaccinations to avoid getting sick. Maggie McGrath, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 If anybody comes around with a test to detect humanoids, maybe Ridley Scott and his associates should hide. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for come around 

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“Come around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20around. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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