From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bring around
v 1: cause to adopt an opinion or course of action; "His urgent
letter finally brought me around to give money to the
school" [syn: bring round, bring around]
2: provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured
the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but
never managed to" [syn: bring around, cure, heal]
3: return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad
memories" [syn: bring to, bring back, bring round,
bring around] [ant: anaesthetise, anaesthetize,
anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under]