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To resuscitate; to cause to regain consciousness.
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We thought he was going to die, but the doctors managed to bring him round.
Submitted on August 28, 2012
More phrases:
- bring up
- dive in
- draw out
- hand off
- keep up
- look for
- prevail upon
- put away
- stick out
- at peace
- bad joke
- blessing in disguise
- breath of fresh air
- carry on
- catch-as-catch-can
- common-or-garden
- company
- ears are burning
- eat one's words
- fit as a fiddle
- follow through
- for the time being
- from the word go
- full speed ahead
- get by the balls
- go on the rampage
- green light
- hammer home
- hand in hand
- have second thoughts
- heart to heart
- honest-to-goodness
- in heaven's name
- in its infancy
- in one's cups
- keep one on one's toes
- let her rip
- make an honest woman
- middle of nowhere
- muckety muck
- no holds barred
- no joy
- of late
- off and on
- on a roll
- on the nose
- on thin ice
- out of the blue
- penny pincher
- pretty pictures
- pull one's head in
- pump iron
- raise a stink
- rock the boat
- rough around the edges
- run out of steam
- save face
- scare the pants off of
- shotgun approach
- smack of
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