come round
(BECOME CONSCIOUS) UK (US come around) — phrasal verb with come /kʌm/ verb (came, come)Definition
1. Definition
2. Practise
C1 to become conscious again after an accident or operation: She hasn't come round from the anaesthetic yet.Not sleeping and not unconsciousRecovering from illness
(Definition of come round (BECOME CONSCIOUS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- awaken verb
- awoke verb
- awoken verb
- be in the land of the living idiom
- consciousness noun (AWAKE)
- get (sb) up phrasal verb
- rise and shine! idiom
- rise verb (MOVE UP)
- riser noun (PERSON)
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- toss verb (MOVE)
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- wakeful adjective
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