Front | win around |
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Back | win around win sb round/around • win round/around sb BrE to persuade someone to agree with you or do what you want, especially when they did not want to before: ▪ After a long debate, Darwin finally succeeded in winning Hooker round to his own way of thinking. ▪ Tess knew that it would probably only take a smile and a joke to win her parents around. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑win over |
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