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Win Sb Round/Around Bre Persuade Agree Long Debate

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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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