bring one to oneself



bring one to oneself

to cause one to become rational; to cause one to act normal. A glass of ice water thrown in her face brought Sally to herself. I was brought to myself by some smelling salts.
See also: bring, one

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Marcelinamahr-tse-LEE-nahPolish
WinstonWIN-stənEnglish
HamletHAM-lət (English)Literature, Armenian
Valentyn-Ukrainian
Modestomo-DHE-sto (Spanish, Italian)Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Chika (1)-Western African, Igbo