bring to senses

bring (one) to one's senses

to cause someone to return to normal [after being out of control or irrational]. A gentle slap in the face brought him to his senses. Liz was brought to her senses quickly.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lindsie	LINDZ-ee	English (Rare)
Bilhah	BIL-hə (English)	Biblical
Ester	ES-ter (Finnish)	Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish
Jaakob	-	Finnish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)
Thorben	TAWR-ben (German)	Danish, German
Fulbert	-	French, Ancient Germanic