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win around

win around verb: to persuade someone who disagrees to agree with one's own point of view.

Verb

win around (third-person singular simple present wins around, present participle winning around, simple past and past participle won around)

  1. To persuade someone who disagrees to agree with one's own point of view.
    • My parents didn't want me to see him any more, but I finally won them around.
    Synonyms:
    win round, win over

Synonyms of win around

Forms of win around

third-person singular presentwins around
present participlewinning around
past participlewon around
pastwon around

Questions about win around

What does win around mean?
Win around means to persuade someone who disagrees to agree with one's own point of view.
What part of speech is win around?
Win around is a verb.
What is the past tense of win around?
The past tense of win around is won around.

Words near win around in the dictionary

  1. Wimsatt
  2. Wimsatts
  3. Wimshurst machine
  4. Wimshurst machines
  5. win
  6. win around
  7. win back
  8. win big
  9. win by a nose
  10. win liao lor
  11. win on Sunday, sell on Monday

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