win around

English

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.

Usage notes

• The particle and the verb are separable. The object may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.

Synonyms

• win round
• win over