/ · 1894 Brewer’s · B · Bring To (To)
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To restore to consciousness; to resuscitate. Many other meanings.
“‘I’ll bring her to,’ said the driver, with a brutal grin; ‘I’ll give her something better than camphor.’”—Mrs. Stowe: Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.