come to (one's) senses

come to (one's) senses

To start thinking reasonably. I'm glad she finally came to her senses and decided against those hideous bridesmaids' dresses. Don't worry, Paul will come to his senses and agree to the terms of the contract.

See also: come, sense, to

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come to one's senses

to begin thinking sensibly. I'm glad he finally came to his senses and went on to college. I wish you would come to your senses and look for a better job.

See also: come, sense, to

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

come to one's senses

Return to thinking or behaving sensibly and reasonably; recover consciousness. For example, I wish he'd come to his senses and stop playing around. This term employs senses in the sense of "normal or sane mental faculties," and in the earliest recorded use (1637) it meant "recover from a swoon." Its broader present-day meaning dates from the mid-1800s. The related bring someone to his or her senses was used by John Gay in his Beggars' Opera (1727). Also see take leave (of one's senses).

See also: come, sense, to

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

come to your senses

become reasonable after acting foolishly.

See also: come, sense, to

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come to your ˈsenses

1 (also bring somebody to their ˈsenses) stop behaving in an unreasonable or stupid way; do something to stop somebody behaving in this way: At last he has come to his senses. He now understands that a restaurant in this part of town will never succeed.
2 wake up from being unconscious: When I came to my senses I found myself in a hospital bed.

See also: come, sense, to

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