come to one's senses

Definitions

1. 1

   To reawaken after having lost consciousness.

   • He turned toward the door, plunged forward, fell unconscious. . . . When he came to his senses he was in his bed—comfortable, weak, lazy.
   • The accident sent Bahutule into coma straight away. When he came to his senses, he lay in bed with a fractured right femur bone and a crushed left elbow.
2. 2

   To become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible, especially after having behaved in…

   To become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible, especially after having behaved in an unreasonable, confused, uncomprehending, or irresponsible manner.

   • Dick had not been altogether in his right senses. . . . He found his mother weeping as though her heart would break; whereat his own heart smote him so that he came to his senses there and then, and knelt in humility and shame at her feet.
   • “I shall never divorce you,” he said, as if a nail had been driven in. . . . She went upstairs and told Hilda the upshot. “Better get away tomorrow,” said Hilda, “and let him come to his senses.”

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