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Vsuresh Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

frightened back to senses

Hi
Could you tell what the expression means here?

He was frightened back to senses.His nerves steadied. The cloud of fear scattered from his mind and he laughed.
  

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It is incorrectly quoted, so it is not natural.

  • It is incorrectly quoted, so it is not natural.
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It is incorrectly quoted, so it is not natural.
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I'm sorry for that.
Here it is.
He was frightened back to his senses by the shock. His nerves steadied. The cloud
of fear scattered from his mind and he laughed.
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vsuresh to his senses
It is a variation of the idiom "to come to one's senses." It means to awaken from some altered mental state (daydreaming, in a trance, in a state of shock), and return to the real world.
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Thank you,AlpheccaStars.

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