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bring someone to their senses

idiom/brɪŋ ˈsʌmwʌn tu ðɛr ˈsɛnsɪz/

to cause someone to start thinking in a rational way

She started to sound irrational after weeks of working without a break. A couple of days of rest will bring her to her senses.

word origin — From the noun 'senses' (good judgment), in use since the 1600s to describe restoring rational thought.