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round

prep.in a circle

round

prep.on, to or from the other side of something

round

prep.on all sides of somebody/something; surrounding somebody/something

round

prep.in or to many parts of something

vd:She looked all round the room.

round

prep.to fit in with particular people, ideas, etc.

vd:He has to organize his life round the kids.

a millstone around/round your neck

a difficult problem or responsibility that it seems impossible to solve or get rid of

vd:Unemployment was an economic millstone around the country’s neck.

round here

near where you are now or where you live

• There are no decent schools round here.

(the) next, first, second,... time round

on the next, first, etc. occasion that the same thing happens

round about

approximately

vd:We're leaving round about ten.

round about

in the area near a place

vd:in Oxford and the villages round about

round st off(with st)

to finish an activity or complete something in a good or suitable way

~round st out

vd:We rounded off the day with a picnic.

round st off(with st)

to take the sharp or rough edges off something

vd:You can round off the corners with sandpaper.

round on sb

to suddenly speak angrily to somebody and criticize or attack them

vd:He rounded on journalists, calling them ‘a pack of vultures’.

turn on sb

~ round on.to attack somebody suddenly and unexpectedly

round sb/st up

to find and gather together people, animals or things

vd:I rounded up a few friends for a party.

The cattle are rounded up in the evenings.

round up

if police or soldiers round up a group of people, they find them and arrest or capture them

vd:A number of suspects were rounded up and questioned.

do/go the rounds (of st)

if news or a joke does the rounds, it is passed on quickly from one person to another~make the rounds

do/go the rounds (of st)

to go around from place to place, especially when looking for work or support for a political campaign, etc.~make the rounds

• He’s doing the rounds of insurance firms.

• The Vice-President made the rounds of television talk shows.

in the round

(of a work of art) made so that it can be seen from all sides

vd:an opportunity to see Canova’s work in the round

in the round

(of a theatre or play) with the people watching all around a central stage