english
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Phrase(s): *around someone or something
1. enclosing someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; go ~; circle ~.) • The white picket fence is around the house and the yard. • Jimmy was crying loudly. A ring of children circled around him, singing "Happy Birthday." 2. near someone or something in this vicinity. (*Typically: be ~; hang ~; live ~.) • How long have you been around here? • I don’t like people like that hanging around me.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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adv.
everywhere:
We wandered around the town.
adv.
each person:
There was enough to go around.
prep.
in a circle:
They sat in the camp around the fire.
Simple Definitions
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In addition to the idioms beginning with AROUND, Also see BEAT ABOUT (AROUND) THE BUSH; BEEN AROUND; BOSS SOMEONE AROUND; BRING AROUND; CAST ABOUT (AROUND); COME AROUND; ENOUGH TO GO AROUND; EVERY TIME ONE TURNS AROUND; FOOL AROUND; FUCK AROUND; FULL CIRCLE (WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND); GET AROUND; GET AROUND TO; GO AROUND IN CIRCLES; HAND AROUND; HORSE AROUND; KICK AROUND; KID AROUND; KNOCK ABOUT (AROUND); KNOW ONE'S WAY AROUND; MESS AROUND; NOSE ABOUT (AROUND); PAL AROUND WITH; PLAY AROUND; POKE AROUND; PUSH AROUND; RALLY AROUND; ROLL AROUND; RUN AROUND IN CIRCLES; RUN AROUND LIKE A CHICKEN; RUN AROUND WITH; RUN RINGS AROUND; SCREW AROUND; SCROUNGE AROUND; SHOP AROUND; SLEEP AROUND; STICK AROUND; TALK AROUND; TEAR AROUND; THROW ONE'S WEIGHT AROUND; TURN AROUND; TWIST AROUND ONE'S FINGER; UP AND ABOUT (AROUND). Also see under ROUND.
American Heritage Idioms