around someone or something
- around someone or something
*around someone or something
1. enclosing someone or something. (*Typically:
be \around someone or something
; go \around someone or something
; circle \around someone or something.) •
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 \around someone or something
; hang \around someone or something
; live\around someone or something.) •
How long have you been around here?
•
I don't like people like that hanging around me.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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