spread someone or something around

spread someone or something around
spread someone or something around
to distribute people or things over an area. •

Spread the good singers around so they can help the others in the choir.

Liz spread around the seeds so they would dry.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Spread — (1) The gap between bid and ask prices of a stock or other security. (2) The simultaneous purchase and sale of separate futures or options contracts for the same commodity for delivery in different months. Also known as a straddle. (3) Difference …   Financial and business terms

  • spread — The price difference between two related markets or commodities. Chicago Board of Trade glossary l) Positions held in two different futures contracts, taken to profit from the change in the difference between the two contracts prices; e.g., long… …   Financial and business terms

  • spread — spread1 [ spred ] (past tense and past participle spread) verb *** ▸ 1 affect larger area ▸ 2 disease affects many ▸ 3 cover surface with something ▸ 4 divide/reduce something ▸ 5 be present in wide area ▸ 6 give information to many ▸ 7 move… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • spread — I UK [spred] / US verb Word forms spread : present tense I/you/we/they spread he/she/it spreads present participle spreading past tense spread past participle spread *** 1) a) [intransitive] to gradually affect or cover a larger area UN leaders… …   English dictionary

  • go around — {v.} 1a. To go from one place or person to another. * /Mr. Smith is going around looking for work./ * /Don t go around telling lies like that./ * /Chicken pox is going around the neighborhood./ * /A rumor is going around school that we will get… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • go around — {v.} 1a. To go from one place or person to another. * /Mr. Smith is going around looking for work./ * /Don t go around telling lies like that./ * /Chicken pox is going around the neighborhood./ * /A rumor is going around school that we will get… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Types of gestures — Gestures are a form of body language or non verbal communication.Although some gestures, such as the ubiquitous act of pointing, differ little from one place to another, most gestures do not have invariable or universal meanings, having specific… …   Wikipedia

  • run — run1 [ rʌn ] (past tense ran [ ræn ] ; past participle run) verb *** ▸ 1 move quickly with legs ▸ 2 control/organize ▸ 3 machine: work ▸ 4 liquid: flow ▸ 5 try to be elected ▸ 6 vehicle: travel ▸ 7 be shown/performed ▸ 8 reach amount/rate ▸ 9… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • release — re|lease1 [ rı lis ] verb transitive *** ▸ 1 let someone leave ▸ 2 stop holding something ▸ 3 let something into area around ▸ 4 make something available ▸ 5 move held equipment ▸ 6 get rid of feeling ▸ 7 let someone not do something 1. ) to let… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • run — 1 /rVn/ verb past tense ran past participle run present participle running MOVE QUICKLY ON FOOT 1 (I) to move quickly on foot by moving your legs more quickly than when you are walking: I had to run to catch the bus. | Two youths were killed when …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”