around
- adverb
- /əˈraʊnd/
- Do you want to turn around?
- turn around
- the other way around
- then turn around
So you flip it round, you flip around, it's it's behavior.
- So you flip it round, you flip around, it's it's behavior.
- You can still turn this around and maybe it's going pretty good.
- And she was the one who turned around and said, let's teach a course.
- So you've got this hand and then you've got it flipped around in a mirror.
Examples
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Now I need you to turn this bird around, okay?
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I'll turn around and walk out of here right now.
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I need you to turn around and go the other way.
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I'm a little turned around.
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The rock was replaced, and we turned around and crawled back out to the entrance.
Academic text (2011) -
Turn around for me.
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Do not turn around.
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To see the sunrise, we turned around and faced the opposite direction.
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During the game, the coach told the players to turn around and play defense.
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When she noticed the loud noise, she quickly turned around to see what was happening.
Synonyms
To turn to face the opposite direction
Antonyms
Idioms
The most important thing that makes life keep going, like money or love
- Informal
A constant problem or responsibility that is hard to get rid of
To take part in a traditional May Day dance in a circle around a tall decorated pole
To sail around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, often in dangerous weather
To avoid saying something directly by talking a long time before answering
- Archaic
To talk or act in a long, roundabout way to avoid the main point
- Informal
Behaving as if you are the most important person and others do not matter
- Informal
Talk in a relaxed, joking way and make stories bigger to be funny
Compounds
- Specialized
Stopping an approach or attempt to try again, for example when a plane pulls up instead of landing
- Baby Talk
A children's game where players hold hands, walk in a circle, and fall down while singing
- NSFW
Money given during elections to get people to vote for a candidate or pay small local costs
- Baby Talk
A children's game where players hold hands in a circle, sing, and fall down
Negative ideas that lead people to treat those with mental health problems unfairly
Surface Forms
Morphology
around = round (transparent) = a + round
A turn through a circular path naturally yields the sense of facing the opposite direction, so the relation to 'round' is clear.
Etymology
Around comes from a- 'on' and round 'circle', so to 'turn around' is to move on the circle to face the other way. That's why around can mean 'the other way' when you turn.