around someone
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- phrasal verb
- Nobody wants to be around someone who is serious all the time.
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- They don't need us for our financial status when we're around someone who doesn't need all of the things that we have kind of come to use as our significance.
- You're having to dance around someone who is more concerned with winning than with the well-being of your children.
- Well, I do think you make a compelling point AI in and that just simply being around someone, there's no you don't expect it to know what brand they're wearing.
Examples
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Your natural tendency is to focus more on the relationship because it's very exciting to be around someone you love and are attracted to.
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Happy people attract good energy, and everyone wants to be around someone with positive energy, including the one you love.
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Maybe being around someone his own age will help him open up.
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Have you ever been around someone who seems to fit that description?
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It's invigorating to be around someone who really walks their talk.
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If I wasn't nice to you, it's because I don't know how to act around someone I really like.
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And when you're around someone who is confident without being arrogant, it translates into the people who are around them.
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Anytime you're around someone who's such a hero and you spend time with them and they're a human being, it helps put perspective on everything.
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It's nice to be around someone who makes you feel comfortable and understood.
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When you're around someone like her, you can't help but smile and enjoy the moment.
Synonyms
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In the same place or group with other people
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'in the company of a particular person' is directly derivable from combining 'around' (near, in the vicinity of) with 'someone' (a person): being 'around someone' naturally conveys proximity or presence with that person. This locative-to-social extension is common across languages and follows a standard preposition + pronoun pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Around someone makes you picture being around a person, standing near them or in a small circle with them. That's why it means 'spending time with someone'.