to cruise around
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4.1
- phrasal verb
- /kruːz əˈraʊnd/
:
dar una vuelta
- On weekends, I love to cruise around town, enjoying the sights and sounds.
- cruising around town
- cruise around the city
- cruising around in a car
We'll take some wine and we'll cruise around the marine.
- We'll take some wine and we'll cruise around the marine.
- Yeah, I, I think we already have Roombas cruising around.
- This car is very very fast when you're just cruising around, but doing launch control is a whole other hold of insane.
- If I I should have brought pictures, I've got great pictures of us just cruising around like this in this limousine and doing party after party quality.
- And, and went cruising around Los Angeles swinging around like a real G.
- Yeah, I can play golf and I can cruise around the world and I can just enjoy life.
- I can see myself on this cruising around.
Examples
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Why don't we all go for an evening cruise around the bay?
Fiction book (1994) -
Our favorite is Rot Fai Park, where you can rent a bike and cruise around the grounds.
Blog text (15) -
First thing we're going to do on my little list is we're just going to go for a slow, nice cruise around the car park.
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So when you cruise around outside, are you kind of just, like looking normal?
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Yeah, I just cruise around, you know.
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We'll... We'll just cruise around a little bit.
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So leo and I are gonna cruise Around in a car in this area.
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Perfect day to cruise around the city... ...with your head hanging out of the car window.
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But they are definitely much safer than an E board and without a doubt my favorite way to cruise around the city.
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We follow the Olds as it cruises around the back of the building, heading down a concrete loading ramp.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
379
1.3
Move around without a fixed direction, often slowly and in curves
189
2.5
Move around without a fixed place, often while looking for something
108
3.2
To travel at a steady, relaxed speed to enjoy the view
56
1.9
To go for a short drive to have fun and relax
49
2.1
Move from place to place within an area
31
2.6
To take someone in a vehicle to show them interesting places
21
2.3
Move in a round path around someone or something
14
1.0
A short time spent moving on foot in a place without a clear destination
14
4.4
To walk for pleasure without a fixed route
11
2.9
To walk around a town or city without a clear purpose
8
3.1
To move around a place on your feet without a clear purpose
7
3.2
Travel by boat around a place like a coast or lake
5
2.6
To walk slowly for pleasure along a street or riverside
4
3.5
Travel slowly and easily along a road or river for pleasure
4
6.9
To walk around without a clear purpose
3
9.0
To move around places for pleasure without a plan
2
7.7
Move around with no set place to go for fun
1
7.9
To go slowly and enjoy the journey
1
9.7
To walk around without a clear destination for pleasure
To move or travel slowly without a plan
To travel slowly without a clear plan
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to drive or travel slowly and leisurely around an area' is directly and transparently composed from 'cruise' (move at a steady relaxed speed) + 'around' (moving about aimlessly), so a learner who knows both words can readily infer the phrase. This verb+particle pattern is common and cross-linguistically familiar, making the expression predictable for a B1-level learner.
Etymology
Cruise around comes from the picture of a ship or car moving smoothly and slowly around an area with no plan. Because cruise suggests smooth movement and around means moving in a place, it now means 'to drive or travel slowly without a set destination'.