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around (someone or something) around (someone or something)1. Encircling someone or something. You guys don't all need to stand around me—back up!2. Close to a particular person, place, or thing. I haven't lived around here for very long, so I don't know where any of the good restaurants are.See also: around*around someone or something 1. enclosing someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; go ~; circle ~.) 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 ~; hang ~; live ~.) How long have you been around here? I don't like people like that hanging around me. around/round the clock Throughout the entire 24 hours of the day; continuously. |