See Also: top round(dictionary)
all round(dictionary)
Second round(finance)
Round lot(finance)
Down round(finance)
Second round(money)
Round Lot(money)
Down round(money)
round(2)(dictionary)
round(1)(dictionary)

round about (iou)



round about adverbial & prepositional phr. ME.
[from ROUND adverb + ABOUT.]
A. adverbial phr.
In a circle; on all sides or in all directions. ME.
Browning Yon hollow, crusted roundabout With copper where the clamp was. Douglas Clark Bob..does a circular tour of all the villages round about.
With a rotatory movement; so as to pass or turn right round. LME.
= ROUND adverb 5a. L16.
By a circuitous route. L19.
b. prepositional phr.
= ROUND preposition 1. LME.
In a circle about; on all sides of; in all directions from. LME.
Scott Fitzgerald Egotism tended..to blind him to what was going on round about him.
Approximately; about; around. E20.
Harper's Magazine His association with the magazine started round about 1936.