(Preposition)ROUND

BRING ROUND: to make someone agree with you. At last we succeeded to

bring him round to our proposal.

CALL ROUND: visit a place. I called round to a dozen of book-shops in

search of the book.

COME ROUND: to change and start liking something. After a long

discussion he came round.

COME ROUND: happen regularly. The festive season would again come round.

GET ROUND: become well-known. The news got around that the prime

minister is unwell.

GET ROUND: persuade others to allow you doing something. He can get

round his father.

GET ROUND:deal successfullywith a problem. I hope you can got round

that problem.

GO ROUND: visit somebody for a brief time. I went round to see the

ailing mother.

GO ROUND:travel and visit places. Shimla is an interesting spot for

going round and enjoying nature's beauty.

GO ROUND: make a circuit of a building. We went round the monument.

GO ROUND: turn or spin like a wheel. The planets go round for ever.

GO ROUND: dress or behave in a particular way. He is in the habit of

going round barefoot on the grass laden with dew in the morning.

GO ROUND: do something which others may not like. Why do you go round

spitting here and there?

GO ROUND: go together. Ram and rahim often go round together.

GO ROUND: be affected by a disease in large number. The flue is going

round these days.

GO ROUND: be sufficient for many people. There is sufficient ration to go round.

LOOK ROUND: turn and look behind. The bull stopped running and looked round.

PASS ROUND: pass something around, to offer something to people. He

passed the fruits round.

PULL ROUND: regain conciousness. after a while she pulled round and

opened her eyes.

PUT ROUND: surround something with another. she put a garland round his neck.

PUT ROUND: make known to people. the news had beeb put round by the press.

RALLY ROUND: help somebody in a difficult time. They rallied round their leader.

SWING ROUND: suddenly turn and face in the opposite direction.

TAKE ROUND: take somebody to a place and show it to them. The guide

took the tourist round the monument.

TALK ROUND : persuade somebody to agree with you. You should talk

round your father.

TURN ROUND: turn in a way that makes you face the opposite direction.

Geetika turned round to speak to me.

TURN ROUND: turn a business etc. into success. People hope that the

new finance minister may turn the economy round.

WHIP ROUND: appeal for money. He whipped round to raise funds for a cause.

RING ABOUT/AROUND/ROUND: make a circle around something or somebody.

The body-guards of the minister ringed around him.

SEE OVER/ROUND:visit and see. They saw over the site of constructin.

PASS THAT HAT ROUND:collect money. They passed the hat round for the destitutes.

PATTER ABOUT/AROUND/ROUND:move or walk about with light steps.

Something pattered about at night under my bed. perhaps these were

nice.

WIND ROUND ONE'S FINGER: persuade somebody to do what one wants

through flattery, personal charm etc. Leela knew how to wind her

husband round her finger.