BANG OUT/AROUND/AWAY: make loud noise. He banged out the door with a stick.
DRAPE OVER/AROUND:to cover. She came with a towel draped around her.
HITCH ACROSS/AROUND/ TO: ask for a free side from drivers of passing
by cars etc. She hitched all her way to New Jersy.
GATHER AROUND/ROUND: come in a group to surround somebody. The
children gathered around her to listen stories and tales.
INCH ALONG/AROUND/TOWARDS:to move very slowly. The wounded soldier
inched towards the enemy through the bushes.
LOOK AROUND/ROUND:to search. We being to look round the market.
LURK AROUND/IN/BENEATH:hide and wait secretly for some wrong doing. A
snake lurked beneath the tall grass.
ORGANISED IN/ALONG/AROUND:They were organised along caste considerations.
PATTER ABOUT/AROUND/ROUND:move or walk about with light steps.
Something pattered about at night under my bed. perhaps these were
nice.
POP ALONG/AROUND:make a brief visit. I may pop around if possible.
PRANCE AROUND/IN/UP:dance about in a foolish way. The horse pranced up
in the bazar.
RAKE ABOUT/AROUND/THROUGH:to search a place throughly. She raked about
her room looking for the keys.
REVERBERATE ALONG/AROUND/THROUGH: echo, a sound heard many times. My
whistle reverberate through the tunnel.
RING ABOUT/AROUND/ROUND: make a circle around something or somebody.
The body-guards of the minister ringed around him.
SCATTER AROUND/ON/OVER:to throw or drop a lot of things. He scattered
the seeds around.
SKATE AROUND/OVER:to avoid mentioning a problem or subject. She skated
over the question of her divorce.
SNEAK AROUND/INTO/PAST:go secretly and quietly. She sneaked into the
room past me.
WANDER AROUND/ABOUT/THROUGH: walk slowly around a place without any
specific purpose. They wandered about the bazar.
WHIP ACROSS/AROUND: move quickly and violently. The wind whipped
around the trees.
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