(revolve round)
21revolve — v 1. turn around, turn, rotate, wheel, whirl, twirl, reel; spin, gyrate, pirouette, pivot, swivel, swing; circumrotate, circumvolve; orbit, circle. 2. come round again, recur, reoccur, reappear, return. 3. think about, cerebrate, reflect upon,… …
22revolve around somebody — reˈvolve around/round sb/sth derived to have sb/sth as the main interest or subject • His whole life revolves around surfing. • She thinks that the world revolves around her. • The discussion revolved around the question of changing the club s… …
23turn round — Revolve, whirl, turn …
24To turn round — Turn Turn, v. i. 1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man… …
25mer|ry-go-round — «MEHR ee goh ROWND», noun. 1. a set of animal figures and seats on a platform that goes round and round by machinery to lively music; carrousel. Children ride on them for fun. »The opera itself was tuneful as a merry go round (Time). 2. a round… …
26go round — 1 the wheels were going round: SPIN, revolve, turn, rotate, whirl. 2 a nasty rumour going round: BE SPREAD, be circulated, be put about, circulate, pass round, be broadcast. → go …
27turn round — verb a) To revolve or rotate around a centre. The body was turning round slowly as it fell. b) To turn so as to be facing in the opposite direction. It seemed that there was someone behind me; but when I turned round, no one was there …
28come round — Synonyms and related words: acquiesce, alter, alternate, ameliorate, be changed, be converted into, be here again, be persuaded, be renewed, bottom out, bounce back, break, change, checker, chop, chop and change, circle, come about, come again,… …
29centre round — centre around, centre round influenced by verbs of motion such as gather and move, is now a common construction for the meaning ‘to have (something) as a centre; to be mainly concerned with’, criticism on the grounds of illogicality… …
30go round (chiefly US also go around) — 1》 spin; revolve. 2》 be sufficient to supply everybody present. → go …
