to revolve around

  • 41world revolves around — 1 ◇ If you think the world revolves around you, you think that your own life, problems, etc., are more important than other people s. I can t just drop everything to help you. The world doesn t revolve around you, you know. 2 ◇ If your world… …

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  • 42Stick Around (TV) — infobox television show name = Stick Around format = sitcom runtime = Approx. 0:30 starring = Andy Kaufman, Nancy New, Fred McCarren country = USA network = ABC first aired = May 30, 1977 num episodes = 1| Stick Around was an unsold television… …

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  • 43circle around — verb move around in a circular motion The Earth revolves around the Sun • Syn: ↑revolve around, ↑circle round • Hypernyms: ↑circle • Verb Frames: Something s something …

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  • 44center around —     Their argument centers around the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Times). Center indicates a point, and a point cannot encircle anything. Make it center on or revolve around …

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  • 45center around —  Center indicates a point, and a point cannot encircle anything. Make it center on or revolve around …

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  • 46To turn around one's finger — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… …

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  • 47spin around — verb revolve quickly and repeatedly around one s own axis (Freq. 3) The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy • Syn: ↑spin, ↑whirl, ↑reel, ↑gyrate • Derivationally related forms: ↑gyration …

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  • 48wheel around — verb 1. change directions as if revolving on a pivot They wheeled their horses around and left • Syn: ↑wheel • Derivationally related forms: ↑wheeler (for: ↑wheel) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 49come around — Synonyms and related words: acquiesce, agree, agree on, agree with, 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,… …

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  • 50centre around — 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… …

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