put round about

См. также в других словарях:

• put round — phrasal verb Word forms put round : present tense I/you/we/they put round he/she/it puts round present participle putting round past tense put round past participle put round British same as put about 1) Who put round those lies about me? …   English dictionary

• put round — see put about …   English dictionary

• put — [ put ] (past tense and past participle put) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 move something to position ▸ 2 cause to be in situation ▸ 3 write/print something ▸ 4 make someone go to place ▸ 5 give position on list ▸ 6 build/place somewhere ▸ 7 express in …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• round — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Charybdis, Chateaubriand, Ciceronian, Indian file, O, O shaped, SRO, about, absolute, ace, admitting no exception, again, air lane, all but, all over, all out, almost, ambagious, ambit, amount, annular, annular… …   Moby Thesaurus

• round — round1 W2S2 [raund] adv, prep especially BrE also around 1.) surrounding or on all sides of something or someone ▪ We sat round the table playing cards. ▪ Gather round! I have an important announcement to make. ▪ He put his arm gently round her… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• put */*/*/ — UK [pʊt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms put : present tense I/you/we/they put he/she/it puts present participle putting past tense put past participle put 1) a) to move something to a particular position, especially using your hands She put… …   English dictionary

• put about — phrasal verb Word forms put about : present tense I/you/we/they put about he/she/it puts about present participle putting about past tense put about past participle put about 1) put about or put around/round [transitive] British informal to tell… …   English dictionary

• put about — the ship put about: TURN ROUND, come about, change course. → put * * * Nautical (of a ship) turn on the opposite tack * * * put about [phrasal verb] 1 put (something) about or put about (something …   Useful english dictionary

• put — [[t]p ʊt[/t]] ♦ puts, putting (The form put is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) 1) VERB When you put something in a particular place or position, you move it into that place or position. [V n prep/adv]… …   English dictionary

• about — [[t]əba͟ʊt[/t]] ♦ (In addition to the uses shown below, about is used after some verbs, nouns, and adjectives to introduce extra information. About is also often used after verbs of movement, such as walk and drive , and in phrasal verbs such as… …   English dictionary

• put around — phrasal verb = put round [transitive] Word forms put around : present tense I/you/we/they put around he/she/it puts around present participle putting around past tense put around past participle put around British informal same as put about 1)… …   English dictionary