(Preposition)AROUND

CAST AROUND: try to find out something. The hunter cast around for an animal.

CENTRE AROUND: main subject of attraction. The discussion centred

around corruption.

CLUSTER AROUND: collect around something  in a tight group.Newspersons

clustered  around the cinema star.

CROWD AROUND: collect around someone. The players crowded around the coach.

FLOAT AROUND:something talked and discussed. The rumurs floated around.

HAND AROUND: offer something to all the people. Sweets were handed around.

HAWAK AROUND: offer something for sale. I saw him hawking around his

family silver.

HUDDLE AROUND:gather closely together because of fear and cold. The

pups huddled around their mother.

GET AROUND:go to many different places. Getting around made him an

experienced man.

GO AROUND:move in a circular or curving direction. The car went around

a bend and disappeared.

JACK AROUND: waste somebody's time. He is in the habit of jacking his

mother around.

KID AROUND: behave foolishly. I asked him to stop kidding around.

MESS AROUND: spend time lazily doing things slowly. He messed around

his days in the city.

MOVE AROUND: transfer employees from one office to another. They keep

their employees moving around from one place to another.

PRESS AROUND:to push and move around. The crowd of visitors pressed

around the exhibition.

PUSH AROUND: push something from one position to another. She pushed

the things on the table around.

RATTLE AROUND: be in a place bigger than needed. He was life alone to

rattle around.

READ AROUND: read something that will provide a background. I have

read alot around the subject.

RUN AROUND: run here and there excitedly in an area. The kids ran

around the open space.

RUN AROUND: visit many places doing something. He ran around seeking a job.

SCOUT AROUND: to look for something in a particular area. They were

scouting around for a lost dog.

SHOW AROUND: show the visitors a place. She was showing the visitors around.

SKIRT AROUND: to go around the outside edge of a place or area. The

road skirts around the nakki lake.

SKIRT AROUND: avoid dealing with a subject. They skirted around the main issue.

SLEEP AROUND: have sex with a lot of different people. He indulged in

sleeping around.

SLOP AROUND: spend time doing nothing. I sloped around on the beach.

STAND AROUND: stand at a place without any purpose. They stood around

for some time and then dispersed.

STICK AROUND: stay at the where you are. She was struck around in Singapore.

TALK AROUND: disucuss. People taked around about the murder.

THROW AROUND: encircle something with something else. She threw a

necklace around her daugher's neck.

WIND AROUND: twist or fold yarn etc. around something. She was winding

yarn around a spindle.

TURN AROUND: move around, show someone  one's back. I asked him to turn around.