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About & Round usually mean the same as Around. Please bear that in mind when you search for verbs in the dictionary or in the Corpus.
Different meanings
Around for movement;
here and there; visiting Moving
or going to different places.
| Get around | The best way to get around is by car. |
| Ask sb round | Let's ask them round for a meal next week. |
| Come round | Would you like to come round on Saturday? We'll be in all day. |
| Go round | She isn't here at the moment. She's gone round to see the woman next door. |
| Look around | After looking around the park and admiring the huge sports centre, we climbed to the top of the hill. |
| Root around | |
| Run around | She and her sisters had lots of fun running around the garden, playing with her dolls. |
| Shop around | Shop around for your insurance cover - but look at the quality of the product and the insurer's reputation for service, as well as value for money. |
| Show sb around | Would you like to see the farm? Would you like me to show you around? |
Sleep around  |
It was common knowledge that he was sleeping around while she was away on business trips. |
| Wander around | I love just wandering around London, particularly around about five o'clock when the shops are still open and people are finishing work. |
TOP Around for aimless activity It
usually means being lazy and doing nothing, perhaps wasting your time.
Sometimes it suggests playing with something or somebody.
| Arse around | I spend my days sitting in school wishing I wasn't there, and then coming home and arsing around on the computer. |
| Fool around | Children need to play and fool around with things. |
| Frig around | |
| Fuss around | The woman who ran the establishment fussed around us making sure we were comfortable and had everything we needed. |
| Hang around |
She enjoyed hanging around the bar with her friends. |
| Lounge around | |
| Mess around | If I were you, I would stop messing around with him and find myself a more stable guy. |
| Mooch around | |
| Sit around | She got tired of sitting around the station waiting and left. |
| Stand around | We were just standing around talking to each other. |
| Stick around | I hope that you enjoy it here and that you stick around a bit! |
Around
for rough treatment or violence Behaving
in a bossy and aggresive way towards sb.
| Boss sb around | Don't boss me about. |
| Kick sb around | They kicked me around until every part of my body hurt. |
| Knock sb around | Who was Michael trying to impress when he knocked his wife around a hotel room a few times? |
| Push sb around | She was being pushed around by other people telling her what to do. |
| Order sb around | Who do you think you are, Ava, to order me about? |
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