round about

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English

Adverb

round about (not comparable)

  1. In an opposite direction.
  2. (emphatic) Round; around.

Prepositional phrase

round about

  1. At a point or time approximately equal to.
    • 1945 November and December, H. C. Casserley, “Random Reflections on British Locomotive Types—1”, in Railway Magazine, pages 318–319:
      Nevertheless, the modern outside cylinder 2-6-0 may be said to have had its beginnings on the G.N.R. and G.W.R. round about 1911.