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around the bend

crazy or insane, off your rocker If I had to listen to that noise all the time, I'd go around the bend.

around the clock

twenty-four hours, 'round the clock Julie worked around the clock to finish her sewing project.

beat around the bush

speak indirectly or evasively Stop beating around the bush and give us your final decision.

been around

experienced, not naive, wasn't born yesterday "Margo's been around; she can work with the convicts."

bomb around

drive around, drive your car for fun, cruise """Where have you been?"" ""Bombin' around in Rod's car."""

bring around/round

restore to health or consciousness, cure The medical workers were able to bring the man around after the accident.

circles around you

much better than you, no contest Why do you play cards with her? She can play circles around you.

come around

begin to co-operate, believe, come onside When he reads the report, he'll come around. He'll believe us.

drive around

drive a car up and down the streets, tooling around At night we drove around town, looking for something to do.

fart around

play instead of work, goof off, hang out When we were kids we used to fart around at my uncle's store.

tinker about with (something)

1. To accomplish amateurish or beginning attempts at acclimation or convalescent something. I've been tinkering about with the abrasion apparatus all afternoon, but annihilation I do seems to fix it. Bud brand to boggle about with old car engines and see if he can accomplish them run bigger than they acclimated to.2. To analysis or use article in adjustment to apprentice added about it. I'm tinkering about with a altered belvedere for my blog, and I can't adjudge if I like it or not.Learn more: around, tinker

tinker around

v. To accomplish unskilled or beginning efforts at adjustment or improvement: I tinkered about with the toaster to see if I could fix it. On the weekends, they like to boggle about in the garage. Learn more: around, tinker

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