a phrasal verb about turning around something
What should we say to show someone rounds the building and goes to the back door? I mean the verb showing to turn around the building.
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What should we say to show someone rounds the building and goes to the back door? I mean the verb showing to turn around the building.
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What should we say to show someone rounds the building and goes to the back door? I mean the verb showing to turn around the building.
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What should we say to show someone rounds the building and goes to the back door? I mean the verb showing to turn around the building.
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Welcome to EL&U! Could you please make your question clearer? If your question is a [single-word-request], please provide a sample sentence.
– A Lambent Eye
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Welcome to EL&U! Could you please make your question clearer? If your question is a [single-word-request], please provide a sample sentence.
– A Lambent Eye
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Welcome to EL&U! Could you please make your question clearer? If your question is a [single-word-request], please provide a sample sentence.
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I would say
'to corner'.
According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corner:
CORNER
intransitive verb
: to turn a corner
// the car corners well
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This is not a phrasal verb, which is what was requested
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to move around TFD phrasal verb ( or circle around )
pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the
obstacle"
As in:
He moved around the building to the back door.
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This is not a phrasal verb, which is what was requested.
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
@tchrist edited tks
– lbf
2 days ago
"Circle around" also works even if the movement is not perfectly circular; the aspect ratio of most buildings' footprint is on the order of 1:1.
– Chemomechanics
2 days ago
@Chemomechanics tks - added
– lbf
2 days ago
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I would say
'to corner'.
According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corner:
CORNER
intransitive verb
: to turn a corner
// the car corners well
answered 2 days ago
user307254user307254
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This is not a phrasal verb, which is what was requested
– tchrist♦
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I would say
'to corner'.
According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corner:
CORNER
intransitive verb
: to turn a corner
// the car corners well
answered 2 days ago
user307254user307254
3,658515
This is not a phrasal verb, which is what was requested
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
add a comment |
I would say
'to corner'.
According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corner:
CORNER
intransitive verb
: to turn a corner
// the car corners well
answered 2 days ago
user307254user307254
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I would say
'to corner'.
According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corner:
CORNER
intransitive verb
: to turn a corner
// the car corners well
answered 2 days ago
user307254user307254
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answered 2 days ago
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answered 2 days ago
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answered 2 days ago
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This is not a phrasal verb, which is what was requested
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
add a comment |
This is not a phrasal verb, which is what was requested
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
This is not a phrasal verb, which is what was requested
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
This is not a phrasal verb, which is what was requested
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
add a comment |
to move around TFD phrasal verb ( or circle around )
pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the
obstacle"
As in:
He moved around the building to the back door.
answered 2 days ago
lbflbf
19.5k22270
This is not a phrasal verb, which is what was requested.
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
@tchrist edited tks
– lbf
2 days ago
"Circle around" also works even if the movement is not perfectly circular; the aspect ratio of most buildings' footprint is on the order of 1:1.
– Chemomechanics
2 days ago
@Chemomechanics tks - added
– lbf
2 days ago
add a comment |
to move around TFD phrasal verb ( or circle around )
pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the
obstacle"
As in:
He moved around the building to the back door.
answered 2 days ago
lbflbf
19.5k22270
This is not a phrasal verb, which is what was requested.
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
@tchrist edited tks
– lbf
2 days ago
"Circle around" also works even if the movement is not perfectly circular; the aspect ratio of most buildings' footprint is on the order of 1:1.
– Chemomechanics
2 days ago
@Chemomechanics tks - added
– lbf
2 days ago
add a comment |
to move around TFD phrasal verb ( or circle around )
pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the
obstacle"
As in:
He moved around the building to the back door.
answered 2 days ago
lbflbf
19.5k22270
to move around TFD phrasal verb ( or circle around )
pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the
obstacle"
As in:
He moved around the building to the back door.
answered 2 days ago
lbflbf
19.5k22270
edited 2 days ago
answered 2 days ago
lbflbf
19.5k22270
answered 2 days ago
lbflbf
19.5k22270
answered 2 days ago
lbflbf
19.5k22270
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This is not a phrasal verb, which is what was requested.
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
@tchrist edited tks
– lbf
2 days ago
"Circle around" also works even if the movement is not perfectly circular; the aspect ratio of most buildings' footprint is on the order of 1:1.
– Chemomechanics
2 days ago
@Chemomechanics tks - added
– lbf
2 days ago
add a comment |
This is not a phrasal verb, which is what was requested.
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
@tchrist edited tks
– lbf
2 days ago
"Circle around" also works even if the movement is not perfectly circular; the aspect ratio of most buildings' footprint is on the order of 1:1.
– Chemomechanics
2 days ago
@Chemomechanics tks - added
– lbf
2 days ago
This is not a phrasal verb, which is what was requested.
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
This is not a phrasal verb, which is what was requested.
– tchrist♦
2 days ago
@tchrist edited tks
– lbf
2 days ago
@tchrist edited tks
– lbf
2 days ago
"Circle around" also works even if the movement is not perfectly circular; the aspect ratio of most buildings' footprint is on the order of 1:1.
– Chemomechanics
2 days ago
"Circle around" also works even if the movement is not perfectly circular; the aspect ratio of most buildings' footprint is on the order of 1:1.
– Chemomechanics
2 days ago
@Chemomechanics tks - added
– lbf
2 days ago
@Chemomechanics tks - added
– lbf
2 days ago
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