Phrase thesaurus
Around Phrases
245 phrases and expressions related to "around".
Phrases
- 101 Dalmatians (Disney cartoon and Glenn Close movie)
- A close thing
- A lot of fuss about nothing
- About face
- About time too
- About to find pups
- About turn
- All About Eve (Bette Davis movie)
- All around Robin Hood's barn
- Around The World In Eighty Days (Jules Verne book)
- Around the clock
- Arse about face
- As near as dammit
- Ask around
- At close quarters
- Bandy about
- Bang on about
- Bat the idea around
- Beat about the bush
- Been around the block a few times
- Boss about
- Bugger about
- Bum about
- Chasing nickels around dollar bills
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Richard Dreyfuss movie)
- Close call
- Close enough for government work
- Close enough for jazz
- Close friends
- Close of play
- Close proximity
- Close quarters
- Close ranks
- Close shave
- Close the books
- Close to home
- Close to the bone
- Close to the mark
- Close your eyes and think of England
- Close, but no cigar
- Come about
- Coming to a screen near you
- Companion plant (a plant grown near to another species to enhance its growth)
- Cut up about
- Dance around the problem
- Dangerous Liaisons (Glenn Close movie)
- Dick around
- Don't Stand So Close To Me (Police song)
- Don't close your eyes for a minute
- Don't go on about it
- Don't trouble your pretty little head about it
- Drag ass around
- Draw to a close
- Echo Around the World (Edison Records advertising slogan)
- Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask (Woody Allen movie)
- Extra, extra, read all about it
- Fall about laughing
- Fall about your ears
- Far better for being near to you (The Chesham Building Society advertising slogan)
- Fart around
- Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night (All About Eve)
- Fatal Attraction (Glenn Close / Michael Douglas movie)
- Fool around
- Gad about
- Get around to it
- Get your head around something
- Go about your business
- Go around in circles
- Go around with
- Go on about
- Go to see a man about a dog
- Goof around
- Green around the gills
- Hang about
- Hang around with
- Harp on about
- Have a thing about
- Have you any last requests? (humorous question asked as though a person was about to be killed)
- Have your wits about you
- Hedged about
- Holding your cards close to your chest
- Horse around
- Horsing around
- How about that?
- I Get Around (Beach Boys song)
- I don't know much about art but I know what I like
- I may not know much about art, but I know what I like
- If you can keep your head when all about you (from a poem by Kipling)
- In out, in out, shake it all about
- In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on (Robert Frost quotation)
- It was the night before Christmas and all round the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
- It's about time
- It's all about you (People Telecom advertising slogan)
- Jerk around
- Jig around
- Joke around
- Just around the corner
- Keep on about
- Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer (proverbial saying)
- Keep your wits about you
- Kick the gong around
- Kidding around
- Knock about
- Knock about comedy
- Know what you are about
- Lark about
- Loaf about
- Make a song and dance about
- Make no bones about
- Man about town
- Mess around
- Messing about in boats
- Milling about
- Monkey around
- Mooching around
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Muck about
- Near and dear to my heart
- Near death experience
- Near miss
- Near sighted
- Near the knuckle
- Near to one's heart
- Ninth inning (A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the end)
- Nose around
- Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about (The Beatles song lyric)
- Nothing to worry your pretty little head about
- Nothing to write home about
- Now they whisper to her not about her (Cashmere Bouquet Soap advertising slogan)
- Order about
- Out and about
- Piss about
- Play around
- Ponce about
- Potter about
- Pussyfoot around
- Rally round
- Rally round the flag
- Read all about it
- Ring around the collar (Wisk detergent advertising slogan)
- Rock Around The Clock (Bill Haley song)
- Rough around the edges
- Round Ireland With A Fridge (Tony Hawks book)
- Run rings around
- Run toward the sound of gunfire
- Sail close to the wind
- Sanka, everything you love about coffee (Sanka advertising slogan)
- Scouting about
- Scratch around
- Screw around
- Scrub around it
- Shop Around (Smokey Robinson song)
- Shop around
- Sleep around
- Smoke around the campfire
- Something About You (Four Tops song)
- Something to crow about
- Sorry about that, Chief. (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
- Stop faffing about
- Stop messing about (A catchphrase from Kenneth Williams)
- Talks about talks
- Tell me about it
- Tell them about the honey, mummy (Sugar Puffs advertising slogan)
- That just about takes the biscuit
- That's about it
- That's about the size of it
- The shot heard around the world
- The world around one
- There's Something About Mary (Cameron Diaz movie)
- There's a lot of it about (A catchphrase from Spike Milligan)
- There's something about her
- There's something funny about it
- There's too much arson about here
- Throw your money around
- Throw your weight about
- Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (Marvin Gaye song)
- Too close for comfort
- Too close to call
- Tool around
- Toward this end
- Twist around your little finger
- Up and about
- Up close and personal
- Watch out there's a Humphrey about (Milk Marketing Board advertising slogan)
- What goes around comes around
- What's It All About, Alfie? (Michael Caine movie)
- What's all the fuss about?
- Wrapped around your little finger
- You are now free to move about the country (Southwest Airlines advertising slogan)
- You can't keep quiet about a Wispa (Cadbury's Wispa advertising slogan)
- You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore
Related
- All around Robin Hood's barn
- Around The World In Eighty Days (Jules Verne book)
- Around the clock
- Ask around
- Bat the idea around
- Been around the block a few times
- Chasing nickels around dollar bills
- Dance around the problem
- Dick around
- Drag ass around
- Echo Around the World (Edison Records advertising slogan)
- Fart around
- Fool around
- Get around to it
- Get your head around something
- Go around in circles
- Go around with
- Goof around
- Green around the gills
- Hang around with
- Horse around
- Horsing around
- I Get Around (Beach Boys song)
- Jerk around
- Jig around
- Joke around
- Just around the corner
- Kick the gong around
- Kidding around
- Mess around
- Monkey around
- Mooching around
- Nose around
- Play around
- Pussyfoot around
- Ring around the collar (Wisk detergent advertising slogan)
- Rock Around The Clock (Bill Haley song)
- Rough around the edges
- Run rings around
- Scratch around
- Screw around
- Scrub around it
- Shop Around (Smokey Robinson song)
- Shop around
- Sleep around
- Smoke around the campfire
- The shot heard around the world
- The world around one
- Throw your money around
- Tool around
- Twist around your little finger
- What goes around comes around
- Wrapped around your little finger
- You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore