build around
Definition of build around
: to develop or organize (something) by using (something, such as an idea) as its main or central part We built our program around the idea that people need love and support. Their lives are built around their children.
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: to form by ordering and uniting materials by gradual means into a composite whole : construct
: to cause to be constructed
: to develop according to a systematic plan, by a definite process, or on a particular base
: form or mode of structure : make
: bodily conformation of a person or animal
: in a circle or in circumference
: in, along, or through a circuit
: on all or various sides : in every or any direction
: on all sides of
: so as to encircle or enclose
: so as to avoid or get past : on or to another side of
: about
: being in existence, evidence, or circulation
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