show (someone) around

phrasal verb

showed (someone) around; shown (someone) around or showed (someone) around; showing (someone) around; shows (someone) around

: to act as a guide for (someone who is visiting a place) : to lead (someone) around a place and point to and talk about the interesting or important things

She showed us around the city.

You've never been to my house before. Let me show you around.

Examples of show (someone) around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Monsoon storms put on a show around metro Phoenix on Aug. 13 with booming thunder and lightning streaks shooting across the sky. —Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025

Latest forecasts show around one inch of rain possible, falling mostly Friday night into early Saturday morning. —Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Jan. 2025

Photos of the scene show around a dozen fluffy, white felines visible through the vehicle's windshield. —Bailey Richards, People.com, 1 July 2025

Food52 is also currently in the process of launching a show around Tiara Bennett, who is a chef and owner of a New York City bakery called The Pastry Box. —Mark J. Burns, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025