revolve around

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verb

revolved around; revolving around; revolves around

1

: to move around (something) in a path that is similar to a circle

The planets revolve around the sun.

2

: to have (someone or something) as a main subject or interest

The discussion revolved around the question of repairing the roads.

His life revolves around playing basketball.

He thinks the world revolves around him.

the world revolves around (someone)

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phrase

: someone's life, problems, etc., are more important than other people's

I can't just drop everything to help you. The world doesn't revolve around you, you know.

Examples of revolve around in a Sentence

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Verb

Many of those ideas revolved around modernizing the business and zeroing in on marketing opportunities to build up its name, drawing on his career in broadcasting. — S. Sorrina Beecher, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026

This remains firmly true of Wild Horse Nine, the Oscar-winning Irish filmmaker’s snazzy new period piece revolving around two CIA agents and set largely on Easter Island in the last days before the 1973 Chilean coup d’état. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2026

Phrase

My brother David and his family, my nieces and my nephews, and of course, the one the world revolves around, baby Maya. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024

Gervais jokes about how everyone on Twitter thinks the world revolves around them. — Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 Nov. 2022

Rhymes for revolve around

• abound
• aground
• astound
• background
• campground
• clothbound
• confound
• earthbound
• eastbound
• expound
• fairground
• foreground