work round to
Definition of work round to
chiefly British
: to start talking or writing about (a subject, issue, etc.) after talking or writing about other things He eventually worked round to the company's financial situation.
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: activity in which one exerts strength or faculties to do or perform something:
: sustained physical or mental effort to overcome obstacles and achieve an objective or result
: activity that a person engages in regularly to earn a livelihood
: used for work
: suitable or styled for wear while working
: involving or engaged in work
: to bring to pass : effect
: to fashion or create a useful or desired product by expending labor or exertion on : forge, shape
: to make or decorate with needlework
: having every part of the surface or circumference equidistant from the center
: cylindrical
: approximately round
: around
: something (such as a circle, globe, or ring) that is round
: a knot of people
: a circle of things
: to make round
: to make (the lips) round and protruded (as in the pronunciation of \ü\)
: to pronounce with lip rounding : labialize
: around
: all during : throughout
: whisper
: to speak to in a whisper
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