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

Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res (which also produces The Morning Show) won the rights to Min Jin Lee’s best-selling novel and, with Hugh, pitched the show around town. —Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024

Satellite images show around 100,000 solar panels glinting in the sun, surrounded by green fields. —Fred Pearce, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024

Shaping the show around him is requires a bit more effort. —Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024

After sending educator and special guest Marlene DeBaere off with a seven-day Mediterranean cruise for her four decades of service in school, Goldberg closed the show around five minutes earlier than usual, as EW learned that the segment ran a little longer than expected. —Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 May 2023

Photos in court documents show around 15 men at the Cuna del Sol raising glasses of wine. —Arturo Torres, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024

Ben Affleck directs and stars in the movie Air, which tells the story of Nike basketball expert Sonny Vaccaro — played by Matt Damon — who pushed the company to design a show around basketball prodigy and NBA rookie Michael Jordan. —Gerrad Hall and Calie Schepp, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2023

Berlin, a wildly popular character from the original series, was always going to be tricky for the franchise to build a show around. —Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023

Now, at the same venue, comes Larry Hass, who bills himself as the philosopher magician, theming his show around ideas and beliefs. —Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2023