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The following 9 entries include the term around the..
around the bend
phrase: mentally unsound
around the block
phrase: through many experiences —used especially to say that someone is no longer young or has become knowledgeable, capable, or mature because of past experience
around the clock
phrase: continuously for 24 hours : day and night without cessation
around-the-clock
adjective: being in effect, continuing, or lasting 24 hours a day : constant
around the corner
phrase: at hand : imminent
green around the gills
phrase: pale or sickly in appearance
ring-around-the-rosy
noun: a children's singing game in which players dance around in a circle and at a given signal drop to the ground
around the world
noun: the action of orally stimulating many parts of the body for sexual gratification
thick around the middle
idiom: fat around the waist
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