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.
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Ari Stark, WWD, 17 June 2024
The orchestra will start around 8 p.m. and accompany the 15-minute fireworks and drone show around 9:30 p.m.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
Both Ritter and the show around her get significantly better with the introduction of Fix’s Jules, who is funny and deservedly sullen and generally complex in ways the show desperately needed in her absence.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Always look up at night—the stars are the greatest free show around.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2023
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Ari Stark, WWD, 17 June 2024
The orchestra will start around 8 p.m. and accompany the 15-minute fireworks and drone show around 9:30 p.m.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2024
Both Ritter and the show around her get significantly better with the introduction of Fix’s Jules, who is funny and deservedly sullen and generally complex in ways the show desperately needed in her absence.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Always look up at night—the stars are the greatest free show around.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2023
See all Example Sentences for show (someone) around
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“Show (someone) around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/show%20%28someone%29%20around. Accessed 1 Jul. 2024.
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