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Idiom

ask round

Meaning

To enquire of several people.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I will ask round to see if anyone found my keys.”

“If you cannot find a cheap apartment, ask round to see if your friends know of any openings.”

“Rather than relying solely on the official reports, the investigator decided to ask round the neighborhood to gather more reliable information from the local residents.”

Examples

simple

“I will ask round to see if anyone found my keys.”

contextual

“If you cannot find a cheap apartment, ask round to see if your friends know of any openings.”

complex

“Rather than relying solely on the official reports, the investigator decided to ask round the neighborhood to gather more reliable information from the local residents.”

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