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round about en · ADP

Meanings

1. At a point or time approximately equal to.
   • Nevertheless, the modern outside cylinder 2-6-0 may be said to have had its beginnings on the G.N.R. and G.W.R. round about 1911. 1945 November and December, H. C. Casserley, “Random Reflections on British Locomotive Types—1”, in Railway Magazine, pages 318–319:

round about en · ADV

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In an opposite direction.
2. (emphatic, not-comparable) Round; around.