Meaning of be around | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To be alive, existent, or present.
   idiomatic, intransitive, stative
2. To be near; to socialize with.
   idiomatic, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“I'll be around for another hour or so.”

“This restaurant has been around since 1938.”

“The article said that dinos were around for about 250 million years.”

“Well, sir, you remember this young Georgie sort of disappeared, after his grandfather's death, and nobody seemed to know much what had become of him—though I did hear, once or twice, that he was still around somewhere.”

“The New York-style hot dog I love has been around for well over a hundred years.”

“You're fun to be around.”

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