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centre
(redirected from centring around)

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Hutchinson 0.02 sec.
be/take centre stage  (British) also be/take center stage (American)
to be the most important thing or person at an event or in a situation, or to be the thing or person that people notice most A new range of electric cars will be centre stage at next month's exhibition.
See also: stage

left, right and centre  (British informal) also right and leftleft and right (AmericanAmerican informalinformal)

if something bad is happening left, right and centre, it is happening in a lot of places or to a lot of people They were firing at people left, right and centre. The Postal Service has been losing customers left and right these past couple of years.
See also: and, right


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It's a confessional story of Davis's dysfunctional family, centring around his wayward father, a former Harlem Globetrotter, who reconciles with his estranged white wife and their children.
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