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round something off

to change a number to the next higher or lower whole number. (See also round off to something.) You should round 8.122 off. I rounded off 8.789 to 9.

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He would have preferred at that moment to be allowed to round off the picture of the future which he was constructing in his mind with a reel or two showing himself brooding in a cell. Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context We can't keep her full and bye, sir; watch her ever so close, she will fall off and then, sir, when I put the helm down so gently, and try like to coax her to the work, she won't take it kindly, but will fall round off again; and it's all because she knows the land is under the lee, sir, and she won't go any more to windward. Typee by Melville, Herman View in context Then, she gave the knife a final smart wipe on the edge of the plaister, and then sawed a very thick round off the loaf: which she finally, before separating from the loaf, hewed into two halves, of which Joe got one, and I the other. Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context			rot out rotate on rote rotten rotten apple rotten apple spoils the barrel rotten egg rotten luck rotten to the core rough rough and ready rough edges rough idea rough in rough it rough justice rough out rough stuff rough trade rough up rough-and-ready rough-and-tumble round round and round round down round off round off to round out round the bend round the clock round the twist round up round-trip ticket roundabout rounding error rouse rouse from rouse out of rouse to roust out of rout out of some place route route around route to rove row row out to royal rub rub against rub at			round ligament of uterus round ligament of uterus round ligament of uterus round ligament of uterus Round Ligament Pain Round ligaments Round ligaments Round lot Round lot Round lot Round lot Round lot Round Lots Round Metal Object round molding round molding round molding round molding Round nose Round Nose Fish Round Nose Flat Point Round Nosed Lead round notch Round of Beam Round of Beam round of bearings round of drinks Round of Financing round of golf round of sights round off round off to round on round on round on round on Round One End round out round out round out round out round out round pediment round pronator muscle round ridge Round River Conservation Studies Round Robbin round robin round robin round robin Round robin algorithm Round Robin Archive Round Robin Charity Drive Round Robin Database Round robin DNS Round Robin Resume Review Round Robin Scheduler Round robin scheduling Round robin test Round robin tournament round robins

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