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round someone or something up to locate and gather someone or something. Please round the suspects up for questioning. The police rounded up the two possible suspects. round something up 1. to collect a group of people or things; to organize people or things into a group. The cowboys rounded up the cattle for market. See if you can round some helpers up. 2. to change a number to the next higher whole number. (See also round off to something.) I rounded up 8.789 to 9. You should round $65.99 up to $66. round up somebody/something also round somebody/something up to gather people, animals, or things together into one place Two dogs helped round up the sheep. Time to round everybody up! Dinner is ready! round up something also round something up to increase an amount to the next higher whole number Round all of the numbers up to the nearest tenth. All measurements have been rounded up and are not exact. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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