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in round numbers

See: IN ROUND FIGURES.

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in round figures

[in round figures] {adv. phr.} As an estimated number; as a rounded-off figure containing no decimals or fractions. * /Skip the cents and just tell me in round figures how […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[come round] or [come around] {v.} 1. To happen or appear again and again in regular order. * /And so Saturday night came around again./ * /I will tell him […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[round off] {v.} 1. To make round or curved. * /John decided to round off the corners of the table he was making so that no one would be hurt […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

round

[round] See: [BRING AROUND] or [BRING ROUND], [COME ROUND], [GO THE ROUNDS], [MAKE ROUNDS], [SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE], [YEAR-ROUND]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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