ring round

ring round
ˌring ˈround ˌring a ˈround [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they ring round he/she/it rings round present participle ringing round past tense rang round past participle rung round] phrasal verb
to phone several people or companies etc in order to arrange something or to get information

I’ll ring round some of my friends and see if they can help.

Thesaurus: using a telephonehyponym
Main entry: ring

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ring round (or around)
Brit. telephone (several people), typically to find something out or arrange something

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ˌring ˈround (sb/sth) | ˌring aˈround (sb/sth) derived
(BrE) to telephone a number of people in order to organize sth or to get some information, etc

I rang round all the travel agents in the area.

Main entry:ringderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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