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make this world go round

make this world go round is the alternative form of make the world go around.

Meaning of make the world go around

Verb

make the world go around (third-person singular simple present makes the world go around, present participle making the world go around, simple past and past participle made the world go around)

  1. (idiomatic) To play an essential role in causing the things in life to work as they should; to underlie the fulfillment of the needs of human existence.
    • "But say, Jeff, it's said that love makes the world go around. Let me tell you, the announcement lacks verification. . . . Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!"1907, O. Henry, “Cupid á la carte”, in Heart of the West

Forms of make this world go round

third-person singular presentmakes this world go round
present participlemaking this world go round
past participlemade this world go round
pastmade this world go round

Questions about make this world go round

What is make this world go round the alternative form of?
Make this world go round is the alternative form of make the world go around.

Words near make this world go round in the dictionary

  1. make the world go around
  2. make the world go round
  3. make the wrong turn at Albuquerque
  4. make things interesting
  5. make this world go around
  6. make this world go round
  7. make tick
  8. make time
  9. make time with
  10. make to order
  11. make to stock

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