round on
round on verb: to turn and attack someone or something.
Verb
round on (third-person singular simple present rounds on, present participle rounding on, simple past and past participle rounded on)
- To turn and attack someone or something.
- As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm.
- But officers from South Wales police, 150 miles away, rounded on him for the decision to go to see his family2020 March 29, Nazia Parveen, “Stephen Kinnock targeted by police for visiting father, Neil”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- round upon
round on meaning in Malayalam
round on in Malayalam
- someone attack, snap at, turn on
- വാക്കുകൾകൊണ്ട് ആക്രമിക്കുക, പെട്ടെന്നു കേറി ആക്രമിക്കുക, ആക്രമിക്കുക, ശണ്ഠകൂടുക, കടുപ്പിച്ചു പറയുക, ക്രദ്ധിച്ചു പറയുക
Synonyms of round on
Forms of round on
| third-person singular present | rounds on |
|---|---|
| present participle | rounding on |
| past participle | rounded on |
| past | rounded on |
Questions about round on
- What does round on mean?
- Round on means to turn and attack someone or something.
- What is round on in Malayalam?
- Round on in Malayalam is വാക്കുകൾകൊണ്ട് ആക്രമിക്കുക, പെട്ടെന്നു കേറി ആക്രമിക്കുക, ആക്രമിക്കുക. See Round on meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is round on?
- Round on is a verb.
- What is the past tense of round on?
- The past tense of round on is rounded on.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: round on (page history and authors); round on (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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