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rounded upon

rounded upon is the simple past and past participle of round upon.

Meaning of round upon

Verb

round upon (third-person singular simple present rounds upon, present participle rounding upon, simple past and past participle rounded upon)

  1. To turn and attack a potential attacker
    • Rangers' treatment of Murty was rounded upon by, among others, Rodgers and Neil Lennon, two Celtic men. The Scottish champions' current boss Rodgers said that the club had treated Murty like garbage.2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport
    Synonyms:
    round on

Questions about rounded upon

What is rounded upon the simple past and past participle of?
Rounded upon is the simple past and past participle of round upon.

Words near rounded upon in the dictionary

  1. rounded on
  2. rounded out
  3. rounded the Horn
  4. rounded to
  5. rounded up
  6. rounded upon
  7. rounded vowel
  8. rounded vowels
  9. roundedly
  10. roundedness
  11. roundednesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rounded upon (page history and authors); round upon (page history and authors). 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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