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rounds on

rounds on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of round on.

Meaning of round on

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively, sometimes, transitive) 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.
    Synonyms:
    round upon

Questions about rounds on

What is rounds on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rounds on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of round on.

Words near rounds on in the dictionary

  1. rounds down
  2. rounds in
  3. rounds of applause
  4. rounds of beef
  5. rounds off
  6. rounds on
  7. rounds out
  8. rounds the Horn
  9. rounds to
  10. rounds up
  11. rounds upon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rounds on (page history and authors); round on (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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