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rounds upon

rounds upon is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 rounds upon

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

Words near rounds upon in the dictionary

  1. rounds on
  2. rounds out
  3. rounds the Horn
  4. rounds to
  5. rounds up
  6. rounds upon
  7. roundshield
  8. roundshields
  9. roundside
  10. roundsided
  11. roundsides

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rounds 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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