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work round

work round is the alternative form of work around.

Meaning of work around

Verb

work around (third-person singular simple present works around, present participle working around, simple past and past participle worked around)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, around.
    • He works around the corner in the fish shop.
  2. To bypass or circumvent (a problem or obstacle).
    • If we can't fix this problem, we'll just have to work around it.

Forms of work round

third-person singular presentworks round
present participleworking round
past participleworked round
pastworked round

Questions about work round

What is work round the alternative form of?
Work round is the alternative form of work around.

Words near work round in the dictionary

  1. work platforms
  2. work product
  3. work rage
  4. work release
  5. work releases
  6. work round
  7. work rule
  8. work rules
  9. work shadowing
  10. work shift
  11. work shifts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: work round (page history and authors); work around (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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