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round off

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round off
vb (tr, adverb)
1. (often foll by with) to bring to a satisfactory conclusion; complete, esp agreeably we rounded off the evening with a brandy
2. to make round or less jagged
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Verb1.round off - make round; "round the edges"
round, round out
shape, form - give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"
purse - contract one's lips into a rounded shape
2.round off - bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"
polish up, brush up, polish, round
perfect, hone - make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"
3.round off - express as a round number; "round off the amount"
round down, round out, round
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
Translations
? round off
vt sep
edges etc → abrunden
(= complete, perfect) list, series → vollmachen; speech, sentence, meal → abrunden; debate, meeting, one’s career → beschließen, abschließen; and now, to round off, I would like to say … → und zum Abschluss möchte ich nun sagen …


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He would have preferred at that moment to be allowed to round off the picture of the future which he was constructing in his mind with a reel or two showing himself brooding in a cell.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
We can't keep her full and bye, sir; watch her ever so close, she will fall off and then, sir, when I put the helm down so gently, and try like to coax her to the work, she won't take it kindly, but will fall round off again; and it's all because she knows the land is under the lee, sir, and she won't go any more to windward.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
Then, she gave the knife a final smart wipe on the edge of the plaister, and then sawed a very thick round off the loaf: which she finally, before separating from the loaf, hewed into two halves, of which Joe got one, and I the other.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
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