argue round and round vs roundabout

argue round and round

verb
  • to talk with many digressions 

  • to not talk about (a subject), to avoid the question 

roundabout

verb
  • To talk in a roundabout, indirect manner 

  • To play on a roundabout (carousel) 

  • To travel round roundabouts 

noun
  • A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus. 

  • A fairground carousel. 

  • A detour. 

  • A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century. 

  • A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island. 

adj
  • Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. 

  • Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary. 

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