Round about
Say and round about are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Say" instead an adverb phrase "Round about".
Say
Say adverb - Close to but not exactly.
Round about and say are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Round about" instead an adverb "Say".
Nearby Word: saying
Both terms in one sentence
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In a round about famous people named Richard, Osman milked the opportunity to say his own name as often as he could.
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In a round about things people would never say, Tim proposed "Barry Cryer: Just a half for me, thanks." Barry immediately came back with "Tim Brooke-Taylor: I'll get them in." Ambiguous Syntax: Humph sometimes makes these out of his "boredly reading the prompter" act.
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