ring around
Intermediate (B1)informal
To phone lots of different people one after another to find out something or arrange something.
"I'll ring around a few garages to find out who can fix it cheapest."
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Wizards and Warriors · 15:56
War of the Ring around geopolitics
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Astrum Extra · 64:08
This ring around Saturn is very diffuse,
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Adam Millard - The Architect of Games · 18:42
The ever shrinking ring around a randomly
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Chesscom Community · 62:42
Little ring around the rosy action here.
Joe Rogan Experience #2314 - Hal Puthoff
PowerfulJRE · 38:31
And nobody knew about any ring around Jupiter.