round the bend
SYNONYMS
mad, insane, out of one's mind, deranged, demented, not in one's right mind, certifiable, of unsound mind, crazed, lunatic, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, frenzied, raving, distraught, mad as a hatter, mad as a March hare
non compos mentis
informal crazy, mental, off one's head, out of one's head, off one's nut, nuts, nutty, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's rocker, not right in the head, not quite right in the head, raving mad, bats, bonkers, cuckoo, loopy, loony, bananas, loco, dippy, screwy, touched, gaga, not all there, out to lunch, not right upstairs
British informal barmy, batty, crackers, barking, barking mad, doolally, round the twist, off one's trolley, as daft as a brush, not the full shilling, up the pole, two sandwiches short of a picnic, away with the fairies
North American informal buggy, off the wall, nutsy, nutso, out of one's tree, meshuga, squirrelly, wacko, gonzo
Canadian, Australian, New Zealand informal bushed
New Zealand informal porangi
round something off
1‘the square edges were rounded off’
SYNONYMS
smooth off, plane off, sand off, level off
2‘the annual Christmas party rounded off a hugely successful year for the company’
SYNONYMS
complete, finish off, crown, cap, top off, conclude, close, bring to a close, bring to a end, end
round about
‘he earns round about £40,000 a year’
SYNONYMS
approximately, about, around, roughly, in the neighbourhood of, in the area of, of the order of, just about, something like, more or less, as near as dammit to, close to, near to, practically
or so, or thereabouts, there or thereabouts, give or take a few, plus or minus a few, give or take a bit, in round numbers
not far off, nearly, almost, approaching
British getting on for
South African plus-minus
circa
North American informal in the ballpark of
round someone or something up
SYNONYMS
gather together, herd together, drive together, bring together, muster, marshal, rally, assemble, collect, group
North American corral, wrangle
round the clock
1‘I've got a team working round the clock’
SYNONYMS
day and night, night and day, all the time, morning, noon, and night, the entire time, continuously, non-stop, uninterruptedly, without interruption, without a break, steadily, unremittingly
informal all the hours God sends, 24, 7
2‘she needs round-the-clock supervision’
SYNONYMS
continuous, constant, non-stop, continual, uninterrupted, without interruption, unbroken, steady
round on
‘Guido rounded on Rosie, as though she were to blame’
SYNONYMS
snap at, attack, turn on, set upon, weigh into, fly at, let fly at, lash out at, hit out at, lambast
informal bite someone's head off, jump down someone's throat, lay into, wade into, lace into, pitch into, tear into
British informal have a go at
North American informal light into