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round up

The correct spelling is round up.

How to pronounce round up

verb

Say it like: Row-nd -up

The correct spelling is round up. To gather (cattle) together by riding around them. For example: "Round up the usual suspects."

Usage Examples

Round up the usual suspects.

The total is $24,995 — let's round up to $25,000.

Definition

verb

  1. 1.To gather (cattle) together by riding around them.
  2. 2.To collect or gather (something) together.
  3. 3.To round (a number) to the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.

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