show around

show (someone or something) around

1. To introduce and guide someone through some place. This is where you'll be working, but let me show you around the rest of the building. My sister's coming to visit from America so I'm going to show her around.
2. To display something to a variety of different people. He never thought someone would steal his idea when he started showing it around. I'll be showing my paintings around to various art galleries over the weekend.
See also: around, show
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

show someone around (some place)

to give someone a tour of a place. I'm very glad you've come to work here. Let me show you around so you'll know where things are. Welcome to our town. As soon as you unpack, I'll get someone to show you around.
See also: around, show
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

show around

v.
To introduce someone to some place by visiting various locations: The real estate agent showed us around the house. The guide showed us around the old part of the city.
See also: around, show
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • show (someone or something) around
  • take (someone's or something's) place
  • take place
  • take somebody's place
  • take your place
  • introduce the shoemaker to the tailor
  • get (one's) undivided attention
  • get/have somebody's undivided attention
  • undivided
  • extend (one's) sympathy to (someone)
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Figures released by Ofsted show around a third of two-year-olds eligible for free education in England did not benefit from potential funding of more than PS200 million.
At this point, I have roughly the At this point, I have roughly the same chance of recovering from that same chance of recovering from that gag as Ant and Dec have of turning gag as Ant and Dec have of turning this spluttering show around in the this spluttering show around in the next two weeks.
Many locals grow their own plants which go on show around the village.
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PDSA statistics show around 30 per cent of the nation's dogs are overweight or obese, amounting to around 1.95 million fat dogs across the UK.
Tories also claim bureaucracy is hampering the ability of police to patrol the streets and Home Office figures show around 40% of the region's officers are not on frontline duties.
Results from the study show around 11m households (46%) have a grand design in mind for their current property, totalling an estimated pounds 153bn in total to complete.
Home Office statistics show around three-quarters of asylum applications are made by people from countries like Sudan where conflicts are occurring,
THE Racing Post has made its feelings plain about the hopeless planning which allowed the William Hill Blue Riband to be overshadowed by other events, but it was rubbing salt into the wound when Hall Green included a routine maiden event in last night's Sky show around the final.
Any culturally challenged tourist could have told him that, of course, but Millar decided to make a show around this thought.
(These resins show around 30% haze, with correspondingly low surface gloss.) Eventually, there will also be blow molding grades, Carbide says.
Sixteen more ordinary Brits are to be abandoned on an uninhabited Pacific island in the toughest survival show around. And the third series has an unexpected twist - the eight men and eight women will be left at opposite ends of the island, unaware the other group is there.