whisk (one) around
whisk (one) around
1. To physically move one around some place very quickly or frenetically. I don't really feel like we had a proper dance—he just whisked me around the room all evening.
2. To guide or direct one around some place very quickly or frenetically. It was a terrible tour—they whisked us around various parts the city so fast that I can barely even remember them. The boss whisked me around the office building so I could see the layout before showing me where I would be working.
See also: around, whisk
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
whisk someone around
to move someone around rapidly from place to place. I didn't get much chance to see the city. They just whisked me around. We whisked around the visitor from place to place.
See also: around, whisk
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- find way around
- bomb around
- go around and around
- dart around
- gaze around
- get (someone) around the table
- get around the table
- around (one's) ears
- gaze around at (someone or something)
- ferry around