build around

build around
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "build around":
present tense I/you/we/they build around he/she/it builds around present participle building around past tense built around past participle built around
build something around something to make a particular aim or idea the main part of something

Her whole campaign was built around economic recovery.


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