round the Horn

Speech parts

1. round the Horn - Verb

2. round the Horn - Phrase

Meaning

round the Horn

Alternative form of around the Horn

round the Horn (third-person singular simple present rounds the Horn, present participle rounding the Horn, simple past and past participle rounded the Horn)

To sail around Cape Horn.
The entire crew was nervous as they began to round the Horn.

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Synonyms

around the Horn

Related terms

Cape Horn

Examples

The waves round the horn will toss us to and fro, to and fro like a rubber duckie in the bathtub of an angry God. Arthur M. Jolly

Words in the phrase

round the Horn

Close letter words and terms

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