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center around

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center around someone or something

to make someone or something the central point in something; to be based on someone or something. Your salary increases center around your ability to succeed at your job. The success of the picnic centers around the weather next week.

See also: around, center

center around

v.

1. To be primarily concerned with something: The plot of this story centers around the life of a cowboy.

2. To make or do something that is primarily concerned with something else: We centered our discussion around the problem of homelessness.

See also: around, center