ring around

ring around something

to circle something. The children ringed around the maypole, dancing and singing. The mourners had ringed around the coffin for the final ceremony.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Janella	jə-NEL-ə	English (Rare)
Boguslav	-	Medieval Slavic
Hamid (1)	-	Arabic, Persian
Columba	ko-LOOM-ba (Late Roman), kə-LUM-bə (English)	Late Roman
Paulina	[pɔ:'li:nə]
Atiyah	['ætki]