Examples of use of put round
1. A mini greenbelt was put round London in the 1'30s with the aim of curbing the capital‘s growth.
2. The coffin had now been thoroughly smashed up, so I had to get Saddam swathed in that clear plastic they put round suitcases to protect them from theft and damage.
3. "I would arrive at the event, the chain would be put round my neck at the start, taken off at the end and them I would make my way back to my car.
4. Scroll down for more ... The school trained dogs like these to sniff out explosives, drugs and dead bodies Collars used in dog training to give the animals a short electric shock were put round the necks of the women as they were shouted at and insulted by their colleagues in the dog–handling academy, based at Herzogau in Bavaria.