"round about" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "In an opposite direction."
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      "glosses": [
        "Round; around."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(emphatic) Round; around."
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  "word": "round about"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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          "ref": "1945 November and December, H. C. Casserley, “Random Reflections on British Locomotive Types—1”, in Railway Magazine, pages 318–319:",
          "text": "Nevertheless, the modern outside cylinder 2-6-0 may be said to have had its beginnings on the G.N.R. and G.W.R. round about 1911.",
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        "At a point or time approximately equal to."
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  "word": "round about"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        "In an opposite direction."
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Round; around."
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          "around",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(emphatic) Round; around."
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  "word": "round about"
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