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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Round up

Hi,

"She has already rounded up an emergency date."

What does this sentence mean?

Thanks a lot.

  

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Hi, Could someone please help me with my question above? That sentence was quoted from this below: "Sam is upset over being dateless for the dance. Tony leaves to the supermarket and there meets an environmentally conscious and sweet boy named Jesse Nash, cheerfully working the produce section.

— Anonymous

  • Hi, Could someone please help me with my question above?
  • That sentence was quoted from this below: "Sam is upset over being dateless for the dance.
  • Tony leaves to the supermarket and there meets an environmentally conscious and sweet boy named Jesse Nash, cheerfully working the produce section.
  • " What does "dateless" mean here?
  • Thanks a lot.
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Hi,

Could someone please help me with my question above?

That sentence was quoted from this below:

"Sam is upset over being dateless for the dance. Tony leaves to the supermarket and there meets an environmentally conscious and sweet boy named Jesse Nash, cheerfully working the produce section. Convinced this is the boy for Sam, he brings the boy home, only to find Sam has al

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Without context, this apparently means something like: at the very last minute she managed to get a date with a guy.

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Thank you for your reply. What does 'round up' and 'dateless' mean here?

Thanks.

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