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all year round

all year round {adv. phr.}

Always; all the time; throughout all seasons of the year.

In California the sun shines all year round.

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[year-round] or [year-around] {adj.} Usable, effective, or operating all the year. * /Colorado is a year-round resort; there is fishing in the summer and skiing in the winter./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[round] See: [BRING AROUND] or [BRING ROUND], [COME ROUND], [GO THE ROUNDS], [MAKE ROUNDS], [SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE], [YEAR-ROUND]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[round trip] {n.} A return trip; passage to a place and back. * /The ticket agent explained that a ticket for a round trip to Hawaii at certain times of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[day in and day out] or [day in, day out] {adv. phr.} Regularly; consistently; all the time; always. * /He plays good tennis day in and day out./ - Also […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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