go all around the Wrekin

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English

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Etymology

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From the Wrekin, a large and prominent hill in Shropshire.

Verb

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go all around the Wrekin (third-person singular simple present goes all around the Wrekin, present participle going all around the Wrekin, simple past went all around the Wrekin, past participle gone all around the Wrekin)

  1. (West Midlands, idiomatic) Take a long time to arrive.

See also

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References

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  • Jennifer Meierhans (2016 November 6) “England's oddest phrases explained”, in BBC News‎[1], BBC
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