show around
SeparableThe object can go before or after the particle — but a pronoun MUST go in the middle: “clean it up”, never “clean up it”.
How to say it
Stress the particle, not the verb: show AROUND. Saying “SHOW around” is the clearest learner tell — the verb stays light and the particle carries the beat.
A glide appears. Two vowels meet, so American English slips a /w/ between them: “show around” → “show-waround”. You do not insert it deliberately — it falls out of not stopping between the words.
What it means
To give someone a tour of a place.
- “I'll show you around the building on your first day.”
Similar: give a tour