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Meaning: (idiomatic)To play anessentialrole in causing the things in life to work as they should; tounderliethefulfillmentof the needs of human existence.1907,O. Henry, “Cupid á la carte”, inHeart of the West:"But say, Jeff, it's said that lovemakes the world go around. Let me tell you, the announcement lacks verification. . . . Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!"1992March 22,Vincent Canby, “Review/Film Festival: Roundelay Of Love On an Isle In Wartime”, inNew York Times, retrieved5 October 2015:Gabriele Salvatores's "Mediterraneo" is a deliberately charming comedy whose most daring conceit is that love, in one form and another,makes the world go around.2012April 18,C. J., “Mann knows it's a fine line between eccentric, crazy”, inMinneapolis StarTribune, retrieved5 October 2015:"It takes all kinds of people tomake this world go around. . . . We all need to work together," she said.2014January 15, Ilyce R. Glink, Samuel J. Tamkin, “How to get your finances in home-buying shape”, inWashington Post, retrieved5 October 2015:Moneymakes the world go around. And every year we make resolutions to save more of it, invest it more profitably and spend more wisely.2015September 12, Alisa Boswell, “FFA student talks about her passion”, inPotales News-Tribune, retrieved5 October 2015:Waller said agriculturemakes the world go around, and there would be no clothing and no food without it.
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