round figures

Idioms  

1. see in round numbers.

---

Example Sentences

In a sign of high hopes, Malmström and Kishida exchanged Daruma dolls, armless, headless round figures associated with persistence and luck.

From The Guardian

“Why, sir,” the student wonders, “does Achilles drag the body of Hector around the walls of Troy? . . . Well, you see, sir, the ‘Iliad’ is full of circles — shields, chariot wheels and other round figures.

From New York Times

The amounts are for one hundred and one dollars, two hundred and one dollars, occasionally three hundred and one dollars, as Bengalis consider it inauspicious to give round figures.

From Literature

“People talked about money all winter,” Cashman said, speaking in very round figures.

From New York Times

“Natalya liked round figures,” Valery Trapeznikov told this week’s edition of the television show Let Them Talk.

From Newsweek