To guide someone through a place, pointing out features of interest.
To take someone on a tour and show them what's in a place.
2 meanings, ordered from most common to least. Color-coded by CEFR level.
To escort someone through a place and introduce them to its features or people.
"My colleague offered to show me around the new office on my first day."
I'll show you around the school.
— Roald Dahl, 'Danny the Champion of the World' (1975)
To introduce a visitor or new arrival to a place generally, without a fixed route.
"When guests arrive at the hotel, staff are expected to show them around and answer any questions."
To display things in the surrounding area — fairly transparent.
To take someone on a tour and show them what's in a place.
The object (the person being guided) can be inserted: 'show someone around somewhere'. When no specific place is named, the particle still follows: 'Let me show you around.' Common in both professional and social contexts.
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