go around
Verb (Intransitive):
- To be sufficient in quantity for everyone present: To exist in adequate amount so that all individuals in a group can have a share.
- To circulate or become widely known: For information, news, or a rumor to be passed from person to person within a group or community.
- To revolve or rotate: To move in a circular path around a central point or axis.
- To avoid or bypass something: To circumvent an obstacle, rule, or unpleasant task.
Verb (Transitive):
- To go around the flank of: To move so as to circumvent the side of an opposing military formation.
Intransitive Verb (Sufficiency):
- We baked a large cake so there would be enough to go around for all the guests.
- During the shortage, basic supplies did not go around.
Intransitive Verb (Circulation of Information):
- A strange story began to go around the school about a ghost in the library.
- News of the promotion quickly went around the entire department.
Intransitive Verb (Circular Movement):
- The wheels go around and around.
- The children held hands and went around in a circle.
Intransitive Verb (Avoidance):
- You can't just go around the official procedure; you must follow it.
- He always tries to go around difficult problems instead of facing them.
Transitive Verb (Military Maneuver):
- The general ordered the cavalry to go around the enemy's left flank.
"To have enough to go around": A common phrase emphasizing sufficiency.
- We need to ensure we have enough resources to go around.
"What goes around comes around": An idiom meaning that the consequences of one's actions will eventually have an effect on the originator.
- He was cruel to others for years, but what goes around comes around.
Go-round (noun): One complete cycle of a revolving or recurring process, often used in the context of discussions or fights.
- We had several go-rounds with the administration before they agreed.
Go around doing something (phrasal verb): To habitually behave in a specified, often annoying, way.
- He goes around telling everyone how busy he is.
- Circulate: To move or be passed around among a group (for information).
- Revolve/Rotate: To turn around a center.
- Suffice: To be adequate.
- Bypass/Circumvent: To avoid an obstacle or rule.
Go about: To set about doing something; to approach a task. (Note: Different from 'go around').
- How should I go about fixing this?
Go round (British English spelling): A common variant spelling of 'go around' in all its meanings.
- Is there enough tea to go round?
- Go around in circles: To engage in a repetitive, unproductive activity or discussion without making progress.
- We've been going around in circles in this meeting for an hour.
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avoid something unpleasant or laborious
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You cannot bypass these rules!
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turn on or around an axis or a center
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The Earth revolves around the Sun
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The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire
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go around the flank of (an opposing army)
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become widely known and passed on
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the rumor spread
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the story went around in the office
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be sufficient
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There's not enough to go around
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