go-around

Also go-round

[goh-uh-round]

noun

1. an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.

2. a series or pattern of occurrences; round.

   After the third go-around of questions, the witness was released.

3. runaround.

go around

verb

1. (adverb) to move about

2. to frequent the society (of a person or group of people)

   she went around with older men

3. (adverb) to be sufficient

   are there enough sweets to go round?

4. to circulate (in)

   measles is going round the school

5. (preposition) to be actively and constantly engaged in (doing something)

   she went around caring for the sick

6. to be long enough to encircle

   will that belt go round you?

Word History and Origins

Origin of go around¹

First recorded in 1890–95; noun use of verb phrase go around

Idioms and Phrases

Also, go round . Satisfy a demand or need, as in Is there enough food to go around? [Mid-1800s]

Same as go about , def. 1.

go around with . Same as go with , def. 1.

. Engage in excited but useless activity. For example, Bill ran around in circles trying organize us but to no avail . This idiom was first recorded in 1933. For what goes around comes around , see under full circle .

Example Sentences

That speculation, which went around social media before Tuesday’s press conference, was pulled straight from someone’s nether regions who has neither access to accurate information nor common sense.

From Salon

Typically, each round of funding receives about 30 to 35 applications from developers, though this round probably will attract more since there’s more money to go around.

From Los Angeles Times

"There is so much going around and so many dealers selling it to children, I think it's impossible to catch them."

From BBC

But the author Ms Kleeman says that if the US banned for-profit body donation tomorrow, there simply wouldn't be enough cadavers to go around.

From BBC

But there are still only so many to go around - seven seats on each of the eight regional lists.

From BBC

Related Words

• act 
• action 
• bit 
• gesture 
• round 
• shift 
• shot 
• time