go around

/goʊ əˌraʊnd/

/gəʊ əˈraʊnd/

Other forms: went around; going around; goes around; gone around

Definitions of go around

1. verb

   turn on or around an axis or a center
   synonyms: revolve, rotate

   circumvolve, rotate

   cause to turn on an axis or center

   types:

   drive in, screw

   cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion

   screw

   turn like a screw

   wheel, wheel around

   change directions as if revolving on a pivot

   gyrate, reel, spin, spin around, whirl

   revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

   swirl, twiddle, twirl, whirl

   turn in a twisting or spinning motion

   screw up

   screw or turn higher

   cartwheel

   do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet

   whirligig

   whirl or spin like a whirligig

   type of:

   turn

   move around an axis or a center
2. verb

   go around the flank of (an opposing army)
   synonyms: outflank

   type of:

   go, locomote, move, travel

   change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
3. verb

   become widely known and passed on
   “the story went around in the office”

   synonyms: circulate, spread

   broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread

   cause to become widely known

   type of:

   go, locomote, move, travel

   change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
4. verb

   be sufficient
   “There's not enough to go around”

   type of:

   answer, do, serve, suffice

   be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
5. verb

   avoid something unpleasant or laborious
   synonyms: bypass, get around, short-circuit

   type of:

   avoid

   stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something