go-around

[ 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 ( def 1 ).

go around

verb

1. adverb to move about
2. adverbfoll bywith 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

Example Sentences

There was plenty of credit to go around on a quickly assembled staff that is starting to produce.

From Los Angeles Times

So, when Chandrayaan-3 was launched, it orbited the Earth several times before it was sling-shot into the lunar orbit, where it went around the Moon a few times before landing.

From BBC

Teams would come to Anfield and sit in and he used to say to me that if you can't go through the middle of them then you go around the outside.

From BBC

Yet there are only so many minutes to go around.

From Los Angeles Times

The wonderful Freddie Freeman has solved the problem of running the bases with a bad ankle: Hit a home run and you can take your time going around the bags.

From Los Angeles Times

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