go around

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go around

verb goes around · going around · went around · gone around

  1. intransitive To move or spread from person to person. The rumor is going around that Mr. X and Ms. Y are having an affair. There's a cough going around.
  2. intransitive To visit (a place) or with (somebody). I'm going around to John's house later.
  3. intransitive, slang To fight or argue; to obsess over something.
  4. intransitive To be shared with everyone. There's plenty of fish to go around.
  5. intransitive To perform a go-around maneuver. ATC told the flight to go around because another plane was still on the runway.
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, around. Let's make the wheels go around.

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verb to move or spread

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@misc{go_around_2026,
  title = {go around},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20around},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}