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go around

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: go around

1
 v
turn on or around an axis or a center
2
 v
become widely known and passed on
3
 v
be sufficient
4
 v
avoid something unpleasant or laborious
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: go around
1

v turn on or around an axis or a center

Synonyms:
revolve, rotate
circumvolve, rotate
cause to turn on an axis or center
Types:
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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

v go around the flank of (an opposing army)

Synonyms:
outflank
Type of:
go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
2

v 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
3

v be sufficient

“There's not enough to go around”
Type of:
answer, do, serve, suffice
be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
4

v 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
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