go around (also go round British English) phrasal verb (see also go)

1. DRESS/BEHAVE (also go about British English) to behave or dress in a particular way
go around doing something
You can’t go around accusing people like that.
He goes around in a T-shirt even in winter.

2. ILLNESS go around (something) (also go about (something) British English) if an illness is going around, a lot of people get it:
He had a bad dose of the flu virus that was going around.
There are a lot of nasty bugs going around the school.

3. NEWS/STORY go around (something) (also go about (something) British English) if news, a story, a joke etc is going around, a lot of people hear it and are talking about it:
A rumour was going around that I was having an affair with my boss.
There was a lot of gossip going around the village.

4. go around with somebody/go around together (also go about with somebody British English) to meet someone often and spend a lot of time with them:
I used to go around with a bad crowd.

5. enough/plenty to go around enough for each person:
Is there enough ice cream to go around?
There were never enough textbooks to go around.

6. what goes around comes around used to say that if someone does bad things now, bad things will happen to them in the future

7. go around in your head if words, sounds etc go around in your head, you keep remembering them for a long time:
That stupid song kept going around in my head.
⇒ go around/round in circles at circle¹(5)

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turn to move around a central or fixed point:
The wheels of the train began to turn.
go around (also go round British English) to turn around a central point. Go around is a little more informal than turn and is very common in everyday English:
When the fan goes around, the warm air is pushed back downwards.
revolve/rotate to turn around and around a central point. Rotate and revolve are more formal than turn and sound more technical:
The Earth rotates on its axis once every twenty-four hours.
The stage revolves at various points during the performance.
spin to turn around many times very quickly:
The ice skater began to spin faster and faster.
whirl /wɜːl $ wɜːrl/ to spin around extremely quickly, often in a powerful or uncontrolled way:
The blades of the helicopter whirled overhead.
twirl (around) to spin around quickly, especially as part of a dance or performance:
The couples were twirling around on the dance floor.
swirl (around) to move around quickly in a circular movement, especially when the movement goes outwards or upwards from the center:
Her white skirt swirled around her legs as she danced.
The leaves began to swirl around.
spiral to move in a continuous curve that gets nearer to or further from its central point as it goes around:
The smoke spiralled toward the ceiling.

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go around
to be enough for everyone.
For women over 40 there simply aren't enough men their own age to go around, she says.

She believes there's plenty of hope to go around.

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go around
to go from one place or person to another
We plan to go around to several shops until we find a cheap computer.

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go around
v.
1a. To go from one place or person to another.
Mr. Smith is going around looking for work.
Don't go around telling lies like that.
Chicken pox is going around the neighborhood.
A rumor is going around school that we will get the afternoon off.
1b. To go together; keep company.
■ Usually used with "with".
Bill goes around with boys older than he is because he is big for his age.
Synonym: GO ABOUT(2b).
2. To be enough to give to everyone; be enough for all.
There are not enough desks to go around in the classroom.

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