Definition of Go around

1. Verb. Be sufficient. "There's not enough to go around"

Generic synonyms: Answer, Do, Serve, Suffice

2. Verb. Become widely known and passed on. "The story went around in the office"
Exact synonyms: Circulate, Spread
Related verbs: Broadcast, Circularise, Circularize, Circulate, Diffuse, Disperse, Disseminate, Distribute, Pass Around, Propagate, Spread
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Derivative terms: Spread, Spread

3. Verb. Go around the flank of (an opposing army).
Exact synonyms: Outflank
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel

4. Verb. Turn on or around an axis or a center. "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
Exact synonyms: Revolve, Rotate
Specialized synonyms: Drive In, Screw, Screw, Wheel, Wheel Around, Gyrate, Reel, Spin, Spin Around, Whirl, Swirl, Twiddle, Twirl, Whirl
Related verbs: Circumvolve, Rotate
Generic synonyms: Turn
Derivative terms: Revolution, Rotation
Also: Revolve Around

5. Verb. Avoid something unpleasant or laborious. "You cannot bypass these rules!"
Exact synonyms: Bypass, Get Around, Short-circuit
Generic synonyms: Avoid
Derivative terms: Bypass

Definition of Go around

1. Verb. To spread from person to person. ¹

2. Verb. To share with everyone. ¹

3. Verb. (aviation) to perform a go-around maneuver ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Go Around

go about
go across
go after
go against
go against the grain
go ahead
go all out
go along
go along for the ride
go along to get along
go along with
go along with the gag
go ape
go around (current term)
go away
go awry
go back
go back on
go bad
go ballistic
go bananas
go bankrupt
go begging
go belly-up
go blue
go board

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