go round

Related to go round: go round in circles, Merry go round

go round

1. To rotate. The Earth goes round on an axis, which gives us our nights and days.
2. To revolve (around something). The Earth goes round the Sun, which gives us our seasons.
3. To bypass or circumnavigate (someone or something) by taking an indirect path. I'm sorry, my car broke down. Please go round me. Go round to the back if the front door is locked.
4. To go to some location for a particular purpose. I'm going round to Johnny's house later, OK? I need to go round the office and pick up some things.
5. To circumvent someone or something. You'll get in serious trouble if you try to go round the board of directors on this issue. Is there a way to go round the security protocol?
6. To be able to be shared among a group of people. I don't want to take more green beans if there isn't enough to go round.
7. To move from place to place or person to person. Someone's been going round claiming that I was responsible for the accident. She just goes round thinking that everyone will love her as much as she loves herself.
8. To spread or circulate. I'm not leaving the house if the flu is going round! There have been some pretty nasty rumors going round lately.
See also: go, round
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • turn round
  • turn around
  • turn around (something)
  • go to the ends of the earth
  • the earth moved
  • all over the earth
  • how, what, why, etc. on earth...
  • what on earth
  • earth up
  • how on earth
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People can go round as many or as few times as they want to.
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He phoned her again at about 4.30am and asked her to go round to his flat as he was not well.
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But they, for reasons of their own, went to the outside of the hurdle-except one rider, who tried to go round the inside but jumped it instead.
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Neil McCrae, 40, the boss of Pollswells Farm, Whiterashes, Aberdeenshire, told a fatal accident inquiry that workers were warned not to go round the back of stacked bales after rain because of the danger they could topple.
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I think it's a good idea to go round asking people for ideas."
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Brooks had launched a stinging attack on the state of the Newbury track two weeks ago and smiled: "I went round on my own, but I would have been happy to go round with the clerk of the course - I'm a big lad!
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