| Definition of 'go around' |
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1. (verb) overshoot, wave-off, go-around
an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
2. (verb) go around
be sufficient
"There's not enough to go around"
3. (verb) go around, spread, circulate
become widely known and passed on
"the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
4. (verb) outflank, go around
go around the flank of (an opposing army)
5. (verb) revolve, go around, rotate
turn on or around an axis or a center
"The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
6. (verb) bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around
avoid something unpleasant or laborious
"You cannot bypass these rules!"
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1. (verb) go around
to turn in a circle; = spin
She watched the top go around and around.
2. go around
go around doing
to do or say sth without thinking about how it will affect others
You can't just go around telling lies!
3. go around
(of an illness or news) to be passed from person to person
The flu has been going around the office.; a rumor that is going around
4. go around
to be enough for everyone
There are plenty of books to go around.
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Sense: (of stories, rumours etc) to be passed from one person to another
There's a rumour going around that you are leaving.
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 Afrikaans: gerug |
 Arabic: يَنْتَشِر، يَذيعُ |
 Bulgarian: предавам от уста на уста |
 Brazilian: circular |
 Czech: rozšiřovat se |
 German: herumgehen |
 Danish: cirkulere; være i omløb |
 Greek: κυκλοφορώ |
 Spanish: correr, circular |
 Estonian: levima |
 Farsi: پخش شده |
 Finnish: kiertää |
 French: courir |
 Hebrew: להסתובב |
 Hindi: फैलाना |
 Croatian: prenositi se,širiti se |
 Hungarian: terjed |
 Indonesian: beredar |
 Icelandic: veraá kreiki |
 Italian: circolare |
 Japanese: 広まる |
 Korean: 소문이 퍼지다 |
 Lithuanian: sklisti |
 Latvian: (par baumām u.tml.) izpla |
 Malay: tersebar |
 Dutch: (om)lopen, circuleren |
 Norwegian: gå rundt, ryktes |
 Polish: chodzić |
 Persian: پخش شده |
 Pashto: پخش شوه |
 Portuguese: circular |
 Romanian: a circula |
 Russian: быть распространённым |
 Slovak: rozšíriť sa, kolovať |
 Slovenian: krožiti |
 Serbian: kružiti |
 Swedish: gå [runt] |
 Thai: ไปข้างหน้า |
 Turkish: kulaktan kulağa yayılmak |
 Taiwanese: 流傳，散播 |
 Ukrainian: поширюватися |
 Urdu: افواہ پھیلنا |
 Vietnamese: truyền đi; lan truyền |
 Chinese: 流传 |
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