go round

verb, noun — 10 senses

go round

verbalso spelled go-round
9 senses
  1. 1To physically swirl or rotate.
  2. 2To rotate, to move in a circle.
  3. 3To travel around (something) physically.
  4. 4To circumvent, evade or outmanoeuvre.
  5. 5To circulate, to move aimlessly.
  6. 6To pass around, to circulate.
  7. 7To be sufficient to be shared, to be enough for everyone.
  8. 8To go to another person's home or a public event.
  9. 9To live behaving in a certain way, doing something…
1

To physically swirl or rotate.

2

To rotate, to move in a circle.

3

To travel around (something) physically.

4

Figuratively To circumvent, evade or outmanoeuvre.

5

Figuratively To circulate, to move aimlessly.

6

To pass around, to circulate.

  • They say a new deadly virus is going round in South America.
7

To be sufficient to be shared, to be enough for everyone.

  • "Perhaps we may at least all sit down," suggested Ellerslie, to break the silence. "There are rather a lot of us, but I think the chairs will go round."1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
8

To go to another person's home or a public event.

  • I went round and told him what I thought of him.
9

To live behaving in a certain way, doing something regularly (followed by specification).

  • You can't go round stealing from unlocked cars!
Derived terms
go round in circles, make the world go round, make this world go round
Related terms
go around, go-round, merry-go-round

go-round

noun

Etymology From go + round.

1

One instance of a recurring event.

  • The belief that euphoria over copper is bad for stocks derives from peculiarities of the economic cycle.... This go-round, however, investors trying to make sense of copper's rise had better take a broader look at economies internationally, the pros say, because the big demand for copper isn't coming from the United States.1994, Susan Antilla, “Wall Street; Copper Linings for Wall St. Clouds?”, in New York Times:
  • Timnath voters last year handily rejected a similar sales tax increase that would have increased both the sales and use taxes.... This go-round, the town is not seeking an increase in use taxes.2017, Pat Ferrier, “Timnath asks for sales tax bump, fueled by Costco and Walmart shoppers”, in Coloradoan:

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