go-around

[ goh-uh-round ]

/ ˈgoʊ əˌraʊnd /

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noun

an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.

a series or pattern of occurrences; round: After the third go-around of questions, the witness was released.

runaround (def. 1).

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Also go-round

[goh-round] /ˈgoʊˌraʊnd/ (for defs. 2, 3).

Origin of go-around

First recorded in 1890–95; noun use of verb phrase go around

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How to use go-around in a sentence

Have you looked around the American Dental Association website for an explanation of how fluoridation actually works?
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
Added to drinking water at concentrations of around one part per million, fluoride ions stick to dental plaque.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
Then Ziegler tosses the buff LaBeouf around like a rag doll.
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In straight relationships with an age gap, words like ‘gold-digger’ and ‘trophy wife’ get thrown around.
Freaking Out About Age Gaps in Gay Relationships Is Homophobic|Samantha Allen|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Everywhere I go, ‘Hey Cartman, you must like Family Guy, right?’
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie|Arthur Chu|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
This, however, did not apply to the waters lying directly around the Poloe and Flatland groups.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
While they were doing this, he assembled the officers around him, and the meaning of our night march was explained to us.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for go-around

go around

go round

verb (intr)

(adverb) to move about

(adverb foll by with) to frequent the society (of a person or group of people)she went around with older men

(adverb) to be sufficientare there enough sweets to go round?

to circulate (in)measles is going round the school

(preposition) to be actively and constantly engaged in (doing something)she went around caring for the sick

to be long enough to encirclewill that belt go round you?

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with go-around

go around

Also, go round. Satisfy a demand or need, as in Is there enough food to go around? [Mid-1800s]

Same as go about, def. 1.

go around with. Same as go with, def. 1.

go or run around in circles. Engage in excited but useless activity. For example, Bill ran around in circles trying organize us but to no avail. This idiom was first recorded in 1933. For what goes around comes around, see under full circle.