English

Verb

go around ‎(third-person singular simple present goes around, present participle going around, simple past went around, past participle gone around)

1. To move or spread from person to person.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     “[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]”

   The rumor is going around that Mr. X and Ms. Y are having an affair.   There's a cough going around.‎

2. To share with everyone.

   There's plenty of fish to go around.‎

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

Related terms

• get around
• go round
• what goes around comes around