go around

Speech parts

1. go around - Noun

2. go around - Verb

Meaning

avoid something unpleasant or laborious

become widely known and passed on

turn on or around an axis or a center

go around the flank of (an opposing army)

be sufficient

an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

go-around

Synonyms

spread rotate circulate revolve overshoot bypass outflank get around miss around term company move turn course
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Antonyms

provide shun perk agreement avoid stay
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Hypernyms

move turn serve avoid travel answer

Hyponyms

twiddle twirl wheel spin reel screw

Related terms

get around go round

Examples

A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus. Herbert Hoover

Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically everything everywhere is full of sudden hate and ugliness? Anna Freud

A smart person will not climb a mountain; A smart person will go around it. Russian Proverb

Better go around than fall into the ditch. American Proverb

When cats are hairdressers, rats will always go around with uncombed hair. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

go any further go ape go apeshit go around in circles go around the barn go around the houses