go around

verb

1. be sufficient (Freq. 1)

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There's not enough to go around

• Hypernyms: ↑suffice, ↑do, ↑answer, ↑serve

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s

2. become widely known and passed on (Freq. 1)

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the rumor spread

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the story went around in the office

• Syn: ↑spread, ↑circulate

• Derivationally related forms: ↑spread (for: ↑spread)

• Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑go, ↑move, ↑locomote

• Verb Group:

↑circulate, ↑circularize, ↑circularise, ↑distribute, ↑disseminate, ↑propagate, ↑broadcast, ↑spread, ↑diffuse, ↑disperse, ↑pass around

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s

3. go around the flank of (an opposing army)

• Syn: ↑outflank

• Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑go, ↑move, ↑locomote

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

4. turn on or around an axis or a center

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The Earth revolves around the Sun

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The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire

• Syn: ↑revolve, ↑rotate

• See Also: ↑revolve around (for: ↑revolve)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑rotation (for: ↑rotate), ↑revolution (for: ↑revolve)

• Hypernyms: ↑turn

• Hyponyms:

↑screw, ↑drive in, ↑wheel, ↑wheel around, ↑spin, ↑spin around, ↑whirl, ↑reel, ↑gyrate, ↑twirl, ↑swirl, ↑twiddle

• Verb Group: ↑rotate, ↑circumvolve

• Verb Frames:

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Something is ——ing PP

5. avoid something unpleasant or laborious

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You cannot bypass these rules!

• Syn: ↑bypass, ↑short-circuit, ↑get around

• Derivationally related forms: ↑bypass (for: ↑bypass)

• Hypernyms: ↑avoid

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody