to go around
298
2.0
- phrasal verb
- /ɡoʊ əˈraʊnd/
- That is, if you go around a point, nothing changes.
- go around the Earth
- go around the Sun
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Watch on YouTubeI'm assuming that this buckle goes around a limb or something.
- I'm assuming that this buckle goes around a limb or something.
- We're just one planet going around one star among trillions.
- We're not just, you know, we're not just going around in a circle, right?
- According to them, it takes one year to go around the sun, right, right.
- Oddly enough, going around Africa might also be too dry.
- And as this thing goes around, that unit vector is doing this right.
Examples
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Go around the front, we'll meet you in a second!
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The little boy likes to go around the park on his bicycle every weekend.
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But you come out here, you go around here, look at this.
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With that done, it's high time to go around the back and turn things on.
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It's the one that just goes around these trees.
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At the beginning of the meeting, we all went around the room and introduced ourselves.
Blog text (22) -
So we're just going to go around in a little circle.
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Imagine a thing going around in a circle.
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When they are finished, I ask them to go around the circle and read aloud what they have been writing.
Academic text (1998) -
Okay, before we eat, why don't we all go around the table and say what we're thankful for.
Synonyms
466
1.0
A change of direction in a road or path
217
1.8
To move around something in a circle
140
3.0
To turn around a central point, like a wheel or planet
131
2.7
To move in a twisting or circular way
88
2.1
To turn your body quickly in a circle many times
66
2.3
Move in a round path around someone or something
36
2.5
A change of direction in a road or path
33
4.1
To turn quickly to face a different direction
30
3.4
To move in a circle around a central point
23
1.1
To go on foot around the edge of something instead of through it
12
3.6
Move in a circle around a central object, like planets around the Sun
11
3.7
To move quickly in a circle, often through the air
6
4.2
To turn quickly to face a different direction
5
3.0
Move around something following a curved path
4
3.1
Moving something on round parts that turn, like a trolley or cart
2
2.6
Turned around a center point like a wheel
1
3.5
Move around something or someone in a circle
1
1.3
To go around something to get to the other side
1
9.9
To make something turn around its center like a wheel
Antonyms
How Circular
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to circulate among people' is directly and compositionally derived from 'go' (to move) combined with 'around' (around/about/among), yielding the motion sense of moving through a group. This motion-to-distribution mapping is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English particle-verb patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Go around comes from things that move in a circle, like a wheel or the planets moving around the Sun. So it means 'to move or turn in a circle around a point'.