go around
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++go around → go around at go1(PHRASAL VERB)
go around
go around (also go round British English) phrasal verb (see also go)
1. DRESS/BEHAVE (also go about British English) to behave or dress in a particular way
go around doing something
You can’t go around accusing people like that.
He goes around in a T-shirt even in winter.
2. ILLNESS go around (something) (also go about (something) British English) if an illness is going around, a lot of people get it:
He had a bad dose of the flu virus that was going around.
There are a lot of nasty bugs going around the school.
3. NEWS/STORY go around (something) (also go about (something) British English) if news, a story, a joke etc is going around, a lot of people hear it and are talking about it:
A rumour was going around that I was having an affair with my boss.
There was a lot of gossip going around the village.
4. go around with somebody/go around together (also go about with somebody British English) to meet someone often and spend a lot of time with them:
I used to go around with a bad crowd.
5. enough/plenty to go around enough for each person:
Is there enough ice cream to go around?
There were never enough textbooks to go around.
6. what goes around comes around used to say that if someone does bad things now, bad things will happen to them in the future
7. go around in your head if words, sounds etc go around in your head, you keep remembering them for a long time:
That stupid song kept going around in my head.
⇨ go around/round in circles at circle1(5)
go around (also go round British English) phrasal verb (see also go)
1. DRESS/BEHAVE (also go about British English) to behave or dress in a particular way
go around doing something
2. ILLNESS go around (something) (also go about (something) British English) if an illness is going around, a lot of people get it:
3. NEWS/STORY go around (something) (also go about (something) British English) if news, a story, a joke etc is going around, a lot of people hear it and are talking about it:
4. go around with somebody/go around together (also go about with somebody British English) to meet someone often and spend a lot of time with them:
5. enough/plenty to go around enough for each person:
6. what goes around comes around used to say that if someone does bad things now, bad things will happen to them in the future
7. go around in your head if words, sounds etc go around in your head, you keep remembering them for a long time:
⇨ go around/round in circles at circle1(5)