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what does go around mean?

GO AROUND as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • avoid something unpleasant or laborious

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    Usage Example(s)
    • You cannot bypass these rules!

    Hypernyms(s) go around is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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  2. Meaning
    • become widely known and passed on

    Synonym(s)
    Usage Example(s)
    • the rumor spread
    • the story went around in the office

    Hypernyms(s) go around is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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  3. Meaning
    • turn on or around an axis or a center

    Synonym(s)
    Usage Example(s)
    • The Earth revolves around the Sun
    • The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire

    Hypernyms(s) go around is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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  4. Meaning
    • go around the flank of (an opposing army)

    Synonym(s)
    Hypernyms(s) go around is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  5. Meaning
    • be sufficient

    Usage Example(s)
    • There’’s not enough to go around

    Hypernyms(s) go around is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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what does go-around mean?

GO-AROUND as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt

    Synonym(s)
    Hypernyms(s) go-around is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    Derived(s)
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