go around

1. 1.

   be sufficient

   “There's not enough to go around”

   Broadersuffice
2. 2.

   become widely known and passed on

   “the rumor spread”

   “the story went around in the office”

   Synonymsspreadcirculate

   Broadertravel
3. 3.

   go around the flank of (an opposing army)

   Synonymsoutflank

   Broadertravel
4. 4.

   turn on or around an axis or a center

   “The Earth revolves around the Sun”

   “The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire”

   Synonymsrevolverotate

   Broaderturn

   Narrowerscrewwheelspintwirl
5. 5.

   avoid something unpleasant or laborious

   “You cannot bypass these rules!”

   Synonymsbypassshort-circuitget around

   Broaderavoid

Questions about go around

What does go around mean?

go around means "be sufficient". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for go around?

Close synonyms include spread, circulate, outflank, revolve, rotate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is go around a common word?

go around is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.