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go round

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To physically swirl or rotate.
  2. To rotate, to move in a circle.
  3. To travel around (something) physically.
    transitive
  4. To circumvent, evade or outmanoeuvre.
    figuratively, transitive
  5. To circulate, to move aimlessly.
    figuratively, transitive
  6. To pass around, to circulate.
  7. To be sufficient to be shared, to be enough for everyone.
    intransitive
  8. To go to another person's home or a public event.
  9. To live behaving in a certain way, doing something regularly (followed by specification).

Equivalents

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Examples

“They say⟳ a new deadly virus is going round in South America.”
“I went round and told him what I thought of him.”
“You can't go round stealing from unlocked cars!”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

go round in circles go round with go set go short go sing go slap off on

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