go round

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

▪ I. go round phrasal verb UK ( US go around ) [ goes round going round went round gone round gone round ]
 
SPIN

1. <E > to spin like a wheel
Compare revolve; rotate
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Revolving, rotating and spinning
 
• The discussion kept going round in circles.
• A dynamo on a bicycle will power a pair of lights while the wheels are going round.
• The Earth takes approximately 365 1 4 days to go round the Sun.
• It must be broken. The CD's not going round.
• The children went round and round on the carousel.
 
BE ENOUGH

2. <A > If there is enough of something to go round, there is enough for everyone in a group of people
• Are there enough pencils to go round?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Enough ↑Scarce, inadequate and not enough ↑Lacking things
 
• There weren't enough chairs to go round.
• Are there enough leaflets to go round?
• Let me know if there are not enough glasses to go round.
• You'll have to share the handouts if there aren't enough to go round.
• There was more than enough custard to go round.
 
BEHAVE BADLY

3. <A > to spend your time behaving in the stated way
• + -ing verb You can't go round being rude to people.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Bad and wrong behaviour ↑Disobedient ↑Obeying and breaking the law ↑Obedient and compliant
 
• She went round slagging off her ex-boyfriend.
• You'll get into trouble if you keep going round behaving like that.
• He was going round looking for a fight.
• She went round looking moody.
• You can't go round ignoring people when they speak to you.
 
VISIT

4. <A > to visit someone in their home
• I'm just going round to Martha's for half an hour.
• Why didn't you tell me Perry had been round?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Visiting
 
• We go round every Wednesday afternoon.
• She was just about to go round to the neighbours when the phone rang.
• We are going round for dinner on Saturday.
• We often go round on a Saturday night.
• We're going round to Ian's for dinner next Friday.
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▪ II. go round (somewhere) phrasal verb UK ( US go around (somewhere) ) [ goes round somewhere going round somewhere went round somewhere gone round somewhere gone round somewhere ]
to go or be given from one person to another, or to move from one place to another
• A nasty flu bug's going round (the school) at the moment.
• There's a rumour going round (the village) that they're having an affair.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑General words for movement ↑Spreading and scattering ↑Giving, providing and supplying
 
• There's a rumour going round that she intends to leave the company.
• I heard a rumour's going round that she's seeing Luke Harrison.
• There's a bug going round.
• This virus has been going round for weeks.
• This virus has been going round the school.
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