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go around

verb

  1. to circumambulate
  2. to argue, fight, fixate on something negative
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Wiktionary

verb

  1. To move or spread from person to person.

    The rumor is going around that Mr. X and Ms. Y are having an affair. There's a cough going around.

    “[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]”

  2. To visit (a place) or with (somebody).

    I'm going around to John's house later.

  3. To fight or argue; to obsess over something.
  4. To be shared with everyone.

    There's plenty of fish to go around.

  5. To perform a go-around maneuver.

    ATC told the flight to go around because another plane was still on the runway.

  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, around.

    Let's make the wheels go around.