1. An approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
   "The pilot executed a go-around when the runway wasn't clear for landing";
   - overshoot, wave-off

1. Turn on or around an axis or a centre
   "The Earth goes around the Sun";
   - revolve, rotate, go round
    
2. Be sufficient
   "There's not enough to go around";
   - go round
    
3. Become widely known and passed on
   "the story went around in the office";
   - spread, circulate, go round
    
4. Avoid something unpleasant or laborious
   "You cannot go around these rules!";
   - bypass, short-circuit, get around, go round, get round
    
5. Visit multiple places or people in sequence
   "The salesman went around to all his customers"
    
6. (of illness/disease) spread or circulate
   "The flu is going around the office";
   - go round
    
7. (aviation) abort a landing attempt and circle for another approach
   "The pilot decided to go around due to poor visibility"
    
8. Go around the flank of (an opposing army)
   "The cavalry went around the enemy's defences";
   - outflank, go round

Derived forms: going around, went around, goes around, gone around, go-arounds

See also: centre [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: answer, avoid, do, go, landing approach, locomote, move, serve, suffice, travel, turn

Encyclopedia: Go-around