Verb: go round
- Avoid something unpleasant or laborious
"You cannot go round these rules!";
- bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around, get round
- Become widely known and passed on
"the story went round in the office";
- go around, spread, circulate
- Turn on or around an axis or a centre
"The wheel went round";
- revolve, go around, rotate
- Be sufficient
"There's not enough to go round";
- go around
- (of illness/disease) spread or circulate
"The flu is going round the office";
- go around
- Go around the flank of (an opposing army)
"The cavalry went round the enemy's defences";
- outflank, go around
Derived forms: going round, gone round, went round, goes round
Type of: answer, avoid, do, go, locomote, move, serve, suffice, travel, turn