go-around

1 of 2

noun

ˈgō-ə-ˌrau̇nd 

1

: runaround

gave me the go-around

2

a

: round

reached an agreement during the first go-around

b

: a heated argument or struggle

had a real go-around with her about it

3

: an act or instance of going around (as in an air traffic pattern)

go around

2 of 2

verb

went around; gone around; going around; goes around

intransitive verb

1

a

: to pass from place to place : go here and there

b

: to have currency : circulate

an amusing story is going around

2

: to satisfy demand : fill the need

not enough jobs to go around

Examples of go-around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The fact is that King tapped into a singular magic with his take on Michael Bond’s iconic British immigrant, but even the lesser spell that another filmmaker might cast with it would be preferable to depriving audiences another go-around with Ben Whishaw and the Brown family. —David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024

There is also more than a hint in this go-around that Greg’s constant lying to Pam is something more pathological than protective, yet Stiller and the ever-patient Teri Polo play this compulsion entirely for laughs. —Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024

Verb

These arguments go around and around, like the hands on a watch. —Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024

But just the following decade, CJ and his pals are able to get out of the hood, then go around the world and back again — as CJ returns home to set things right on his own terms. —Ade Adeniji, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1912, in the meaning defined at sense 2b

Verb

circa 1520, in the meaning defined at sense 1a