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

Even though this is her third go-around with the material, the thrill of building a world premiere musical is very much brand-new. —David John Chávez, Mercury News, 13 June 2025

For this go-around, no health hazards are expected with this minor brush with Saharan dust. —Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2025

Verb

The South scored first with 1:19 left in the opening quarter when Walpole’s Noah MacKenzie went around the right side of the line for a nine-yard scoring run. —Stephen Tobey, Boston Herald, 14 June 2025

And The No Body Dilemma A common confusion going around right now is that AGI will be solely an intellectual element and be based entirely inside computers, thus, AGI won’t have any means of acting out in real life. —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1912, in the meaning defined at sense 2b

Verb

circa 1520, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for go-around

• aboveground
• battleground
• belowground
• paperbound
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• ultrasound
• underground
• wraparound
• abound
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• astound