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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (5)

1. be sufficient;
- Example: "There's not enough to go around"

2. become widely known and passed on;
- Example: "the rumor spread"
- Example: "the story went around in the office"
[syn: go around, spread, circulate]

3. go around the flank of (an opposing army);
[syn: outflank, go around]

4. turn on or around an axis or a center;
- Example: "The Earth revolves around the Sun"
- Example: "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
[syn: revolve, go around, rotate]

5. avoid something unpleasant or laborious;
- Example: "You cannot bypass these rules!"
[syn: bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

go around v 1: be sufficient; "There's not enough to go around" 2: become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" [syn: go around, spread, circulate] 3: go around the flank of (an opposing army) [syn: outflank, go around] 4: turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" [syn: revolve, go around, rotate] 5: avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!" [syn: bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around]