Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun go-around

1 sense of go-around

Sense 1
overshoot, wave-off, go-around -- (an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt)
       => landing approach -- (the approach to a landing field by an airplane)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb go-around

5 senses of go around

Sense 1
go around -- (be sufficient; "There's not enough to go around")
       => suffice, do, answer, serve -- (be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve")

Sense 2
go around, spread, circulate -- (become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Sense 3
outflank, go around -- (go around the flank of (an opposing army))
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Sense 4
revolve, go around, rotate -- (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")
       => turn -- (move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning")

Sense 5
bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around -- (avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!")
       => avoid -- (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her")

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