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Phrase(s): go around doing something
to move around doing something. • She keeps going around telling lies about me. • Please stop going around knocking things over. • She goes around helping whomever she can., Phrase(s): go around (with someone)
Go to hang around (with someone)., Phrase(s): go around someone
1. Lit. to walk or travel in such a way as to avoid hitting or touching someone. • I can’t move from this place right now. You’ll have to go around me. 2. Idiomatic to avoid dealing with someone. • I try to go around Steve. He can be very difficult. • We will want to go around the boss. He will say no if asked., Phrase(s): go around
Go to go about.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Also, go round. Satisfy a demand or need, as in Is there enough food to go around? [Mid-1800s] 2. Same as GO ABOUT, def. 1. 3. go around with. Same as GO WITH, def. 1. 4. go or run around in circles. Engage in excited but useless activity. For example, Bill ran around in circles trying organize us but to no avail. This idiom was first recorded in 1933. For what goes around comes around, see under FULL CIRCLE.
American Heritage Idioms