go round (somewhere)

UK (US go around (somewhere)) — phrasal verb with go

/ɡəʊ/

/ɡoʊ/ verb (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)

Definition

› to go or be given from one person to another, or to move from one place to another: A nasty flu bug's going round (the school) at the moment. There's a rumour going round (the village) that they're having an affair.General words for movementSpreading and scatteringGiving, providing and supplying

(Definition of go round (somewhere) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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