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go round

Phrasal Verb with go
 
 
/gəʊ/ verb [I] (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)

Definition

UK (UK/US go around)
to be enough for everyone in a group: There aren't enough chairs to go round.
go round doing sth to spend your time behaving badly or doing something that is unpleasant for other people: She's been going round telling people I'm stupid.
(Definition of go round from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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