going around

Verb

go around (third-person singular simple present goes around, present participle going around, simple past went around, past participle gone around)

1. (intransitive) To move or spread from person to person.
   • The rumor is going around that Mr. X and Ms. Y are having an affair. There's a cough going around.
2. (intransitive) To visit (a place) or with (somebody).
   • I'm going around to John's house later.
3. (intransitive, slang) To fight or argue; to obsess over something.
4. (intransitive) To be shared with everyone.
   • There's plenty of fish to go around.
5. (intransitive) To perform a go-around maneuver.
   • ATC told the flight to go around because another plane was still on the runway.
6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, around.
   • Let's make the wheels go around.