going round

Verb

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

1. To physically swirl or rotate.
2. To rotate, to move in a circle.
3. (transitive) To travel around (something) physically.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To circumvent, evade or outmanoeuvre.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To circulate, to move aimlessly.
6. To pass around, to circulate.
   • They say a new deadly virus is going round in South America.

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