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gone round

gone round is the past participle of go round.

Meaning of go 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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Questions about gone round

What is gone round the past participle of?
Gone round is the past participle of go round.

Words near gone round in the dictionary

  1. gone postal
  2. gone potty
  3. gone public
  4. gone quietly
  5. gone rogue
  6. gone round
  7. gone round in circles
  8. gone round the houses
  9. gone round with
  10. gone short
  11. gone sing

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