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went round

went round is the simple past 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 went round

What is went round the simple past of?
Went round is the simple past of go round.

Words near went round in the dictionary

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

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