go-around

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noun

ˈgō-ə-ˌrau̇nd 

1

: runaround

gave me the go-around

2

a

: round

reached an agreement during the first go-around

b

: a heated argument or struggle

had a real go-around with her about it

3

: an act or instance of going around (as in an air traffic pattern)

go around

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verb

went around; gone around; going around; goes around

intransitive verb

1

a

: to pass from place to place : go here and there

b

: to have currency : circulate

an amusing story is going around

2

: to satisfy demand : fill the need

not enough jobs to go around

Examples of go-around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The evening ceremony at the Peacock Theater in downtown L.A. was the second go-around for the Television Academy in nine months. —Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024

Captain Hugo Carvajal started the go-around procedure and their aircraft climbed to safety. —Pete Muntean, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024

Verb

The new rules go beyond what was in the legislation, the lawsuit said, and also illegally impose restrictions including on the serving sizes of hemp products that’s currently not in the state’s health and safety code in a way that goes around the normal rulemaking process. —Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024

Not in the sense of ease, but rather, that there was no going around obstacles—there was only going through them. —Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 24 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1912, in the meaning defined at sense 2b

Verb

circa 1520, in the meaning defined at sense 1a