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Antonyms for go around
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : goh-uh-round |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgoʊ əˌraʊnd |
- allow
- cease
- center
- cessation
- collect
- destroy
- disorganize
- dissuade
- face
- fail
- failure
- forget
- free
- gather
- halt
- hold
- idleness
- ignore
- inability
- inaction
- inactivity
- inertia
- leave alone
- let go
- lose
- make well
- meet
- miss
- neglect
- obey
- permit
- pile
- precede
- release
- remain
- repose
- repress
- rest
- serve
- stabilize
- stagnation
- stand
- stay
- steady
- stop
- stoppage
- straighten
- take on
- uncover
- untwist
- unwrap
- walk
Definition of go around
Origin :- 1727, "action of going," from go (v.). The sense of "a try or turn at something" is from 1825; meaning "something that goes, a success" is from 1876. Phrase on the go "in constant motion" is from 1843.
- As in turn : noun chance, opportunity
- As in inning : noun turn
- As in maneuver : verb plan, scheme
- As in reel : verb wobble; spin around
- As in revolve : verb turn, circle
- As in roll : verb revolve, turn; proceed smoothly
- As in round : verb turn; encircle
- As in run : verb continue, range
- As in sidestep : verb dodge
- As in surround : verb enclose, encircle something
- As in turn : verb revolve, curve
- As in bypass : verb avoid
- As in circumvolve : verb revolve
- She did not go around it, or about it, or upon it, or under it.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 » by Various
- He backed away, stiff-legged with self-consciousness, and tried to go around her.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- “Go around to Helen, and—take that gun,” she said authoritatively.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Did you not go around by Sukey's and see her on your way home?
- Extract from : « A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties » by Charles Major
- "We have to go around the patrol stations on the road," Sim explained.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
- "Now, I'm going to go around and see my friends," said Mr. Basswood.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter At Bear Camp » by Edward Stratemeyer
- Does he go around with a pistol on a trick-pony, same ez the circus?
- Extract from : « "Captains Courageous" » by Rudyard Kipling
- The bear saw them coming, and called to the fox to go around some other way.
- Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers
- "I'll go around and see George Washington, if you don't mind," she said.
- Extract from : « Mary Rose of Mifflin » by Frances R. Sterrett
- Do not go around with a pocket full of advice offering it to everyone.
- Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
Synonyms for go around
- accomplishment
- act
- action
- alternate
- angle
- arc
- avoid
- be current
- be in sequence
- begird
- beguile
- beleaguer
- bend
- beset
- besiege
- bit
- blink at
- blockade
- bob
- border
- bound
- bout
- bowl
- box in
- burke
- bypass
- careen
- cheat
- circle
- circulate
- circumduct
- circumnavigate
- circumscribe
- circumvent
- close around
- close in
- close in on
- coil
- come around
- come up with
- compass
- con
- confine
- conspire
- contrive
- cook
- corner
- cover
- crack
- curve
- cut
- dance around
- deed
- depart from
- design
- detour
- deviate from
- devise
- ditch
- doctor
- drape
- drive
- duck
- eddy
- edge
- elapse
- elude
- enclave
- encompass
- enfold
- engineer
- entwine
- envelop
- environ
- escape
- evade
- exploit
- extend
- falter
- favor
- feel giddy
- fence
- fence in
- finagle
- finesse
- flank
- fling
- flow
- fold
- follow
- fringe
- fudge
- furl
- gesture
- get around
- get out of
- gird
- girdle
- give the slip
- go
- go around
- go around the barn
- go on
- go past
- go round
- ground
- gyrate
- gyre
- hang a left
- hang a right
- hem
- hem in
- hitch
- ignore
- impel
- incline
- intrigue
- inundate
- invest
- jockey
- juke
- last
- lay siege to
- leave holding the bag
- let go
- lie
- limit
- loop
- lurch
- machinate
- make a left
- make a right
- manage
- manipulate
- margin
- move
- move in a circle
- move past
- navigate
- neglect
- negotiate
- omit
- operate
- orbit
- oscillate
- outflank
- outline
- pass
- pass around
- period
- persevere
- pirouette
- pitch
- pivot
- play
- play games
- plot
- proceed
- propel
- pull strings
- push around
- pussyfoot
- put one over
- put the move on
- reach
- reel
- revolve
- rig
- rim
- ring
- rock
- roll
- rotate
- round
- routine
- run
- say
- scam
- service
- shake
- shake off
- sham
- shift
- shirk
- shot
- shut in
- sidestep
- skip out on
- skirt
- spell
- spin
- spiral
- spread
- stagger
- stint
- stretch
- stumble
- succeed
- succession
- surround
- swaddle
- swathe
- sway
- swim
- swing
- swing around
- swirl
- swivel
- take a bend
- take back road
- teeter
- time
- titubate
- totter
- tour
- trail
- trick
- trundle
- try
- turn
- turn around
- twirl
- twist
- undulate
- upstage
- vary
- verge
- vibrate
- wangle
- watch
- waver
- weasel
- weave
- wheel
- whirl
- wind
- wink at
- work
- wrap
- yaw
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