Antonyms for going around
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : goh |
Phonetic Transcription : goʊ |
- allow
- antiquated
- cease
- center
- collect
- destroy
- disorganize
- dissuade
- face
- fail
- forget
- free
- gather
- halt
- hold
- ignore
- leave alone
- let go
- lose
- make well
- meet
- neglect
- obey
- old
- old-fashioned
- past
- permit
- pile
- precede
- release
- remain
- repress
- serve
- stabilize
- stand
- stay
- steady
- stop
- straighten
- take on
- uncommon
- uncontemporary
- uncover
- untwist
- unwrap
- walk
Definition of going 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 orbiting : adj circling
- As in rumored : adj reported
- As in current : adj contemporary; common
- 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
- And all the while, my thinking section was going around and around.
- Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
- Are you wondering why I edged us through that thing instead of going around it?
- Extract from : « The Star Hyacinths » by James H. Schmitz
- I'm going around to my house to put up some lunch and coffee.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe in the Big League » by Lester Chadwick
- Here you both are going around with faces as if you were at a funeral.
- Extract from : « An Anarchist Woman » by Hutchins Hapgood
- He had n't half Skinner's ability, yet he was going around with the rich.
- Extract from : « Skinner's Dress Suit » by Henry Irving Dodge
- “You see we are going around the world,” announced Mrs. Briggs.
- Extract from : « Five Little Peppers at School » by Margaret Sidney
- He accused it of going around the block in order to add to the confusion.
- Extract from : « Left Guard Gilbert » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- While he was going around, he also bought all the daily papers that he could 319get hold of.
- Extract from : « Cruel As The Grave » by Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth
- Going around the house he hung on to the window-ledge and begged to be let into the secret.
- Extract from : « Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party » by C. E. Jacobs
- Then one dog got on the other's back, the two going around the stage together.
- Extract from : « The Curlytops and Their Pets » by Howard R. Garis
Synonyms for going around
- accepted
- accustomed
- afoot
- all over town
- alternate
- angle
- arc
- avoid
- be current
- be in sequence
- begird
- beguile
- beleaguer
- bend
- beset
- besiege
- blink at
- blockade
- bob
- border
- bound
- bowl
- box in
- broadcast
- bruited
- burke
- bypass
- careen
- cheat
- circle
- circulate
- circulating
- circumduct
- circumnavigate
- circumscribe
- circumvent
- clockwise
- close around
- close in
- close in on
- coil
- come around
- come up with
- common knowledge
- compass
- con
- confine
- conspire
- contrive
- cook
- corner
- counterclockwise
- cover
- curve
- customary
- cut
- cutting-edge
- dance around
- depart from
- design
- detour
- deviate from
- devise
- ditch
- doctor
- doing
- drape
- drive
- duck
- eddy
- edge
- elapse
- elude
- encircling
- enclave
- encompass
- enfold
- engineer
- entwine
- envelop
- environ
- escape
- evade
- existent
- exploit
- extant
- extend
- fad
- falter
- fashionable
- feel giddy
- fence
- fence in
- finagle
- finesse
- flank
- flow
- fold
- follow
- fringe
- fudge
- furl
- general
- get around
- get out of
- gird
- girdle
- give the slip
- given out
- go
- go around
- go around the barn
- go on
- go past
- go round
- going around
- gossiped
- ground
- gyrate
- gyre
- hang a left
- hang a right
- hem
- hem in
- hot
- ignore
- impel
- in
- in circulation
- in progress
- in the mainstream
- in the news
- in use
- in vogue
- incline
- instant
- intrigue
- inundate
- invest
- jockey
- juke
- last
- lay siege to
- leading-edge
- leave holding the bag
- let go
- lie
- limit
- loop
- lurch
- machinate
- make a left
- make a right
- manage
- manipulate
- margin
- mod
- modern
- move
- move in a circle
- move past
- navigate
- neglect
- negotiate
- now
- omit
- on front burner
- ongoing
- operate
- orbit
- oscillate
- outflank
- outline
- pass
- pass around
- persevere
- pirouette
- pitch
- pivot
- play
- play games
- plot
- popular
- present
- present-day
- prevailing
- prevalent
- proceed
- propel
- pull strings
- push around
- pussyfoot
- put one over
- put the move on
- rampant
- reach
- reel
- regnant
- reputed
- revolve
- revolving
- rife
- rig
- rim
- ring
- rock
- roll
- rotate
- round
- ruling
- run
- said
- scam
- shake
- shake off
- sham
- shift
- shirk
- shut in
- sidestep
- skip out on
- skirt
- spin
- spiral
- spread
- stagger
- state-of-the-art
- stretch
- stumble
- succeed
- surround
- swaddle
- swathe
- sway
- swim
- swing
- swing around
- swinging
- swirl
- swivel
- take a bend
- take back road
- teeter
- titubate
- told
- topical
- totter
- trail
- trendy
- trick
- trundle
- turn
- turn around
- twirl
- twist
- undulate
- up-to-date
- upstage
- vary
- verge
- vibrate
- wangle
- waver
- weasel
- weave
- wheel
- whirl
- widespread
- wind
- wink at
- work
- wrap
- yaw
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