going around
Spreading from person
Going around describes circular or repeated movement, either literal or figurative.
A rumor going around spreads from person to person.
A cold going around the office passes among coworkers.
To go around an obstacle is to bypass it.
If there's enough to go around, there's sufficient quantity for everyone.
What goes around comes around suggests actions eventually return to their source.
- rifeAbundantly present, often negatively
- circulatingMoving in a circuit
- prevailingMost common or accepted
- circumnavigateTravel entirely around something
- spreadingExtending over space
word of mouth · roaming · orbit · traveling · loop · disseminate · spiral · recurrence · encircle · bypass · meander · routed · repetition · revolve · rumor · cycle · full circle · dodge
going aroundstanding still
Absence of motion
staying put · stopping · halting · contained · held back
going aroundgoing through
Experiencing or traversing
cutting through · pushing through · breaking through · passing through · penetrating
going, gone, goer, around, round, rounds, rounded, rounding, rounder