going round

Traveling in circles

Going round means moving in a circular path or making visits to multiple places in succession.

In British English, it often means stopping by someone's home: I'm going round to Sarah's later.

It can describe rotation the wheels kept going round, circulation there's a rumor going round, or distribution Is there enough cake going round? .

The American equivalent is usually "going around."

Related

turn · gyre · rotation · loop · swirl · dissemination · feedback · carousel · sharing · revolve · recurrence · iteration · cyclicality · spin · rhythm · whirl · visiting · oscillation

Opposites
path shape

going roundbeelining

Going directly toward

going forward · advancing

directness of approach

going roundgoing through

Experiencing or traversing

cutting through · facing · plowing through · going over · plunging in

motion state

going roundstanding still

Absence of motion

staying put · stopping · halting

Family

going, gone, goer, goers, round, rounds, rounded, rounding, rounder

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G