go\ around

go\ around
v
1a. To go from one place or person to another.

Mr. Smith is going around looking for work.

Don't go around telling lies like that.

Chicken pox is going around the neighborhood.

A rumor is going around school that we will get the afternoon off.

1b. To go together; keep company. - Usually used with "with".

Bill goes around with boys older than he is because he is big for his age.

Syn.: go about(2b)
2. To be enough to give to everyone; be enough for all.

There are not enough desks to go around in the classroom.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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