phrasal verb · neutral
go round
UK/ɡəʊ raʊnd/US/ɡoʊ raʊnd/GO·ROUND
to circulate (news, rumours); to visit several people/places in a sequence; to be enough for each person
Examples
“A rumour started to go round about the new manager.”
“He went round his grandparents on Sunday.”
“There wasn't enough cake to go round.”
Band 8 sentence
“When the exam dates leaked, the information quickly went round the university and everyone started revising earlier.”
Collocations
- go round + a rumour/news
- go round + (to) someone's house
Word family
Common mistakes
The news went around the school last night.→The news went round the school last night.
There is not enough to go around.→There is not enough to go round.
Say it for a higher band
5spread→6circulate→7+go round
Synonyms
circulate
spread
Easily confused
go around
“Rumours about the closure started to go around the office.”
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