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go round



Definitions

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go round
     1. v. To physically swirl or rotate.
     2. v. To rotate
     3. v. To pass, go to the other side of something
     4. v. To go to another person's home.
     5. v. To be sufficient, be enough
Analysis
go
     1. v. To move:
     2. v.          (intransitive) To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like
                   Why don’t you go with us?   This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago.   Chris, where are you going? &nbs
     3. v.          (intransitive) To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's m
                    Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
round
     1. adj. (physical) Shape.
     2. adj.          Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
                   We sat at a round table to make conversation easier.
     3. adj.          Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
                   The ancient Egyptian demonstrated that the Earth is round, not flat.



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