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Go round meaning

Go round is a phrasal verb with 4 meanings. One of them is to rotate repeatedly like a wheel.

Past simple
went round
Past participle
gone round
-ing form
going round

What go round means

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To rotate repeatedly like a wheel

The wheel went round faster as the wind increased.

3 more meanings of go round are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With go: go out, go in, go on, go off, go up, go away, go back, go together, go with, go down.

With round: come round, get round, get round to, take round.

Common questions

What does go round mean?

It has 4 meanings. One of them is to rotate repeatedly like a wheel. The other 3, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of go round?

Went round. The past participle is gone round.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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