Phrasal verb
go around
Definition
phrasal verb. to be enough for everyone in a group to have some.
phrasal verb. to be sufficient in quantity to satisfy the needs or demands of all members of a group.
Examples
“Is there enough cake to go around?”
“The teacher made sure there were enough colored pencils to go around before the art project started.”
“During the economic crisis, there simply wasn't enough work to go around, leading to a significant rise in local unemployment rates.”
Examples
simple
“Is there enough cake to go around?”
contextual
“The teacher made sure there were enough colored pencils to go around before the art project started.”
complex
“During the economic crisis, there simply wasn't enough work to go around, leading to a significant rise in local unemployment rates.”
Usage
usually used in the infinitive form after 'enough' or 'sufficient'.
Teaching tip
focus on the distributive sense of the phrase; it often appears in questions or negative statements regarding resources like food, money, or time.
Pitfall
There is enough bread to go around it.
There is enough bread to go around.
in this sense, 'go around' is intransitive and does not take a direct object.
Phrasal verb
Particles
around
Separability
inseparable
Pattern
go + around
Synonyms
Antonyms
Grammar
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