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go around

phr. v..
B1 Intermediate Oxford General-service

phr. v.. to be enough for everyone in a group to have some.

phr. v.. to be sufficient in quantity to satisfy the needs or demands of all members of a group.


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.

Particles
around
Separability
inseparable
Pattern
go + around
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.

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