# go round

CEFR B1 · Phrasal verb

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/go-round
Updated: 2026-04-24

## Definition

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

For teachers: to be sufficient in quantity to satisfy a demand or provide a share for all members of a group; typically used with 'enough'.

## Examples

- Is there enough cake to go round?
- We only have three copies of the book, which isn't enough to go round the whole class.
- During the drought, the local authorities worried that the remaining water reserves would not go round the growing population of the valley.

## Pitfalls

- Not "There is enough bread for go round." but "There is enough bread to go round." — the phrase is almost always used as an infinitive with 'to' when following 'enough'.

## Usage notes

- usually used in the infinitive form after 'enough' or in questions about supply.
- Teaching tip: contrast this with the physical sense of 'spinning' or 'visiting someone's house' to show how English uses movement verbs to describe distribution.

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