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go around someone

1. Lit. to walk or travel in such a way as to avoid hitting or touching someone. I can't move from this place right now. You'll have to go around me.

2. Idiomatic to avoid dealing with someone. I try to go around Steve. He can be very difficult. We will want to go around the boss. He will say no if asked.

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But you surely don't expect me to go around shooting every slanderer in the Solomons that opens his mouth? Adventure by London, Jack View in context With it I intend to go around the world, to earn my crust of bread and cup of wine. The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context She said all a body would have to do there was to go around all day long with a harp and sing, forever and ever. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context			gnaw at gnaw on go a bomb go a bundle on go a long way go a long way toward go a long way toward doing go about go about business go about with go above go above and beyond duty go across go across to go after go against the grain go against the tide Go ahead go ahead (with go ahead, make my day go all the way go along go along with go amiss go ape go around go around and around go around doing go around in circles go astray go at like a boy killing snakes go at one another tooth and nail go away go away empty-handed go away with Go away! go AWOL go back a long way go back on word go back to square one go back to the drawing board go back to the salt mines go bad go badly with go ballistic go bananas go beet red go beetroot go before go begging go behind back			go along go along go along go along go along for the ride go along with go along with Go America, Inc. go amiss go amiss go and chase go and chase go and chase go and chase Go and Die Go and Make Disciples Go And See For Yourself go apart go ape go ape go ape go ape go ape go apeshit go apeshit go apeshit go apeshit go apeshit go arm in arm Go Army - Beat Navy go around go around and around go around doing go around in circles go around with go around with someone or something go as red as a beet go as red as a beetroot Go As You Please go astray go astray go at go at go at go at go at go at *stab at go at a good clip go at it hammer and tongs go at it tooth and nail go at like a boy killing snakes go at one another tooth and nail go away go away go away go away go away Go Away and Find Out for Yourself go away empty-handed Go Away Troll go away with

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