| VERB | stative | go around | be sufficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | go around, spread, circulate | become widely known and passed on | |
| motion | go around, outflank | go around the flank of (an opposing army) | |
| motion | go around, revolve, rotate | turn on or around an axis or a center | |
| communication | go around, bypass, short-circuit, get around | avoid something unpleasant or laborious |
| Meaning | Be sufficient. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "There's not enough to go around" | |
| Broader | suffice, do, answer, serve | Be sufficient |
| Meaning | Become widely known and passed on. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | spread, circulate | |
| Caused by | circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around | Cause to become widely known |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| See also | go | change location |
| Similar to | circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around | Cause to become widely known |
| Spanish | circular, difundirse, propagarse | |
| Catalan | circular, difondre's, escampar-se, espargir-se | |
| Meaning | go around the flank of (an opposing army) . | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | outflank | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Spanish | flanquear | |
| Meaning | turn on or around an axis or a center. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | revolve, rotate | |
| Caused by | rotate, circumvolve | Cause to turn on an axis or center |
| Narrower | screw, drive in | Cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion |
| screw | Turn like a screw | |
| spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate | revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | |
| twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl | Turn in a twisting or spinning motion | |
| wheel, wheel around | change directions as if revolving on a pivot | |
| Broader | turn | Move around an axis or a center |
| Similar to | rotate, circumvolve | Cause to turn on an axis or center |
| Spanish | girar, revolver, rodar, rotar, voltear | |
| Catalan | girar, regirar, rodar, rotar, voltar, voltejar | |
| Meaning | avoid something unpleasant or laborious. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | bypass, short-circuit, get around | |
| Broader | avoid | Stay clear from |
| Spanish | atajar, dar un rodeo, esquivar, evitar, saltarse | |
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