go around with
B2 informal inseparable transitive
In simple words
To be friends with a group of people and spend a lot of time with them.
Literal meaning: To go around (socialise) with (in the company of) someone.
Meanings
1 B2 informal
To regularly spend time with a person or group as part of your social life.
"In his teens, he used to go around with a group of older boys from the neighbourhood."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Slightly dated in contemporary speech; more common among older speakers. Equivalent to 'hang around with'. Refers to habitual social company rather than a single occasion. Mostly British and Australian English.
Commonly used with
crowd group gang people friends crowd
Forms
Base
go around with
I/you/we/they
3rd person
goes around with
he/she/it
Past simple
went around with
yesterday
Past participle
gone around with
have + pp
-ing form
going around with
continuous
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