go around the houses

English

Alternative forms

• go round the houses, go all around the houses, go all round the houses

Pronunciation

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Verb

go around the houses (third-person singular simple present goes around the houses, present participle going around the houses, simple past went around the houses, past participle gone around the houses)

1. (idiomatic) Do something (especially talking) circuitously.

Synonyms

• beat around the bush
• pussyfoot
• prevaricate
• ramble
• waffle

Antonyms

• come to the point
• cut to the chase
• get on with it
• get to the point

See also

• go all around the Wrekin

References

• “To go around the houses”, in BBC Learning English‎^[1], BBC, 2015 April 21