Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go around the houses

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables
go around the -hous-es
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To do something (especially to speak) circuitously.

Inflected Forms

goes around the houses (present, singular) going around the houses (participle, present) went around the houses (past) gone around the houses (participle, past) go round the houses (alternative) go all around the houses (alternative) go all round the houses (alternative)

Phrases

go all around the Wrekin

Frequently Paired Words

go all around the Wrekin

Antonyms

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

Questions

What does go around the houses mean?
To do something (especially to speak) circuitously.

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