go around — be enough for everyone
phrasal verbB1IELTS 5+neutralcommon
to be enough of something for all the people in a group.
Say it like a native
Textbook There is a sufficient quantity for every guest.
Native There's enough to go around.
'(Enough) to go around' is the set phrase for 'enough for everyone'. The formal version is wordy.
Pattern: go around (for/to someone)
In use
- There wasn’t enough cake to go around, so some people didn’t get any.daily life
- During the festival, the organizers made sure there was enough food to go around for all the guests.IELTS speaking
Common mistake
✗ There isn't enough food to go around for everyone.
✓ There isn't enough food to go around.
'To go around' already means 'for everyone'. Don't add 'for everyone'.
Common collocations
enough + to go around— enough food, enough chairs, enough money, plenty
Don't confuse it
Not about moving or spreading, but about quantity being sufficient.
Related
- go around (circulate) — Another meaning of 'go around' is 'circulate'; compare the examples to keep the meanings separate.