go all round the houses

A form of go around the houses — To do something (especially to speak) circuitously.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbgo all round the houses (third-person singular simple present goes all round the houses, present participle going all round the houses, simple past went all round the houses, past participle gone all round the houses)

present singular third person goes all round the houses · participle present going all round the houses · past went all round the houses · participle past gone all round the houses

  1. alternativeAlternative form of go around the houses.
Cite this entry
APA

go all round the houses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20all%20round%20the%20houses

MLA

“go all round the houses.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20all%20round%20the%20houses. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go all round the houses,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20all%20round%20the%20houses.

Source: go all round the houses on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.