Go Around

Unnerving though the experience might be for passengers such as Cooley and Gutner, controllers see what they call a "go-around" as a fairly routine safety procedure that keeps planes out of greater trouble. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The four astronauts feel the extra burden of putting "the best possible face forward for the last go-around of this," as Ferguson describes it. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I think - and we haven't talked about this - I think each of us feels, perhaps, a little extra burden to make sure we put on the best possible face forward for the last go-around of this. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Washington Capitals play San Jose so rarely that last night's game figured to yield at least a couple of useful nuggets for the next go-around against the Sharks. ❋ Gene Wang (2011)

Controllers then directed the pilot of Mrs Obama's plane to execute a "go-around" to stop descending and start climbing and circle the airport, located in a Maryland suburb of Washington. ❋ Unknown (2011)

New York astrologer Shelley Ackerman made an excellent point on Fox News in reminding us that during this go-around, the story was fueled by the social networking sites, which caused it to spread like wildfire. ❋ Virginia Bell (2011)

Unlike the first go-around, the prosecution barely touched on Blagojevich's lavish shopping or his lax, sometimes odd working habits. ❋ Unknown (2011)

[*: Though obviously they don't do so in front of the parents!] [†: Since dueling anecdotes should never impress anyone, perhaps it would be better for readers to check what the American Academy of Pediatrics had to say last go-around.] ❋ Unknown (2009)

But this go-around may be different, as Mr. McGraw has acknowledged. ❋ Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg (2011)

A go-around is considered a type of aborted landing. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The COP-17 meeting—so named by the United Nations bureaucracy to indicate that this is the 17th go-around—was supposed to come up with a successor to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which expires next year. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Could provide just enough aloof mystery to fuel another go-around. ❋ Greg Archer (2011)

But County Executive Isiah Leggett D and some members of the County Council said the depth of the county's fiscal problems makes this go-around different. ❋ Michael Laris (2011)

Both desserts get weak remarks the first go-around, prompting Richard to tweak his ice cream for the second group of judges. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Hatch championed the D.C. voting bill as recently as last year when it passed the Senate, but not this go-around. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sally and Joe are going around. Meaning they are an [exclusive] couple and have been seen [around town] together as a couple. Pete asked [Molly] to go around with him. (Be seen in public as his girlfriend and date no other boy but him.) ❋ Starstruck106 (2014)

Man did you hear about [Julie] she had 18 guys involved in [the office] [go around]! ❋ WashingHAMbeardedCLAM (2016)

I gave her the ol’ dirty go-around. This chick I met last night let me do the dirt go-around. [The dirty go-around] when the duck inserts the ass and then dips balls in chocolate. When done, puts [nuts in] [ice cream cone] and goes around to the front and swerves to mouth. ❋ MileHighCaptain (2018)

A : "What's Jim doing today? [Touch and go's]?" B : "[More like] [touch and go] arounds." ❋ Drecian (2011)

You [make me] go around the bed = Me [est]ás volviendo [loco]. ❋ Cisco. (2017)

Last night at [the sausage] party the man [train] was [long enough] that it turned into a Manly go around. ❋ Sicox1 (2010)

1.) Controller: “American [nineteen] sixty one, go around, [turn right] heading [270].” Pilot: “Going around, American nineteen sixty one.” 2.) Bob: “Jim had to go around twice last night in under an hour. The first time he was in the pilot seat. The second time, he was in the bathroom with a coworker.” ❋ PlaneshavebuttsAPU (2023)

1.) Controller: “American [nineteen] [sixty] one, go around.” Pilot: “Going around, American nineteen sixty one.” 2.) Bob: “Jim had to go around twice last night in under an hour. The first time he was in [the pilot] seat. The second time, he was in the bathroom with a coworker.” ❋ PlaneshavebuttsAPU (2023)

Example: I just took a 'shortcut' that was 20 minutes longer than my usual route' 'Youve been [going around] [Carr] [Vale] to get to Bolsover' ❋ PotsNPan (2021)

[Next go-around] I guess I'll work [harder]. Dad do you think [next go-around] [we will] beat the other team? ❋ Whiteboyworded (2016)