around the houses

== English == === Alternative forms === go round the houses, go all around the houses, go all round the houses === Pronunciation === === 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) (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, 21 April 2015