GO-AROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does go-around mean? 

• GO-AROUND (noun)
  The noun GO-AROUND has 1 sense:

1. an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt

  Familiarity information: GO-AROUND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GO-AROUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An approach that fails and gives way to another attempt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

go-around; overshoot; wave-off

Hypernyms ("go-around" is a kind of...):

landing approach (the approach to a landing field by an airplane)