Post #4471652

How does the idiom "going around" work. Like "he was going around causing fights," "he was going around looking confused." It just seems to be equivalent to "was" but there's sort of this shambling display quality to it. Like one might not say "he was going around looking impeccable and making no mistakes," that's not something to go around doing, but someone certainly can say "he was going around lookin shitty and fucking up." Overheard someone say "he was going around coming to thanksgiving, going around coming to birthdays, going around coming to every holiday" and it hit me strangely.