go-around

go-around
 n.— «High winds at Los Angeles International Airport forced nine jets to make second approaches, a procedure known as a “go-around.”» —“Wind-driven wildfire damages homes in Southern California” by Ana Beatriz Cholo SignOnSanDiego.com (California) Apr. 12, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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