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get round

verb

  1. (preposition) to circumvent or overcome

    he got round the problem by an ingenious trick

  2. informal,  (preposition) to have one's way with; cajole

    that girl can get round anyone

  3. (preposition) to evade (a law or rules)

  4. to reach or come to at length

    I'll get round to that job in an hour

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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see get around, def. 1 and 2.

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