get around

verb

1. See get about get round

Idioms and Phrases

Also, get round . Circumvent or evade, as in He managed to get around the rules for visiting hours . [Late 1800s]

Also, get round . Convince or win over by flattery or cajoling, as in Karen knew just how to get around her father , or I'll try to get round him but I'm not sure it'll work . [Mid-1800s]

Travel from place to place; also, be active socially. For example, It's hard to get around without a car , or Mary is never without a date—she really gets around . [First half of 1900s] Also see get about , def. 1.

Become known, circulate, as in Reports of her resignation got around quickly . [c. 1950] Also see get about , def. 2.

get around to or get round to . Find the time or occasion for, as in Dean never gets around to cleaning up the garage . [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

In 2017, before the reconciliation with his daughter, Gallagher admitted he had "never got around" to meeting her, saying he "didn't get on" with her mother.

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There’s no getting around the potentially fatal blow to Tory credibility inflicted by the party’s most recent 14-year stint in power.

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But her mother, Wu Mei-hua, is 90, suffers from kidney disease and needs assistance to get around.

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“So anyway, when I got around to it, the doctor said, ‘We need to take care of this, we need to take care of that.’”

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William arrived to meet the actor on an electric scooter that he said he used to get around the castle grounds.

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Related Words

• baffle 
• confound 
• dodge 
• evade 
• flee 
• foil 
• frustrate 
• outrun 
• outwit 
• puzzle 
• shun 
• stall 
• stonewall 
• thwart