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Definition of "get around" []

  • To move to the other side of an obstruction. (verb)
  • To come around something. (verb)
  • To avoid or bypass an obstacle. (verb)
  • To circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore. (verb)
  • To transport oneself from place to place. (verb)

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Use "get around" in a sentence
  • "It didn't look like the kind of car a man of Carter Paragon's stature would drive, so maybe it was what Ms. Torrance used to get around when she wasn't chauffeuring her charge."
  • "But a foundation grant, such as funds to fix a pipe organ, or a grant for a recreation department, could help the word get around that Martini was a friendly."
  • "One idea, proposed by Sewall Wright, to get around a rugged landscape is called the “shifting balance theory” Wright, S."