get around

get around
phrasal verb
Word forms "get around":
present tense I/you/we/they get around he/she/it gets around present participle getting around past tense got around past participle got around
1) [intransitive] to go or travel to different places

At the age of 85 Milly still gets around quite well.

2) get around or get round
[intransitive] if news gets around, a lot of people hear it

It didn't take long for news of his resignation to get around.

3) get around or get round
get around something [transitive] to find a way of dealing with a problem or of avoiding it

There are ways of getting around the tax rules.

You can't get around the fact that smoking kills.

4) get around or get round
get around someone [transitive] to persuade someone to do something, especially by being nice to them

He's strict, but you can usually get around him with humour.

5) [intransitive] spoken to have sexual relationships with a lot of different people

English dictionary. 2014.

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  • get around — {v.} 1a. To go to different places; move about. * /Mary s father really gets around; Monday he was in Washington; Wednesday he was in Chicago; and today he is in New York./ * /Fred broke his leg, but he is able to get about on crutches./ 1b.… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get around — (something) to find a way to avoid a problem. He was trying to get around paying tax on that income …   New idioms dictionary

  • get around to — (doing something) to find time to do something. I wanted to see that movie but never got around to it …   New idioms dictionary

  • get around to — verb do something despite obstacles such as lack of time (Freq. 4) He finally got around to painting the windows • Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑move • Verb Frames: Somebody s VERB ing * * * get around to ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • get around — (in BRIT, also use get round) 1) PHRASAL VERB To get around a problem or difficulty means to overcome it. [V P n] None of these countries has found a way yet to get around the problem of the polarization of wealth. Syn: get over 2) PHRASAL VERB… …   English dictionary

  • get around to — phrasal verb get around to or get round to [transitive] Word forms get around to : present tense I/you/we/they get around to he/she/it gets around to present participle getting around to past tense got around to past participle got around to get… …   English dictionary

  • get\ around — v 1a. To go to different places; move about. Mary s father really gets around; Monday he was in Washington; Wednesday he was in Chicago; and today he is in New York. Fred broke his leg, but he is able to get about on crutches. 1b. or get about To …   Словарь американских идиом

  • get around — verb a) To move to the other side of an obstruction. It might be a while before we can get around from this traffic jam. b) To come around something. Theres no trail going through. We cant get around to the lake. Syn: get round …   Wiktionary

  • get around — v. (d; intr.) ( to find time ) to get around to (we finally got around to answering our correspondence) * * * [ getə raʊnd] (d; intr.) ( to find time ) to get around to (we finally got around to answering our correspondence) …   Combinatory dictionary

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