get round

verb

got round; got round or gotten round; getting round; gets round
Synonyms of get roundnext

intransitive verb

: get around

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Examples of get round in a Sentence

word got round that a movie star was spending the night at a local motel
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The long wheelbase makes getting round corners with high curbs extremely stressful and sometimes impossible to achieve unscathed, particularly with the 22in wheels on my review car. — James Morris, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025 So Russia developed a new network of shippers to get round the restrictions and keep selling to India and China. — Tim Lister, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1653, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of get round was in 1653

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get round
get round to (something)
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“Get round.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20round. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.

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