to get around

  • 1get 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.… …

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  • 2get 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.… …

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  • 3get around to something — ˌget ˈround/aˈround to sth derived to find the time to do sth • I meant to do the ironing but I didn t get round to it. • get around to something doing sth I hope to get around to answering your letter next week. Main entry: ↑getderived …

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  • 4get around something — get around (something) to find a way to avoid a problem. He was trying to get around paying tax on that income …

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  • 5get around — (something) to find a way to avoid a problem. He was trying to get around paying tax on that income …

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  • 6get around to doing something — get around to (doing something) to find time to do something. I wanted to see that movie but never got around to it …

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  • 7get around to — (doing something) to find time to do something. I wanted to see that movie but never got around to it …

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  • 8get 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… …

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  • 9get 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 ( …

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  • 10get 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… …

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