get around

verb

|Updated on: 16 Aug 2018

Examples: get around in a Sentence

Definition of get around

transitive verb

1 : circumvent, evade

2 : to get the better of

intransitive verb

1 a : to find or take the necessary time or effort —used with to

b : to give attention or consideration —used with to

2 : to go from place to place

3 : to become known or current

word got around that he was resigning

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Examples of get around in a Sentence

somehow, an inexperienced lawyer managed to get around the media giant's stable of high-priced legal eagles
somehow she managed to get around the rules for paying the sales tax on a car bought out of state

Recent Examples of get around from the Web

But at least one airport is not waiting for DOT to get around to making its final ruling.

— harriet baskas, USA TODAY, "Airports join airlines in tightening the leash on animal travel," 27 June 2018
Now the hottest ticket in town is electric push scooters for the masses to get around in city centers?

— ed wallace, star-telegram, "Promises, Promises," 22 June 2018
There's no getting around it — Water Bearers will feel Uranus moving from Aries to Taurus on a cosmic and personal level.

— refinery29.com, "Uranus Moving Into Taurus Is Major — Here Are The Signs That Will Feel It The Hardest," 16 May 2018
Because the order isn’t limited to specific companies, which can reorganize and rename themselves to get around targeted cease-and-desist orders.

— ariella gintzler, Outside Online, "Nite Ize Knocks Down Counterfeits in Court," 26 Apr. 2018
For Bopp, the pilot project showed that employees were receptive to better ways to move between their offices and cars—not to mention to get around a sprawling city not known for an abundance of transportation options.

— pete bigelow, Car and Driver, "Here’s Why Big Automakers Are Investing in May Mobility, an Autonomous-Shuttle Startup," 2 Mar. 2018
To get around this, the ICRAR scientists employed a relatively new method for calculating Andromeda’s mass.

— avery thompson, Popular Mechanics, "Surprise! Andromeda Isn't Much Bigger Than the Milky Way After All," 16 Feb. 2018
There was no way to get around the fact that without money, that relationships would never had happened.

— jessica chou, refinery29.com, "I’m 50, A CEO, & A Former Sugar Daddy — Here’s What I Want You To Know," 14 July 2018
At Burning Man, the best way to get around is by bike.

— harriot manley, SFChronicle.com, "Burning Man comes and goes, but the experience is year-round in Reno," 28 June 2018

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