GET AROUND Synonyms: 182 Similar and Opposite Words

get around

verb

Definition of get around

as in to overcome

to achieve a victory over somehow, an inexperienced lawyer managed to get around the media giant's stable of high-priced legal eagles

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as in to circumvent

to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness somehow she managed to get around the rules for paying the sales tax on a car bought out of state

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as in to spread

to become known word of the discovery of gold quickly got around

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as in to avoid

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery their lawyer has spent months trying to get around certain restrictions in the contract

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of get around As a global chief, Daunt gets around by subway and other unkingly conveyances. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 When news got around that a new movie version of Sense and Sensibility was in the works, cries of dismay rang forth from Bath to Brooklyn. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026 Tax-aware long-short strategies get around this by adding leverage on both the long and short side of an existing portfolio, with the investor buying more positions and increasing the number of potential losses to harvest. — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 To get around these requirements, some employers outsource to subcontracting firms. — Laina Gustafson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get around

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get around

Verb

Experts who are part of consultations expect the new policy to lay down clear and consistent rules, which will also help the industry overcome challenges around land acquisition and simplify a fragmented approval process.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
The song addresses overcoming adversity and using others’ doubts to fuel your passion.

— Melinda Newman, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of overcome

Verb

The lawsuit marks the latest crackdown under the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, also known as the BOTS Act, which bans scalpers from circumventing ticket limits with technology.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
And good for Stuart and Eidra for confirming her new perception of the situation and facilitating a new plan to circumvent Todd’s participation in her conversation with Vaughn.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of circumvent

Verb

Infrastructure on this scale needs a dedicated body that can keep pace with the technology and draw on the expertise already spread across existing agencies.

— Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Nigeria’s health minister, Muhammad Ali Pate, said authorities had found no evidence that the virus had spread into communities.

— Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of spread

Verb

This was the sixth year in a row that the Yankees failed to defeat a higher-seeded playoff opponent.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Although supporters say the fear that billionaires will flee the state are overblown, the ultrawealthy have made moves to potentially avoid paying the tax or are funding campaigns to defeat it.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of defeat

Verb

Europe hopes to build the euro into an alternative global currency to evade the dollar’s iron grip.

— Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Tel Aviv — At least 40 ultra-Orthodox Jewish men were arrested upon arriving Tuesday morning at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport on suspicion of attempting to evade the country's military draft, the Israel Defense Forces said.

— Dov Lieber, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of evade

Verb

From here, heated water is circulated to fan coil units (FCUs) to circulate warm air throughout the poultry house.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The utility recommends setting air conditioners to 78 degrees, closing curtains during peak sun hours and using fans to circulate the air.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of circulate

Verb

For all its tests, the company builds realistic simulated environments, red teams these environments itself and with third parties to see whether they can be escaped, and monitors what agents do.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Most of the work of recovery is about treating whatever is causing people to escape their lives into endless scrolling and stimulation, Kardaras says.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026