get round

Definition of get roundnext
as in to spread
to become known word got round that a movie star was spending the night at a local motel

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Recent Examples of get round But to unmask the killer in a mansion filled with ticking clocks and suspects, amateur detective Eileen must first get round discouragement from Lady Caterham, played by Helena Bonham Carter, and Sherlock star Martin Freeman as superintendent Battle. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026 At the end of last month, Trump finally got round to including Seth Meyers in his social media barrages against the comedians that regularly mock him. Peter White, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025 There were humorous suggestions to get round the problem, such as clitch, but none caught on. David Crystal june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025 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 So, will Fitbit implement this before Apple gets round to it (the Cupertino giant is believed to be working on adding this capability to a future Apple Watch)? David Phelan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023 Other self-driving companies try to get round this by reducing the scope for uncertainty. Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for get round
Verb
  • The squadron has 196 workers spread across five geographically separate units.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The seed can be spread using a walk-behind or hand-cranked spreader.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Overheating or air bubbles cause the mechanism to enter limp mode, circulating fluid without cooling it.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Dolly Parton’s sister has condemned the AI deepfakes circulating in the wake of the beloved American icon’s death.
    Samantha Cookinham, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But the driver did not comply with officers’ requests to get out of the vehicle.
    Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Regarding the change of his arm angle, how much of it was deliberate versus being a product of mechanics getting out of whack?
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • To try to get around this rule, one organization is hosting matchmaking events for people with the same surname.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Rutschman said some of his former Orioles teammates chirped at him throughout the game and gave him a hard time about getting around the ballpark as a visiting player.
    Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Get round.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20round. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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