Synonyms of get round

get round

verb

as in to spread

to become known

word got round that a movie star was spending the night at a local motel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spread
• circulate
• get out
• get around
• come out
• get about
• break
• unfold
• tell
• out
• leak (out)
• reveal
• develop
• disclose
• spill
• transpire

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppress
• hide
• conceal
• mask
• disguise
• hush (up)
• secrete

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of get round

Technically, this is because my 18-year-old son hasn’t got round to updating his MacBook. — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026

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