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1
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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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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3
to become known
- word of the discovery of gold quickly got around
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4
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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“Get around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20around. Accessed 16 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of get around was in 1798
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