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get around

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Synonyms and Antonyms of get around

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

beat, best, conquer, defeat, dispatch, do down [British], get, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, stop, subdue, surmount, take, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worst
Words Related to get around

sweep

edge (out), nose out, pip [British]

annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [slang], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [slang], whip

cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed

knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish

ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend
Phrases Synonymous with get around

get the better of, knock for a loop
Near Antonyms of get around

fall, give up, go down, go under

collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, wash out
Antonyms of get around

lose (to)
2 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
Synonyms of get around

beat, bypass, circumvent, dodge, shortcut, sidestep, skirt
Words Related to get around

avoid, duck, elude, end-run, escape, eschew, evade, outflank, shake, shirk, shun

disobey, disregard, flout, ignore

avert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off)
Near Antonyms of get around

accede (to), acquiesce (to), assent (to)

accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome

catch, contract, incur
Antonyms of get around

comply (with), follow, keep, obey, observe
3 to become known
  • word of the discovery of gold quickly got around
Synonyms of get around

break, circulate, come out, get about, get out, get round, leak (out), out, spread
Words Related to get around

develop, transpire, unfold

disclose, reveal, spill, tell
Near Antonyms of get around

hush (up), suppress

conceal, disguise, hide, mask

secrete
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
Synonyms of get around

avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, finesse, scape, shake, shirk, shuffle (out of), shun, weasel (out of)
Words Related to get around

miss

avert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off)

ban, bar, debar, eliminate, except, exclude, preclude, rule out

bypass, circumvent, skirt

foil, fox, frustrate, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, thwart
Phrases Synonymous with get around

fight shy of, keep clear of, stay clear of, steer clear of
Near Antonyms of get around

accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek, welcome

catch, contract, incur

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