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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Recent Examples of get around Just as Iran’s closure of a vital waterway has been extremely disruptive and hard to get around, China’s penetration of critical networks could cause blackouts, make water unsafe to drink, or delay military mobilization. — Anne Neuberger, Foreign Affairs, 15 Sep. 2026 But Mamdani said Tuesday that the street safety plan needs to be updated to match how New Yorkers get around the city. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026 Debit cards One of the easiest ways to get around the risk of racking up credit card debt is to opt for a debit card. — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026 The couple are strong on sustainability, harnessing solar power, reusing grey water for the gardens, and lending bicycles for guests to get around on. — Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get around

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get around

Verb

To overcome this, the Delft team engineered a lightweight processing pipeline that runs onboard using a mere 34 kilobytes of memory.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Edwards doubts that voluntary oversight will overcome the commercial incentives to release their latest, most powerful models.

— Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of overcome

Verb

The response indicates that an executive knew of a technical method to circumvent a publisher’s access restriction and employed it at the company.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Going into the process with an informed understanding is critical, then, both to ensure long-term affordability and to circumvent foreclosure risks.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of circumvent

Verb

For measles, populations need vaccination rates of 95 percent or higher to achieve herd immunity—the level of protection required to prevent disease spread.

— Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026
Yet the ongoing disruptions from the Iran war, which have pushed up average gas prices more than 7% from just a month ago, threaten to spread through the economy and keep broader inflation stubbornly high.

— DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of spread

Verb

Oxygen, neon and magnesium white dwarfs can avoid that destruction thanks to their high densities.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
That law — the Employee Retirement Income Security Act — allows such plans to avoid most rules set by the states, which generally regulate most other types of insurance and assist consumers who report problems with their policies.

— Julie Appleby, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of avoid

Verb

Lionel Messi scored the 100th goal of his Inter Miami career and Casemiro added another as Miami defeated Cruz Azul 2-0 on Wednesday night to win the Campeones Cup.

— CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
That victory in Week 12, was the Chiefs’ last until defeating the Broncos in Week 1 on Monday.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of defeat

Verb

Neither Washington nor Beijing benefits from losing control of systems capable of autonomous replication, accelerating the development of their own successors, evading oversight, or enabling catastrophic biological or cyber harm.

— Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
However, the league’s investigation into the Clippers put the deal on hold after it was alleged that the Clippers evaded the salary cap while signing Leonard to a $103 million free agent deal in July 2019.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of evade

Verb

That forces health officials to predict well in advance which strains will circulate.

— Sally C. Pipes, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
The Shin Bet has since circulated an opinion among security officials, suggesting that the conduct of Netanyahu’s aides did not amount to a national-security threat.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of circulate

Verb

Only a failure that escapes every layer should reach a human.

— Shivansh Inamdar, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
There was nothing that had escaped being stamped with the Festival’s ubiquitous emblem–sweets, cigarettes, perfume, even sandals–Specially designed to keep you cool and smartly shod for fun-loving Festival walking!

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026