GETS AROUND Synonyms: 182 Similar and Opposite Words

gets around

verb

present tense third-person singular of get around

as in masters

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 circumvents

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 spreads

to become known word of the discovery of gold quickly got around

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as in avoids

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 gets around That’s also a long story, which Hokum eventually gets around to filling in the blanks. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026 The cathedral gets around 6 million visitors per year. — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026 Shenfield, who hasn’t owned a car since 2021, primarily gets around on foot. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025 Soon enough, word gets around that a mysterious missile has been launched from the Pacific Ocean and the realization of the consequences set in, especially when it’s determined that the thing is hitting a city in a matter of 18 minutes. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025 This approach gets around certain plasma confinement challenges faced by tokamaks, which arise from variations in magnetic coil density around the toroidal ring. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025 Per Yahoo Finance , their social media impressions are 40 million+ per month and their website gets around 300,000 visits in a month. — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

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The warrior who masters these qualities can recognize openings others miss and act without hesitation.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Finally, Kim masters the steps and takes to the stage with confidence, as her family cheers her on!

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026

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Additionally, because the $50 co-payment circumvents Part D, the amount doesn’t count toward a beneficiary’s annual deductible or out-of-pocket maximum.

— Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
The exhibit mostly circumvents contextualizing the architectural details of the office, and rather aims to explicate the man who worked within it.

— Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026

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Tell me what the heck a gross bacterium that spreads disease has to do with sunscreen.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
Candida auris is a type of yeast that can cause severe illness and spreads easily among patients with serious medical conditions in health care facilities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

— Emma Koppelman, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of spreads

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This skin-crawling faux-documentary concerns a prolific New York serial killer who evades capture despite recording his brazen crimes.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
However, Noussair Mazraoui evades Casemiro’s challenge far too easily before Bilal El Khannouss releases Achraf Hakimi on the far side.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026