GETTING AROUND (TO) Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

getting around (to)

verb

present participle of get around (to)

as in getting down (to)

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setting up

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Temperatures will cool on Friday, setting up the winter weather chances for Friday and Saturday.

— Ron Smiley, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Russia agreed last month to resume three-way negotiations with Washington and Kyiv aimed at ending the war, setting up the first such talks since February.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

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