1
as in defeated
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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2
as in circumvented
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 spread
to become known
word of the discovery of gold quickly got around
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as in avoided
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 got around
After half an hour of folksy disquisition, Petro finally got around to describing the conversation.
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2026
The study found that women who got around four hours of moderate exercise each week lowered their risk of coronary heart disease by about 30%.
—Dr. Cyrus Mowdawalla, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
Luostarinen got around Lohrei and roofed it past Swayman.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
After premiering at Telluride, word got around quickly that the film — and, in particular, Buckley’s performance — was leaving audiences in tears.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Irving got around a would-be tackler and shed three more on his way to a 22-yard gain.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The 25-year-old from Sweden got around in 72 shots which left him 12 shots under and tied for 20th.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The show focused on parts of Harris' Hannibal novel and spent its last arc adapting Harris' Red Dragon, but never got around to the author’s most famous Hannibal Lecter story, The Silence of the Lambs.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
And by the time the city got around to planning for big improvements in the 1980s, the park was shut down by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2026
The study found that women who got around four hours of moderate exercise each week lowered their risk of coronary heart disease by about 30%.
—Dr. Cyrus Mowdawalla, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
Luostarinen got around Lohrei and roofed it past Swayman.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
After premiering at Telluride, word got around quickly that the film — and, in particular, Buckley’s performance — was leaving audiences in tears.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Irving got around a would-be tackler and shed three more on his way to a 22-yard gain.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The 25-year-old from Sweden got around in 72 shots which left him 12 shots under and tied for 20th.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The show focused on parts of Harris' Hannibal novel and spent its last arc adapting Harris' Red Dragon, but never got around to the author’s most famous Hannibal Lecter story, The Silence of the Lambs.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
And by the time the city got around to planning for big improvements in the 1980s, the park was shut down by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got around
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The Houston Texans defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 30-6 in the final game of the wild card round of the playoffs on Monday in what might be the end of the Aaron Rodgers era in the NFL.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
13 Jan. 2026
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The Panthers were defeated by the Los Angeles Rams, 34-31, on Saturday in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs.—
Mike Kaye
January 13,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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In Washington, the president believes that might makes right, that the courts are simply speed bumps, not stop signs — that democracy is a nuisance to be circumvented.—
Sacramento Bee staff,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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What happened this weekend circumvented all of that.—
Jon Duffy,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Almost immediately after oversight of TikTok’s US operations changed, misinformation started to spread about changes to the app’s new terms of service, including those that applied to location sharing and data collection, Fiesler said.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Families who never qualified say their costs are rising, too, as insurers spread the increases across the entire market.—
Mahsa Saeidi,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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That last-minute development is reviving debate about the extent of state support for Vanke, one of the last major developers to have avoided an outright default after a broader property market slump sparked record debt failures in recent years.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Porter and Swalwell joined majorities of Democratic House members to support various spending packages in Congress, which included billions for a border wall and in at least one case, avoided a government shutdown.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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If Bella Hadid mastered the art of styling white jeans for spring 2026, Hilary Duff’s latest look exemplifies why gray jeans are replacing blue denim until then.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
23 Jan. 2026
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Until then, only SpaceX had mastered the art of landing orbital-class rockets at sea.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Deputies located and attempted to stop the vehicle a short time later, but the driver did not yield and recklessly evaded, and the pursuit was ultimately terminated in the interest of public safety.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The men, who knew each other from prison, evaded law enforcement for roughly 36 hours, driving north and then heading back down south through Montana before they were arrested in Twin Falls.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Jan. 2026
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The dramatic sequence unfolded Wednesday afternoon near Notre Dame Avenue and West Julian Street, in the shadow of Highway 87, and drew widespread attention after videos circulated showing the suspect on the ground and being struck by a trailing police vehicle as gunshots rang out.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Sinaloa Attorney General’s Office has circulated a missing persons bulletin, saying that Pardo was last seen on January 20 in the Isla Musalá neighborhood of Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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After racing out to a 4-0 lead in the first two periods, off the strength of three goals in 54 seconds in the first period, the Bruins survived by their fingernails a third-period push from the Vegas Golden Knights and escaped TD Garden with a 4-3 victory.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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Troops on Monday seized a prison in the northeastern town of Shaddadeh, where some IS detainees escaped and many were recaptured, state media reported.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Got around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/got%20around. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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