GOT ROUND Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

got round

verb

past tense of get round

as in spread

to become known word got round that a movie star was spending the night at a local motel

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Recent Examples of got round At the end of last month, Trump finally got round to including Seth Meyers in his social media barrages against the comedians that regularly mock him. — Peter White, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025

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The squadron has 196 workers spread across five geographically separate units.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
The seed can be spread using a walk-behind or hand-cranked spreader.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of spread

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Stories — real or not — circulated in the 19th and early 20th centuries of White people using Black children as bait while hunting in Florida’s swamps.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the paper was circulated across the company’s dealership network, with many dealers putting a copy of the Independent in the glove box of every new car.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of circulated

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Word got out about the giant antlers, and eventually reached collector James Martin.

— Scott Einsmann, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
Bowman just got out from under a massive long-term contract (Darnell Nurse), and should avoid another with an aging (albeit substantial) talent.

— Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of got out

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Well, a new survey came out finding that in the past year more than half of Gen Z respondents have put money intended for investing in sports gambling.

— Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Wyatt came out strong with two touchdowns, including a score by Markavion Toombs, taking an early 14-0 lead.

— Jaxin Harkless, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of came out

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When word got around this week that the North Collins Street restaurant might be closing after 37 years, friends rallied around Airways and gave it a business boost to keep it around through Dallas Cowboys football season.

— Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026
The gender data gap did not close because medicine finally got around to it.

— Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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