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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Mayor Mamdani’s aides violated city rules and state law in using the disappearing Signal app to send messages to internet influencers to help them to spread word of the mayor’s achievements.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
Extracting it economically remains difficult because uranium atoms are spread across vast volumes of water.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of spread

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Several parody videos of people shoveling dessert into their mouths also circulated on social media.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2026
Mineral veins containing calcium sulfate and fluorite formed in the eastern Margin Unit, suggesting that hot water once circulated through the volcanic rocks.

— Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of circulated

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Garcia confirmed that the vehicle’s driver and a passenger got out and ran off without calling for help or rendering any aid to the pedestrians.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Before last Sunday’s 35-13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium got out of hand, the run game found success in the first half, leading to extended Dolphins drives that helped Miami keep the ball away from the talented 49ers offense.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of got out

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Now, the Broad Street Bullies came out on top in this one, 2-0, but that wasn't the story.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Leo’s position won him points with some Parisans opposed to Trump’s policies who came out in droves to celebrate the first official state visit by a pope in 18 years.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of came out

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Two weeks after its short run ended, word got around, and Jaques received an out-of-the blue call from Sky’s then managing director of content (and later CEO of Sky Studios) Gary Davey, inviting him in for a chat.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
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

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