GOT AROUND Synonyms: 184 Similar and Opposite Words

got around

verb

past tense of get around

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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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 The gender data gap did not close because medicine finally got around to it. — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Capital One got around federal limits on swipe fees by buying Discover’s card network; other banks complained, then went out looking for their own loophole. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 July 2026 The Holy Trinity of New Jersey rock even got around a single mic at one point, and Flav couldn’t resist joining along. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2026 InStyle tester Janice got around this roadblock by making this a part of her morning routine. — Emma Greene, InStyle, 4 June 2026 Celebrations broke out from Port-au-Prince to South Florida as word got around the Haitian community that The Grenadiers were headed to the World Cup for the first time since 1974. — Michelle Kaufman may 24, Miami Herald, 24 May 2026 At the bar, residents who live on the same street finally got around to introducing themselves. — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026 Penn never got around to melting them. — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026 Russia has previously got around these signal blockers by using drones controlled by fiber optic cables. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026

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Verb

In Saturday’s semifinals, Pegula beat defending champion Iga Swiatek and Gauff defeated Sara Bejlek to set up the first all-American women’s final at the Cincinnati Open in 56 years.

— Jeff Wallner, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
India is leading the two-match series having defeated Sri Lanka by 165 runs in the first match in Galle.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of defeated

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Now Nightmare Eclipse claims to have effectively circumvented the company’s patch through ShieldBreak by apparently leveraging a different method.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
Steve Ballmer, the team’s owner, invested $60 million into Aspiration, triggering allegations that the payment to Leonard circumvented the NBA salary cap.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of circumvented

Verb

These theories spreading online, one expert says, stem from people’s struggles to find a fulfilling explanation for what has happened.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Cedars-Sinai apologized for any inconvenience Marina del Rey residents endured after the hospital's construction project caused a putrid odor to spread through the coastal neighborhood.

— Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of spread

Verb

Even the most dependent of the United States’ allies have mastered the arts of foot-dragging, leash-slipping, and lobbying Washington.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor who became chair after his 2004 Presidential campaign, told me that part of the job is learning how to tune out the complaints, something Martin has apparently not yet mastered.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of mastered

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In the foreseeable future, a terrorist group with minimal skills could access a jailbroken AI model (one that has evaded safety controls) trained on the world’s most comprehensive biological data set.

— Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Police said Jackson was driving recklessly and evaded a Muscatine County Sheriff's Office deputy who attempted to stop his vehicle Friday evening in Muscatine.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of evaded

Verb

The phrase has circulated on gaming platforms for years, although its exact origins aren’t really known.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
This recent incident has caused a great deal of anger and frustration among the Taiwanese artistic community and general public as news has circulated online widely this week.

— Vivienne Chow, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of circulated

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Denis Bouanga scored late in the second half and Los Angeles FC escaped with a 1-1 draw after trailing the Portland Timbers for 75 minutes on Saturday night.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Their study analyzed more than 2 million chat messages and identified examples involving grooming, sexualization of minors, bullying, violence and sensitive information sharing that escaped moderation.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026