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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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

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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

Verb

Adames also committed an error on a routine grounder in the bottom of the seventh that could’ve spelled disaster, but Houser got out of the inning unscathed.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
When Bowie got out of the vehicle, with the inert gun and explosive, she was arrested by the FBI.

— Lila Dominus, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of got out

Verb

Rivalries are a defining aspect of the drama on Palm Royale, but in season two, the claws literally came out in a knock-down, drag-across-the-house showdown between Kristen Wiig’s Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons and Claudia Ferri’s Raquel Kimberly-Marco.

— Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
The area was incredibly special to Chamberlain, who first came out East to stay with Larry Rivers in Southampton, long before the town was a bastion of Sant Ambroeus and Brandy Melville.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of came out

Verb

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

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