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 Technically, this is because my 18-year-old son hasn’t got round to updating his MacBook. — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026 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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Infrastructure on this scale needs a dedicated body that can keep pace with the technology and draw on the expertise already spread across existing agencies.

— Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Nigeria’s health minister, Muhammad Ali Pate, said authorities had found no evidence that the virus had spread into communities.

— Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of spread

Verb

From here, heated water is circulated to fan coil units (FCUs) to circulate warm air throughout the poultry house.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
But some immigration advocates feel the reforms did not go far enough and have not been circulated widely.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of circulated

Verb

Igoe said the suspect vehicle then stopped on Fulton Avenue, where the suspect got out and started pacing back and forth with a knife in his hand in front of his vehicle.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The suspect got out of the vehicle and began pacing in front of it, authorities said.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of got out

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When word got around, more famous people started popping in, Delany says.

— Sam Kashner, Vanity Fair, 12 Oct. 2026
Although the city, bound by a freakishly heavy snowfall and bitter cold, was hard to traverse, Dylan, now with plenty of time on his hands, got around.

— Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

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