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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got round
  1. spread
  2. circulated
  3. got out
  4. came out
  5. got around
Verb
  • Military firefighters in Sierra Oeste, Spain battled to contain flames as a wildfire spread overnight.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Protesters blame Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and demand his resignation, but the demonstrations have since expanded into a wider anger over government accountability, spreading to other cities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Definition of spread
Verb
  • Ellington filed an order of protection in 2023 against a person who allegedly had circulated his neighborhood and property with a gun, searching for the then-council member.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
  • Videos of the shooting were captured by bystanders and were circulated online.
    — Marin Scott, NBC news, 23 July 2026
Definition of circulated
Verb
  • Harris then got out of the car and pinned Hicks down by the arms, the defense’s filing states.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • But Bootsy got out early, opting to put drugs and alcohol down in the 1980s with the help of his wife Patti.
    — Kyle Eustice, VIBE.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of got out
Verb
  • Cameron came out of the bullpen for the first time in his career.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
  • The committee’s first vote, on BPC-157, came out in favor of widening access to the peptide.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 24 July 2026
Definition of came out
Verb
  • 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
Definition of got around

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