GET AROUND Synonyms: 182 Similar and Opposite Words

get around

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as in to overcome

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 to circumvent

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 to spread

to become known word of the discovery of gold quickly got around

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as in to avoid

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 get around Tough getting around Many sidewalks are still packed with ice and snow in Baltimore City. —

Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026 News about getting around – and news that gets inside the powerful government agencies that oversee transportation policy – is essential for Bee readers, as is reporting on pedestrian, bike and commuter safety. —

Chris Fusco february 5, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026 Those rebooking efforts — first revealed by the Orlando Sentinel — get around a rule that a detainee with no criminal charges must be removed from the jail by ICE after 72 hours or be released. —

Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026 But this year’s never-ending freeze showed that cars could still get around without the extra space. —

Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get around

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Tian Feng, former dean of SenseTime’s Intelligence Industry Research Institute, revealed that the free provision of T800 robots will help smaller companies overcome research and development barriers.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
The first obstacle to overcome is to develop a computer chip that works in the extreme conditions of space, which includes exposure to much higher levels of radiation.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026