get round

verb

Definition of get roundnext
as in to 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 get round But to unmask the killer in a mansion filled with ticking clocks and suspects, amateur detective Eileen must first get round discouragement from Lady Caterham, played by Helena Bonham Carter, and Sherlock star Martin Freeman as superintendent Battle. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 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 There were humorous suggestions to get round the problem, such as clitch, but none caught on. — David Crystal june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025 The long wheelbase makes getting round corners with high curbs extremely stressful and sometimes impossible to achieve unscathed, particularly with the 22in wheels on my review car. — James Morris, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025 So Russia developed a new network of shippers to get round the restrictions and keep selling to India and China. — Tim Lister, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024 So, will Fitbit implement this before Apple gets round to it (the Cupertino giant is believed to be working on adding this capability to a future Apple Watch)? — David Phelan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023 Other self-driving companies try to get round this by reducing the scope for uncertainty. — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for get round
  1. spread
  2. circulate
  3. get out
  4. get 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
  • Madison police do have dashboard cameras, and there are multiple bystander videos circulating of the incident, Lehr says.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 July 2026
  • As footage of the incident circulates on social media, Patterson said the footage is just one perspective of the encounter.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Definition of circulate
Verb
  • In a United conference room tucked away from the commotion of the terminal, the musicians get out their instruments and are harmonizing a few seconds later.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Instructions for pickup are discreetly communicated to health-care workers, soldiers, politicians, and cops, but word quickly gets out and the medical depots are swarmed by armed citizens desperate to save themselves.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Definition of get out
Verb
  • That loophole allows companies to get around the regulations for human use, and customers to avoid a conversation with a health-care provider.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
  • But there's no getting around the near-five-year-old entry-level GPU at its core.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026
Definition of get around

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