get around

Verb

Meaning

be released or become known; of news

avoid something unpleasant or laborious

move around; move from place to place

be a social swinger; socialize a lot

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

go around break swing bypass get out get about get round burke dodge juke ant duck shun spread travel
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Antonyms

back allow charge command aid assist
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Hypernyms

move avoid travel socialize go socialise

Hyponyms

leak leak out

Examples

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it. Václav Havel

I have a driver's licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi. Ferran Adria

Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should do, the never get around to doing what they want to do. Kathleen Winsor

My veins are filled, once a week with a Neapolitan carpet cleaner distilled from the Adriatic and I am as bald as an egg. However I still get around and am mean to cats. John Cheever

My, my. A body does get around. William Faulkner

What I find interesting is working in a society with certain taboos - and fashion photography is about that kind of society. To have taboos, then to get around them - that is interesting. Helmut Newton

Close letter words and terms

get annoyed get another call get anything done get around to get around to it get arrested