get around

What does "get around" mean?

1. To travel from place to place
2. To find a way to avoid or bypass a problem, rule, or obstacle
3. To become widely known (of news or information)
4. To finally do something after a delay

Examples

• It's easy to get around the city by subway or streetcar.
• There's no way to get around the new immigration regulations.
• Word got around that the company was planning layoffs.
• I'll get around to cleaning the garage eventually, I promise.
• She gets around town on her bicycle.

How to use it

'Get around to' means to finally find time to do something you've been postponing. Very common expression in everyday speech.

Similar expressions

Opposites

Related phrasal verbs

• get up

  To rise from bed after sleeping

• get back

  To return to a place

• get along

  To have a friendly relationship with someone

• get away

  To escape from a place or person

• get over

  To recover from an illness, shock, or emotional upset

• get through

  To successfully complete or finish something difficult