get round

verb

1. preposition to circumvent or overcome

   he got round the problem by an ingenious trick

2. informal.
   preposition to have one's way with; cajole

   that girl can get round anyone

3. preposition to evade (a law or rules)
4. adverbfoll byto to reach or come to at length

   I'll get round to that job in an hour

Idioms and Phrases

see get around , def. 1 and 2.

Example Sentences

Taxi drivers are buying licences from areas they are not operating in to get round tough rules aimed at protecting children, an MP claims.

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Back in 2018, the German publication Der Spiegel claimed City had manipulated contracts to get round Uefa rules, and said that its source was a whistleblower they called 'John' - the pseudonym Pinto created Football Leaks under.

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"I can't really run anymore, but I'll just get round somehow and I'll know I'll get plenty of support," he added.

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His team set out to discover whether scientists could get round that lack of data by piggy-backing on research carried out on humans.

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Critics argued that banks were able to get round it by simply increasing base salaries.

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