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get around
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of GET AROUND
1
to achieve a victory over <somehow, an inexperienced lawyer managed to get around the media giant's stable of high-priced legal eagles>
Synonyms best, conquer, defeat, dispatch, do down [British], get, get around, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, stop, subdue, surmount, take, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worst
Related Words sweep; edge (out), nose out, pip [British]; annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [slang], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [slang], whip; cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed; knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish; ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend
Antonyms lose (to)
2
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>
Related Words avoid, duck, elude, end-run, escape, eschew, evade, outflank, shake, shirk, shun; disobey, disregard, flout, ignore; avert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off)
3
to become known <word of the discovery of gold quickly got around>
4
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>
Synonyms avoid, dodge, duck, elude, eschew, evade, finesse, get around, scape, shake, shirk, shuffle (out of), shun, weasel (out of)
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