get around

Verb

get around (third-person singular simple present gets around, present participle getting around, simple past got around, past participle (UK) got around or (US) gotten around)

1. To move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path.
   • The tide was too high, and we couldn't get around the rocks.
   • There's no trail going through. We can't get around to the lake.
2. (figuratively) To avoid or bypass an obstacle.
   • Tax consultants look for ways to get around the law.
3. To circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore; to get out of.
   • How did you get around having to write the executive report?
   • My brother always gets around cleaning his room himself.
4. To transport oneself from place to place.
   • How's he gonna get around without a car?
   • Granny uses a wheelchair to get around.
5. To visit numerous different places.
   • From town to town (get around round round I get around)1964, Brian Wilson and Mike Love, I Get Around (Beach Boys song). I'm gettin' bugged driving up and down the same old strip I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip My buddies and me are...
6. (slang) To be sexually promiscuous.
   • Wow, she really gets around.
7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, around.

   Synonyms:

   get round, go around